Framing an independent, integrated and evidence-based evaluation of the state of Australia ́s biophysical and human environments

Framing an independent, integrated and evidence-based evaluation of the state of Australia's biophysical and human environments Trevor Ward, Steven Cork, Kirstin Dobbs, Peter Harper, Peter Harris, Tom Hatton, Robert Joy, Peter Kanowski, Richard Mackay, Neil McKenzie & Barbara Wienecke a Greenward Consulting, Wembley, WA, Australia b University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia c EcoInsights, Canberra, ACT, Australia & Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, Canberra, ACT, Australia d Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Qld, Australia e Population, Labour and Social Statistics Group, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, ACT, Australia f Environmental Geoscience Division, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia g CSIRO, Perth, WA, Australia h Newnham, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia i Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU, Canberra, ACT Australia j Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia & La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia k CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, ACT, Australia l Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Published online: 15 Mar 2014.