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SoE – Presentation to Pacific Environment Forum
Presented at the September 2012 Pacific Environment Forum.
This material was developed to be delivered as part of an oral presentation. The full report should be referred to for understanding the context of this information.
For more information please refer to:http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/index.htmlOr contact the SoE team via email:[email protected]
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New cover page
Pacific Environment Forum, 3 September 2012Photo: Aerial view of the Pilbara, by Andrew Griffiths, Lensaloft
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SoE 2011 Products
Web site: www.environment.gov.au/soe
Full Report In Brief Supplementary Products
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Key project participants
Minister for Environment
Executive panel
Committee(authors)
Project team
ReviewersOther service
providers
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State of the Environment 2011 Committee
Chair
Tom Hatton (Group Executive, Energy, CSIRO)
Members
Steven Cork (research ecologist and futurist)
Peter Harper (Deputy Australian Statistician)
Rob Joy (School of Global Studies, Social Science & Planning, RMIT)
Peter Kanowski (Fenner School of Environment & Society, ANU)
Richard Mackay (heritage specialist, Godden Mackay Logan)
Neil McKenzie (Formerly Chief, CSIRO Land and Water)
Trevor Ward (marine and fisheries ecologist)
Barbara Wienecke – ex officio (Australian Antarctic Division, DSEWPAC)
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State of the Environment reporting
The Minister for Environment must table a report on the state of the environment every five years
No current regulations regarding scope, content or process
All reports so far written by independent committees
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Aims of SoE 2011
Meet legislative requirements
Provide relevant, credible and useful information
Promote and inform environmental debate
Increase awareness of environmental issues
Support evidence-based environmental management decisions that lead to more sustainable use and effective conservation of our environmental resources
Identify ways to strengthen the environmental evidence base for reporting and decisions in the future
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How can we make it as useful as possible?
Who are our readers?
What are their needs and priorities?
What is the story that needs to be to be told?
How can that information be presentedin a way that is useful?
How can we make it credible and transparent?
How can we present information in ways that accommodate people’s different styles, needs and desire for detail?
How can we prepare for better reporting in the future?
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Who are our readers?
Environmental decision-makers
Government at a local, regional and national level
NGOs, lobby groups
Conservation and grass roots environmental groups
Land owners and managers, eg farmers, irrigators and rural regional business, Indigenous communities
Institutions that generate and invest in environmental information
Educators and students
Australian community
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How can we improve the relevance of the report?
Evaluation of past reports, what people did and didn’t like
Consultation to determine what issues people want included
Review of other projects and how have our audiences responded to them
GBR Outlook report 2009
Australian jurisdictional SoE reports
Environmental reporting internationally
Specialists in areas like resilience andmanagement effectiveness
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Assessment summaries
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Example assessment summary – state and trends
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Example assessment summary – state and trends
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Example assessment summary – management effectiveness
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Quality and credibility
Independence – written by an independent committee with relevant expertise, tasked with advocating for ‘accurate, robust and meaningful environmental reporting and identification of policy issues, but not for any particular policy position’
Authors sought best available evidence from credible sources
Extensive consultation
Workshops to determine consensus in expert opinion where evidence low
Transparency about quality of evidence and level of consensus
Peer reviewed (47+ reviewers of chapters and supplementary materials)
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Improving accessibility
Visually appealing with different layers of summarising information...
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Headlines (in summary chapter)
17 headlines in summary chapter give a high level overview of the big issues
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Key Findings (in theme chapters)
‘key findings’ give an overview of more specific conclusions for each theme
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Information ‘At a Glance’
‘At a glance’ summaries for every section
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Assessment summaries
Assessment summaries provide quick access to information
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And for those who want it….
Much more detailed information within the report
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Basic process
Appoint c’ttee
Develop approach
Outline content
Draft chaptersand edit (ongoing)
Check facts
Print, prepare online material
Support impact
Evaluate
Launch & promote
DesignCommission additional info
Identify needs
Get dataID gaps Peer review
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Reader survey confirms people are finding the new features useful
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Reader survey confirms people are largely using the report for the purposes we expected
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How is the report being used? Improve or validate understanding of environmental issues and
their context
Demonstrate the significance of issues
As a credible reference to support and justify policy directions
Particular findings are stirring political debate and causing government action
The Minister and department is incorporating findings from the report into strategic planning
Research planning and prioritisation, including supporting applications for funding
Model for reporting in other contexts
As an educational resource
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