Significance means the importance of a historical resource as defined by the Elk Grove Register of Historic Resources criteria adopted by this chapter, the California Register of Historical Resources, or the National Register of Historic Places.
Significance means the sum of the cultural and natural heritage values of a place (English Heritage 2007). Cultural heritage value has many aspects, including the potential of a place to yield primary information about past human activity (evidential value, which includes archaeological value), the ways in which it can provide direct links to past people, events and aspects of life (historical value), the ways in which people respond to a place through sensory and intellectual experience of it (aesthetic value, which includes architectural value) and the meanings of a place for the people who identify with it, and communities for whom it is part of their collective memory (communal value).
Significance means, with respect to a particular Act, that open toleration of such Act would be inconsistent with the Community of Trust.
Examples of Significance in a sentence
Significance can be harmed or lost through alteration or destruction of the heritage asset or development within its setting.
It is the proponent’s responsibility to comply with the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 and ensure that no Aboriginal Sites of Significance are damaged through the clearing process.
Mandatory Findings of Significance for a comprehensive list of the projects considered.
Significance exists if it is reasonable to anticipate a cumulatively significant impact on the environment.
It is the proponent's responsibility to comply with the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 and ensure that no Sites of Aboriginal Significance are damaged through the clearing process.
More Definitions of Significance
Significance. Medium for East African sub-species, Low for Southern Africa sub-species Hunting and Trapping Adult cranes and chicks are sometimes hunted or trapped and killed for food or for ornamental purposes. As charismatic birds known for their monogamous nature, Grey Crowned Cranes are also hunted for traditional medicine. The lack of enforcement of environmental legislation further exacerbates these practices as individuals involved realise that they are unlikely to be persecuted.
Significance. Medium for East African sub-species, Low for Southern African sub-species Diseases Disease has the potential to significantly affect Grey Crowned Crane populations. The proximity of cranes to domestic fowl largely as a result of their adaptation to living in close proximity to human settlements, and increasingly so as their natural habitat declines, brings cranes into contact with the diseases that domestic fowl carry or spread. In natural environments, Grey Crowned Cranes will also come into contact with diseases, either carried by long distance migrants or where a natural disease outbreak occurs. Lastly, the release or escape of captive cranes carrying diseases, that were contracted whilst in captivity and in proximity to other captive birds could potentially bring wild cranes into contact with diseases. Although currently a low threat, it does have the potential to become far more significant. Significance: Unknown for East African sub-species, Low for Southern African sub-species Domestic legal trade in wild birds There is currently no legal domestic trade in wild caught cranes. However, lack of regulations, proper enforcement and awareness do contribute to this threat. Of particular concern is the trade in wild caught chicks as captive bred, when traders legalize these through legal pairs that they have under permit.
Significance. Medium for East African sub-species, High for Southern African sub-species Mining (brick making, peat, coal, gold, oil (potential)) Many of the wetlands that Grey Crowned Cranes depend upon are being considered for resource extraction of one source or another. In most cases, wetlands are completely destroyed for use by cranes, exacerbated further by the lack of proper enforcement of the environmental impact assessment legislation.
Significance. Medium for East African sub-species, High for Southern African sub-species Change of hydrological regime Grey Crowned Cranes are dependent on wetlands for nesting, and require a hydrological regime which is wet enough to provide protection of the nest and small chicks, and yet dry enough for the eggs not to be in water when laid on a platform. Changes in the hydrological regime of these wetlands significantly affect the habitat these cranes require for breeding. Dam construction will often result in flooding of sections of a wetlands and a drying of those sections of the wetland downstream of the dam wall. Water diversions and water abstraction for agriculture both affect the wetland by reducing the water in the system. Climate change further exacerbates these situations. These human induced changes are often caused by a lack of awareness of the impact that such development has on the ecosystem services and a lack of proper enforcement of the environment impact assessment legislation.
Significance. Medium for East African sub-species, Low for Southern African sub-species Invasive alien plants (Mimosa pigra etc) The invasion of wetlands by alien invasive plants can change the hydrology and natural vegetation composition of wetlands, rendering wetlands less suitable for Grey Crowned Cranes. This is particular evident in Kafue Flats in Zambia where an invasion of Mimosa pigra has rendered large parts of the floodplain completely unsuitable to cranes. The spread of Mimosa in this system has resulted largely due to a change in the flooding regime due to the management of hydro-electric schemes on either side of the floodplain. Significance: Medium for East African sub-species, Low for Southern African sub-species Fire Fire is and always has been a prominent part of the African grasslands and savannas. However, the different fire regimes, as they vary in timing, frequency and intensity, can have vastly differing effects on the ecological integrity of ecosystems. Controlled fires, used as a management tool for habitat improvement in grasslands and wetlands can benefit Grey Crowned Cranes by providing suitable habitats required for nesting and foraging. However, uncontrolled, unintentional or poorly planned fires, started often through a general lack of awareness of the consequences, to clear land for agricultural purposes, as a result of hunting of small mammals, or when smoking bees out of hives for honey collection, can have detrimental effects on the ecosystems, and sometimes on the communities that live within or adjacent to them. In many situations too, these fires are illegal. As Grey Crowned Cranes breed in the wet season, it is unlikely that fires will directly result in chick loss. Habitat degradation though may well result in reduced breeding success.
Significance. Medium for East African sub-species, High for Southern African sub-species Siltation East Africa, in particular, has undergone large scale transformation over the past several decades. This has included varying levels of deforestation across most of the catchments for wetlands important to Grey Crowned Cranes. This, together with improper agricultural practices that deplete the soils and stream bank cultivation or intensive livestock grazing, result in high levels of siltation into wetlands. A lack of enforcement of environmental legislation has further exacerbated the situation, allowing for such practices to progress unheeded. In some situations, this has and can result in a change in the hydrological and subsequently in the vegetation structure of these wetlands, rendering them less suitable for Grey Crowned Cranes. Significance: High for East African sub-species and Medium for Southern African sub- species Drainage Wetlands are drained to improve conditions for crop production and to provide easier access for livestock grazing. Although the reason for the drains is related to a transformation of the habitat for agricultural practices, these drains also affect the hydrology of the wetland and its vegetation. This affect will be experienced not only around the site of the drains but also downstream, the extent of which will be determined by the slope and characteristics of the wetland itself. Although drains in wetlands are illegal, a lack of enforcement of the legislation means that this practice continues uncontested.
Significance means that the evidence is likely to impact on the decision of the Panel. For example, a note from a friend or relative indicating that you said you were experiencing problems at the time of the assessment would not be significant.