All data used in State of the Environment reporting is stored on data.gov.au, the Australian Government's open data portal. All of the data available for download can be found at data.gov.au/organization/state-of-the-environment.
Spatial data used in State of the Environment 2016 can be viewed and explored using the SoE instance of NationalMap, available at https://soe.terria.io/.
Data for Atmosphere were provided by the Department of the Environment and Energy, CSIRO, Bureau of Meteorology and OECD, among other organisations and individuals.
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Data for Built environment were provided by Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Government Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, The Climate Institute Ltd, and Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics.
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Data for Antarctic environment were provided by Australian Antarctic Division, Bureau of Meteorology and scientific literature.
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Data for Heritage were provided by Department of the Environment and Energy, National Trusts Australia, and Commonwealth, State and Territory park agencies.
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Data for Biodiversity were provided by Department of the Environment and Energy, University of Melbourne, Atlas of Living Australia, Australian Bureau of Agriculltural and Resources Economics and Sciences, BirdLife Tasmania, Ecological Society of Australia.
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Data for Land were provided by Western Australian Land Information Authority, CSIRO, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, TERN AusCover, Dustwatch Australia, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (South Australia), among others.
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Data for Coasts were provided by Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Marine Debris Database, Reef Life Survey and Tourism Research Australia, Austrade.
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Data for Inland water were provided by Bureau of Meteorology, Atlas of Living Australia, UNSW Centre for Ecosystem Science and Fitzroy Partnership for River Health.
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Data for Marine environment were provided by NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Reef Life Survey, Australian Ocean Data Network, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Australian Fisheries Management Authority, SA Research and Development Institute, among others.
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Data for Overview were provided by Department of the Environment and Energy.
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Data for Drivers were provided by Australian Bureau of Statistics, Office of the Chief Economist
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Australia State of the Environment 2016 has been prepared by independent experts using the best available information to support assessments of environmental condition, pressures, management effectiveness, resilience, risks and outlook.
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