Assessment summaries for indicators of heritage state and trends

Indicator	Reasoning	Assessment grade					Confidence
Indicator	Reasoning	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very good	In state grade	In trend grade
Number of historic heritage places	414 historic places and objects are registered on the ACT Heritage Register, which has grown by 63 since 2011. The number of nominations has decreased, due to an audit that removed duplication and ineligible nominations on National Land There is reasonable confidence in the state and trend of this indicator – the processes for identifying and protecting historic heritage places were sound, although at times constrained by limited resources				Stable		Limited evidence or limited consensus	Limited evidence or limited consensus
Number of natural heritage places	Nine natural heritage places or objects are registered on the ACT Heritage Register, compared with six by the end of the previous reporting period (comments above for historic heritage apply here also). Although the number is low, the geographic coverage of these areas is relatively large. Two new sites, Kama Woodland and Hume Paleontological Site, have been added. There are a further 31 nominations				Stable		Limited evidence or limited consensus	Limited evidence or limited consensus
Number of Aboriginal heritage places	All Aboriginal heritage places and objects in the ACT are protected under the Heritage Act 2004, regardless of whether they are listed on the ACT Heritage Register. These are expected to number around 3000 sites. There are currently 72 registrations on the ACT Heritage Register related to Aboriginal heritage places or objects, an increase of 5 since 2010–11, with a further 4 places or objects nominated Some members of the Aboriginal community have concerns that salvaging and rehoming of Aboriginal heritage objects found during development may damage the value of the objects, as they are often inextricably linked to the land			Improving			Limited evidence or limited consensus	Limited evidence or limited consensus

Recent trends

Improving Improving

Deteriorating Deteriorating

Stable Stable

Unclear Unclear

Confidence

Adequate high-quality evidence and high level of consensus Adequate high-quality evidence and high level of consensus

Limited evidence or limited consensus Limited evidence or limited consensus

Evidence and consensus too low to make an assessment Evidence and consensus too low to make an assessment