how will people know if the site is being looked after?
The Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) has employed environmental management staff on the site, for the duration of the lease. These people will continually check all activities and any environmental complaints. We have established world’s best practice environmental monitoring and adaptive management. This monitoring checks the condition of the natural environment, the historic environment, Aboriginal heritage, visitor satisfaction, community attitudes and economic performance. Most of this information can be made publicly available. We and the DECC engaged independent consultants to prepare an Environmental Audit to assess how well we are complying with the Conditions of Approval. The first Audit concluded that things were going really well, and after a positive review from the Community Committee is being approved by the Minister for Planning in early 2008. The approved report will be a public document. We and the DECC will prepare an Annual Environment Report on th
