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Non-financial performance overview

Our work during 2019–20 towards our vision—outstanding natural places that enhance Australia’s well-being—is presented in our annual performance statement at Chapter 4 - Annual Performance Statement of this report. Throughout 2019–20 we worked to achieve outcomes that support our vision and our three key purposes:

  • Resilient places and ecosystems: we continued to invest resources in monitoring and recovering threatened species, and monitoring and controlling invasive species. The proportion of threatened species with ‘stable or increasing’ population trends has remained stable; and the proportion of priority invasive species with ‘decreasing or stable population’ trends has also increased significantly. In our marine parks, management plans and advisory committees contribute to effective management of marine reserves, while established long term monitoring sites continue to deliver valuable baseline information.
  • Multiple benefits for Traditional Owners and local communities: we continued to work together with Traditional Owners to increase the level of Indigenous employment, and to grow economic activity for Indigenous people in our jointly managed parks.
  • Amazing destinations: this year, visitation to our parks was impacted by safety and travel restrictions due to COVID-19. Although we welcomed fewer visitors to our parks this year (990,993 this year, down from 1.33 million), visitor satisfaction increased to 95 percent.

Our non-financial performance is also summarised in Table 2: Director of National Parks non-financial performance results for 2019–20.

Table 2: Director of National Parks non-financial performance results for 2019–20

Purposes

Performance Criteria and Targets

Result

Resilient places and ecosystems

Enhance level of active engagement of Australian Marine Parks and engagement of stakeholders and users

Target 1. Number of management plans for Australia Marine Parks in effect

Target 2. Number of advisory committee meetings

Target 1:

Achieved

Target 2:

Achieved

Populations of priority invasive species are reduced

Target 1. Decrease in size of populations of prioritised invasive species

Target 1:

Not achieved

Populations of priority invasive species are reduced

Target 1. Decrease in size of populations of prioritised invasive species

Target 1:

Achieved

Increase the knowledge base for long term adaptive management of the Australian Marine Parks

Target 1. Increase in the number of marine reserves long-term monitoring sites

Target 1:

Achieved

Multiple benefits to Traditional Owners and local communities

Increase in the numbers of Indigenous employees and/or contractors directly or indirectly providing park services

Target 1. Increase in numbers of Indigenous staff

Target 2. Increase in value of services provided by Indigenous providers

Target 1:

Not achieved

Target 2:

Achieved

Amazing Destinations

Maintain or improve the level of visitor satisfaction and number of visitors

Target 1. 5 per cent increase in visitor numbers

Target 2. Maintain or improve levels of visitor satisfaction

Target 1:

Not achieved

Target 2:

Achieved