Web input forms are a way for contributors to provide information on-line for State of the Environment Tasmania 2008. ‘Issues’ refer to the main subject headings within the report. ‘Indicators’ are the measures of conditions, trends and changes used in the assessment. If you have been provided with a username and password, you can go straight to the input forms through the following links:
State of the Environment Reporting is one of the features of the Resource Management and Planning System of Tasmania. For more information, see State of the Environment Reporting in Tasmania. To view the current report, see State of the Environment Tasmania 2003.
Because many individuals and organisations are involved in assessing, monitoring and managing Tasmania’s environment and natural resources, web input forms provide a way for a diverse and dispersed group to contribute information for State of the Environment Tasmania 2008. Contributors may include NRM Groups, Tasmanian Government agencies, Australian Government, Local Government, The University of Tasmania, private companies, consultants and community groups involved in monitoring the environment and natural resources.
While every endeavour will be made to include contributions into State of the Environment Tasmania 2008, resource and publication limits mean that the Commission cannot guarantee that all will be included. Priority will be given to content from published papers, reports, and data that most directly relate to the specified issues or indicators. Unpublished data and information will be included where possible subject to the above constraints. Information about current management activities and initiatives will also be included where possible.
Regardless of whether information is included in the published State of the Environment Report 2008, registered users can view on-line contributions to the SoE Report, and this will remain as a valuable record.
Contributions of information can be made at the higher levels of the report (called ‘Issues’) or at the level of measures of condition or change (called ‘Indicators’). All information used in the report will be acknowledged to the contributing organisations and individuals.
The web input forms are linked to the structure of the State of the Environment Report 2008 so they will evolve as the report is compiled over time. However, please note that the forms present a draft report structure only and the capacity to report against this structure is subject to resourcing and the availability of suitable data.
You can use the forms simply to contribute a document or some data for the report, or to provide more detailed content.
Because the priority is to compile information on conditions and trends in Tasmania’s environment and natural resources, registration is available to scientists, environmental and natural resource practitioners, planners, and community-based monitoring groups. To register to contribute to State of the Environment Tasmania 2008 using web input forms, email your name and contact details to soe@justice.tas.gov.au. Please feel free to forward this web page to others who may be interested in contributing. Once you receive the username and password, you can go to the input forms through the above links.
After registering, simply go to the issue or indicator page using the above links, enter your username and password, select the appropriate issue or indicator from the menu fill-in any of the appropriate fields, attach any appropriate data and submit.
Thank you for your interest.
