Investing in Our Natural and Cultural Heritage

	Document Index 1999-2000 Ministerial Statements Investing in our Natural and Cultural Heritage Chapter 2

FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENT

Estimates solely for that part of Commonwealth environmental expenditure covered by the environmental programmes undertaken by the Environment and Heritage and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolios are given in Table 2.1.

Table 2.1: Environmental Expenditures Undertaken by the Environment and Heritage and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Portfolios

Description	1998-99 $m	1999-00 $m	2000-01 $m	2001-02 $m	2002-03 $m
Environment and Heritage Portfolio
Outcome 1: environment, especially aspects that are matters of national environmental significance, is protected and conserved	466.4	473.2	490.9	431.0	217.8
Outcome 2: Australia benefits from meteorological & related science and services(a)	8.3	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.3
Outcome 3: Australia's interests in Antarctica are advanced	93.9	95.3	95.3	94.7	95.2
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Portfolio	281.7(b)	264.4	201.5	150.9	72.8
	850.3	839.4	794.1	683.0	392.1

These Bureau of Meteorology figures relate to environmental expenses only and have a proportion of corporate resources attributed to them.
Relates to relevant programmes of the former portfolio of Primary Industries and Energy.

Figures in Table 2.1 for the Environment and Heritage portfolio provide for the estimated expenditures for environmental outcomes presented on an accrual basis with outyear estimates in outturn prices. The figures include corporate resources, which have been attributed across outputs and outcomes. (These resources were reported under a discrete programme in the 1998-99 and previous years' Budget documentation.)