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The area of forest land where priority is given to protecting soil and hydrological functions provides an indication of the emphasis being placed by society on the conservation of these values. This indicator includes areas managed to protect soil and water by excluding incompatible activities.This…
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Australia is a party to international treaties that govern the trade of goods. As a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Australia is obliged to ensure that sanitary (relating to human and animal health) and phytosanitary (relating to plant health) measures are based on science and applied…
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Technical Barriers to Trade (TBTs) are technical regulations and standards.They cover all traded goods and include standards for food packaging and labelling, animal welfare, agriculture and veterinary chemicals, fisheries and forestry. TBTs can create interruptions and stifle trade opportunities…
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Break-bulk dischargeA departmental biosecurity officer must receive notification prior to the discharge of break-bulk cargo.Biosecurity officers conduct surveillance inspections of break-bulk cargo to ensure freedom from contaminants that pose a biosecurity risk. Break-bulk cargo or non-…
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Fishery status reports 2024 provides an independent evaluation of the biological and economic status of fish stocks managed solely or jointly by the Australian Government.This 29th edition of the Fishery status reports covers the biological status of 102 fish stocks across 22 fisheries,…
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High-quality, comprehensive free trade agreements (FTAs) play an important role in:supporting free and open global tradeenhancing the international competitiveness of Australian exports.Free trade agreements can cover entire regions with many participants or link just two economies. Under these…
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Traceability and Australia’s agricultural exports: Economic principles underpinning policy framework
Author: Lindsay HoganTraceability and Australia’s agricultural exports: Economic principles underpinning policy frameworkThis report uses an economic framework to examine the role of government in tracking Australia’s agricultural exports from ‘paddock-to-plate’.Download PDF 1.28 MBDownload Word 3.…
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Portfolio boards include committees, panels, councils and other bodies. We maintain a list of people who have expressed an interest in being a part-time portfolio board member. This list is the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Portfolio Boards Register (PBR).The PBR allows people with diverse…
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The Commonwealth Fisheries Harvest Strategy Policy is currently under review. We are seeking your feedback on the draft review report until 5 December 2024. Visit our Have Your Say page here.The Commonwealth Fisheries Harvest Strategy policy and associated implementation guidelines aim to ensure…
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The Commonwealth Fisheries Bycatch Policy is currently under review. We are seeking your feedback on the draft review report until 5 December 2024. Visit our Have Your Say page here.The Commonwealth’s Policy on Fisheries Bycatch (Bycatch Policy) provides a framework for managing fishing-related…
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