Showing papers in "Australasian Journal of Environmental Management in 2020"
TL;DR: The human relationship with the domestic cat (Felis catis) is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing species interactions on earth as mentioned in this paper, while millions of people world-wide live with cats and view them as a source of entertainment.
Abstract: The human relationship with the domestic cat (Felis catis) is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing species interactions on earth. While millions of people world-wide live with cats and view them ...
25 citations
TL;DR: The evolution of knowledge, stakeholder involvement, and community awareness of mining socio-environmental risks and impacts are mapped to show how mine rehabilitation and closure practices have evolved over time.
Abstract: This article is a retrospective study of the shifting priorities and stakeholders over the last four decades of Australia’s mine rehabilitation and closure practices. We map the evolution of knowle...
25 citations
TL;DR: Indigenous land and sea management (ILSM) has been the focus of large government investment in Australia and globally as mentioned in this paper and beyond environmental benefits, such investments can deliver a suite of social,...
Abstract: Indigenous land and sea management (ILSM) has been the focus of large government investment in Australia and globally. Beyond environmental benefits, such investments can deliver a suite of social,...
22 citations
TL;DR: In fact, the most serious bushfire season ever recorded in Australia is due to start in mid-May and last until mid-August 2019 as discussed by the authors, which is the longest such period in Australia's history.
Abstract: Little did we know when we wrote our previous editorial, about re-thinking fire’s role in the Australian landscape, that we were entering the most serious bushfire season ever recorded in Australia...
10 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the presence of Best Practice Carbon Management (BPCM) within four Australian organisations from two contrasting sectors and found that all of the cases are taking action in each attribute area of BPCM but overall are still struggling to decarbonise.
Abstract: Decarbonisation is defined here as the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from an organisation or process through a concerted strategy, to a point of neutrality. This article examines the presence of Best Practice Carbon Management (BPCM) within four Australian organisations from two contrasting sectors. The cases are taken from the high emissions electricity sector and the low emissions university sector, representing extreme cases in terms of carbon emissions and contrasting potential reasons to decarbonise. Findings show that all of the cases are taking action in each attribute area of BPCM but overall are still struggling to decarbonise. The cases presented in this article display individualisation within their carbon management strategies, linked to their internal and external environments. Organisational strengths are discussed in the areas of Networking/Stakeholder Engagement; Strategy; Resource Allocation; and Knowledge Creation. A typology of strategic responses is constructed and potential areas of attribute underdevelopment identified, with implications for achieving decarbonisation.
9 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the claims made about the sustainability of organic agriculture by three voluntary organic standard-setting organisations, compared with assurance provisions within their standards, and find that while these standards generally contain principles and requirements that support sustainability claims, they lack well-specified means of verification in most cases other than the core claims to exclude synthetic chemical inputs and genetically modified organisms.
Abstract: Voluntary organic standard-setting organisations (SSOs) depend upon public trust in the truth claims implied by their labels: that the product in question has been produced using organic methods. They create and maintain this trust through assurance frameworks based on third-party verification of compliance with organic standards. It is therefore potentially problematic if an SSO makes additional claims that are not capable of being supported by their assurance frameworks. We investigate the claims made about the sustainability of organic agriculture by three voluntary organic SSOs, compared with assurance provisions within their standards. The analysis covers Australia, which has 53 per cent of the world's certified organic farmland; and is extended internationally by including the IFOAM standard, with which a further 49 organic standards are affiliated worldwide. We find that while these standards generally contain principles and requirements that support sustainability claims, they lack well-specified means of verification in most cases other than the ‘core’ claims to exclude synthetic chemical inputs and genetically modified organisms. This assurance gap creates the risk of a consumer backlash. We discuss two ways to mitigate this risk: by strengthening verification within standards; and/or by employing new agricultural information and communication technologies to support claims outside the certification process.
8 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, sustainable ecosystem services (ES) is a key interest in the management of land use in multifunctional landscapes (i.e. ES that support ecosystem function and sustain human livelihoods).
Abstract: Sustaining ecosystem services (ES) is a key interest in the management of land use in multifunctional landscapes (i.e. ES that support ecosystem function and sustain human livelihoods). In making l...
8 citations
TL;DR: For mountain areas, such pressures, with climate change, may increase biosecurity risks from vectors such as bushwalkers and mountain bikers as mentioned in this paper. But such threats may not be limited to mountain areas.
Abstract: Conservation areas face growing visitor numbers and heightened biosecurity risks from vectors such as bushwalkers and mountain bikers. For mountain areas, such pressures, with climate change, may b...
8 citations
TL;DR: Controversy surrounds domestic dogs Canis familiaris access to beaches in much of the developed world as mentioned in this paper, where achieving a balance between dog walking and nature conservation, and establishing reasona...
Abstract: Controversy surrounds domestic dog Canis familiaris access to beaches in much of the developed world, where achieving a balance between dog walking and nature conservation, and establishing reasona...
7 citations
TL;DR: A range of community responses, sometimes resulting in opposition, have been reported by the wind energy industry to evaluate and amend their community engagement policies as discussed by the authors, leading to the wind farms in Australia experiencing a range of challenges.
Abstract: Wind farms in Australia have encountered a range of community responses, sometimes resulting in opposition. This has caused the wind energy industry to evaluate and amend their community engagement...
7 citations
TL;DR: A monitoring framework is described that addresses ecosystem monitoring failures by including causative conceptual models and the concepts of adaptive monitoring and management.
Abstract: Ecosystem monitoring often fails to provide the right information to evaluate and guide environmental stewardship due to a lack of diagnostic capacity, long-term operational resources, explicit monitoring objectives and rigorous sampling designs. Our objective is to describe a monitoring framework that addresses these failures by including causative conceptual models and the concepts of adaptive monitoring and management. Resources are rarely available to monitor all ecosystem components, so identifying priorities is vital for the success of a monitoring program. An ecological risk assessment combining available information and expert opinion on threats and their consequences to the ecosystem can be used to prioritise monitoring and identify explicit objectives. A Pressure-Stressor-Response conceptual model forms the causative understanding of the ecosystem and the model components underpin the factors in the risk assessment. In this way, field sampling can validate the priority of ecosystem threats; provide information for refinement of conceptual understandings and guide efficient management activity. Repeated risk assessments using updated data and information can identify successful management and the increase and establishment of threats. Updated risk assessments can change threat priorities and therefore monitoring and assessment hypotheses and objectives can change. This ability to change underlies the concepts of adaptive monitoring and management.
TL;DR: In response, protection initiatives have been established that are typically led by non-gove... as discussed by the authors, which are typically non-government organizations that do not have the expertise to protect the environment.
Abstract: Surf breaks are natural resources that have experienced degradation in many countries worldwide. In response, protection initiatives have been established that are typically led by non-gove...
TL;DR: In community-owned windfarms, community members are involved in initiating, developing, owning and benefiting from the windfarm as mentioned in this paper, and these projects facilitate multiple opportunities for local communities.
Abstract: In community-owned windfarms, community members are involved in initiating, developing, owning and benefiting from the windfarm. As such, these projects facilitate multiple opportunities for local ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the notion of green supply chain management (GSCM) in the New Zealand business context is examined and despite the increasing significance of the GSCM approach at the global level, there is...
Abstract: This article examines the notion of green supply chain management (GSCM) in the New Zealand business context. Despite the increasing significance of the GSCM approach at the global level, there is ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the need for urgent action on climate change, transformation to a zero carbon economy is still elusive, despite widespread recognition for the need to take urgent action.
Abstract: Climate change is a key societal and economic challenge. Despite widespread recognition for the need for urgent action on climate change, transformation to a zero carbon economy is still elusive. W...
TL;DR: In this paper, the individual and interaction effects of women in the CEO and operations manager roles on the practice of environmental sustainability were empirically examined. But they did not examine the impact of gender diversity on sustainability.
Abstract: This article empirically examines the individual and interaction effects of women in the CEO and operations manager roles on the practice of environmental sustainability. To test the specified hypo...
TL;DR: Citizen science can be a viable mechanism to foster productive linkages between community and government for sustainable water resource management as discussed by the authors, and this potential has longstanding polices in Australia, such as:
Abstract: Citizen science can be a viable mechanism to foster productive linkages between community and government for sustainable water resource management. In Australia, this potential has longstanding pol...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed appropriate planning and strategies in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management could significantly decrease environmental and economic costs imposing on both management authorities and local communi...
Abstract: Appropriate planning and strategies in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management could significantly decrease environmental and economic costs imposing on both management authorities and local communi...
TL;DR: In this article, the increasing proportion of rural landowners who do not identify as farmers has meaningful consequences for efforts to influence the adoption of sustainable farming practices, and the authors aim to...
Abstract: The increasing proportion of rural landowners who do not identify as farmers has meaningful consequences for efforts to influence the adoption of sustainable farming practices. This article aims to...
TL;DR: Birds are of significant scientific and public interest yet although human interactions with birds are widespread and diverse in nature, relatively few people participate in conservation initiative as mentioned in this paper, yet although humans interact with birds frequently, very few people take conservation initiative.
Abstract: Birds are of significant scientific and public interest yet although human interactions with birds are widespread and diverse in nature, relatively few people participate in conservation initiative...
TL;DR: In Australia, local government authorities play an essential role in diverting waste from landfill, including through domestic waste recycling as mentioned in this paper, and to date, the effectiveness of these recycling operati...
Abstract: In Australia, local government authorities play an essential role in diverting waste from landfill, including through domestic waste recycling. To date, the effectiveness of these recycling operati...
TL;DR: As Australia, New Zealand, and much of the world live under home isolation to contain the spread of COVID-19, attention is turning to short term environmental responses to the sudden changes in hum...
Abstract: As Australia, New Zealand, and much of the world live under home isolation to contain the spread of COVID-19, attention is turning to short term environmental responses to the sudden changes in hum...
TL;DR: The annual management of 67 million tonnes of waste and recycling streams poses significant environmental pollution and regulatory challenges to Australian governments as discussed by the authors, and while the Australian governm- tment is concerned with environmental pollution, it is not concerned with regulatory challenges.
Abstract: The annual management of 67 million tonnes of waste and recycling streams poses significant environmental pollution and regulatory challenges to Australian governments. While the Australian governm...
TL;DR: Agarwal et al. as mentioned in this paper revealed that a major mining company, Rio Tinto, had destroyed a 46,000 year old Aboriginal site, Juukan Gorge, in the Pilb...
Abstract: Australians and many around the world were shocked late in May by the announcement that a major mining company, Rio Tinto, had destroyed a 46,000 year old Aboriginal site, Juukan Gorge, in the Pilb...
TL;DR: In this paper, the criticality of governance and complementary industry and citizen initiatives to the effectiveness of environmental management is discussed, as the end of this most unusual year approaches, and the importance of government and industry in this area is emphasized.
Abstract: As the end of this most unusual year approaches, we reflect on the criticality of governance and complementary industry and citizen initiatives to the effectiveness of environmental management. We ...
TL;DR: The second edition of this book, the authors, is a comprehensive coverage of the economics of climate change and climate policy and is an essential text for advanced undergraduate economics courses and courses.
Abstract: This is the second edition of this book, which self-describes as a ‘comprehensive coverage of the economics of climate change and climate policy’ and ‘an essential text for advanced undergraduate a...
TL;DR: The Southport Spit, an undeveloped open space at the northern end of the Gold Coast beaches, has been subject to contentious development proposals as mentioned in this paper, which employs a choice experiment to elicit the response of the public to development proposals.
Abstract: The Southport Spit, an undeveloped open space at the northern end of the Gold Coast beaches, has been subject to contentious development proposals. This study employs a choice experiment to elicit ...