Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT INFORMATION) REGULATIONS 1997 No. 252 - SCHEDULE 2

                               SCHEDULE 2          Paragraph 9 (2) (b)

HERITAGE VALUES AND FEATURES
Item       Heritage value or feature

1          World Heritage

2          Historic heritage values and features

3          Natural heritage values and features

4          Indigenous heritage values and features

5          Areas or things entered in the Register of the National

Estate or in the Interim List for that Register (Note: World Heritage values
are those of such outstanding universal value that their conservation is of
concern to all people. Places with these values are recognised through their
inscription on the World Heritage List by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee.
World Heritage values can be of outstanding universal natural value,
outstanding universal cultural value or both. Australia's places on the World
Heritage List include Kakadu National Park, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park,
the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics of Queensland, the Tasmanian
Wilderness, Fraser Island and Shark Bay. Historic heritage values and features
include historic structures and sites, archaeological sites, conservation
areas, cultural landscapes, gardens and trees, and places significant for
their social, historic, aesthetic, architectural, anthropological or
scientific value. Natural heritage values and features include features of the
natural environment that are important for their existence value, or for
present or future generations in terms of their scientific, social, aesthetic
or life-support value. These include natural processes, ecosystems, biological
diversity, geodiversity (including geological and geomorphological features)
and wilderness. Indigenous values and features include areas or things of
particular significance to Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders, in
accordance with their traditions. These places may be valued for a single
value or combination of values that may include social, aesthetic, historic or
scientific values for present, past or future generations. Social values
include spiritual and traditional values.)