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ItemDefining a marine cadastre for Australia( 2001)As the world's largest island, Australia has a coastline length of approximately 36,700 km. The nation's relative isolation from its neighbours enables it to claim one of the largest maritime jurisdictions in the world. The ocean territory to which Australia lays claim is about 1.5 times larger than the Australian land mass. Given the diversity and extent of Australia's ocean resources, there is an economic and social need to manage, explore and exploit the nation's ocean territories in a way that will maximise benefit, while at the same time protecting the ocean environment. An essential requirement for the consistent and effective management of the oceans is reliable, comprehensive and accurate spatial information. This introduces the complex issue of defining and quantifying the spatial and temporal interaction of a vast array of rights and responsibilities. Not only are our oceans subject to the interests of a diverse group of individuals and organisations, they are also governed by a complex web of government legislation. International treaties such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea(UNCLOS) also need to be considered. Many pieces of legislation contain geographical definitions for areas of jurisdiction. Understanding and managing the relationship and interaction between overlapping and sometimes competing rights is a complex problem. The objective behind the development of a marine cadastre is to provide a comprehensive spatial data infrastructure whereby rights, restrictions and responsibilities in the marine environment can be assessed, administered and managed. This paper describes a multi-faceted, collaborative project between the Department of Geomatics, the Australian Surveying and Land Information Group, the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines, and Land Victoria to define the issues relevant to the development of a marine cadastre for Australia.
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ItemAustralian Marine Cadastre Research and Activities( 2003)The marine cadastre is an important topic for research both internationally, and particularly in Australia. With this in mind, Department of Geomatics at the University of Melbourne is involved in different national and international collaborative research projects. The main objectives of these activities are looking at defining the issues to be considered in the context of developing an Australian marine cadastre and facilitation for the development of a set of guidelines appropriate to the Asian and Pacific region for the design of marine cadastres. This report aims to describe both national and international activities and involvement of the Marine Cadastral Research Group at Department of Geomatics, University of Melbourne. The report provides an overview of the incentive, objectives and principle tasks as well as the results of current research activities. These activities aims to act as an aid in designing the features and capabilities of a future marine cadastre for Australia.
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ItemIssues in defining the concept of a marine cadastre for Australia( 2003)Australia's ratification and subsequent implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea has given the government responsibility for the management of a marine environment double the size of the country's land mass. Such a management initiative must take into account the economic, social and environmental needs of marine stakeholders, as well as incorporating international and national tools of governance. In the terrestrial environment, it is the cadastre and initiatives such as the creation of the Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI) that are facilitating greater decision making in areas such as sustainable development. The ability of such tools and initiatives to facilitate effective decision-making and spatial data access mechanisms within the marine environment has given rise to research into a marine cadastre. Such a cadastre aims to define, visualise and realise legally defined maritime boundaries and the rights, restrictions and responsibilities attached to them. With this in mind, this paper aims to identify and quantify the various themes which are driving the development of an Australian marine cadastre, as well as attempting to define the concept of a marine cadastre through an investigation into the current international research into marine cadastral systems.
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ItemMarine SDI and Cadastre Activities in Asia-Pacific(Coastal CRC, 2004)