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Economic growth

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Heritage Pressures Murray Darling Greater Melbourne Greater Sydney Heritage places are susceptible to loss of values through inappropriate...

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Land–water interface

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures South West Coast South Australian Gulf Greater Adelaide Great Barrier Reef Greater Melbourne...

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Coastal waters

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures South Australian Gulf Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Coastal waterways

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Brisbane...

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Recovery from change

2016
Coasts
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Coasts Resilience Murray Darling Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast...

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Figure BIO1 Global biodiversity hotspots and World Heritage Areas in Australia

2016
Biodiversity
Introduction
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset Note: Heard and McDonald Islands, Lord Howe Island Group and Macquarie Island are not shown.The Australian Fossil Mammal Site is a serial listing with sites at Naracoorte in South Australia and Riversleigh in Queensland Source: Critical Ecosystem...

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Biodiversity: Species groups

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Population growth and urban development: Population growth

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures Greater Hobart Greater Adelaide Greater Melbourne Greater Perth Greater Sydney...

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Population growth and urban development: Coastal development and land use

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures Greater Melbourne Greater Perth Coastal population growth exerts strong pressure on coastal land by increasing the need for both agriculture and...

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Livability: Urban amenity

2016
Built environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Built environment State and trends Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Hobart Greater Adelaide Australian...

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Livability: Housing

2016
Built environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Built environment State and trends North East Coast Greater Brisbane Greater Hobart Greater Adelaide Greater...

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Livability: Transport

2016
Built environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Built environment State and trends Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin...

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Livability: Natural environment

2016
Built environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Built environment State and trends Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin...

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Urban environmental efficiency: Water efficiency

2016
Built environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Built environment State and trends Greater Brisbane Greater Adelaide Greater Melbourne Urban environmental efficiency refers to how well the...

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Box BLT1 Managing Melbourne’s grasslands on a city fringe

2016
Built environment
Pressures
Case Study

Melbourne’s outskirts are experiencing some of the largest population growth in the country, and this urban development places pressure on the availability and quality of the natural environment and agricultural land. Results of a study, published in the journal Ecological...

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Box BLT14 Infrastructure Priority List: capital-city public transport initiatives

2016
Built environment
Effectiveness of management
Case Study

Sydney metro Sydney’s train network faces several challenges. The growth in demand for services, combined with worsening capacity constraints, mean that, without action, the network will be unable to meet the city’s ongoing transport needs. The New South Wales Government is...

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Inputs: Financial Resources

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management Tasmania Timor Sea Greater Darwin Great Barrier Reef Cocos Christmas...

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Inputs: Human Resources

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management Tasmania Timor Sea Greater Darwin Great Barrier Reef Cocos Christmas...

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Changing land use and management

2011
Inland water
Pressures
Report Content

2011 Inland water Pressures Greater Melbourne Greater Perth There is a strong consensus among Australian jurisdictions that: point sources of pollution are no longer...

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Water resource development

2011
Inland water
Pressures
Report Content

2011 Inland water Pressures South Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Adelaide...

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Consumption and extraction of natural resources

2011
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2011 Biodiversity Pressures Greater Melbourne Greater Perth Greater Sydney Humans have both direct and indirect effects on biodiversity. Direct...

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Terrestrial ecosystems and communities

2011
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Adelaide Australian Capital Territory Greater...

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Ambient air quality

2011
Ambient air quality
Pressures
Report Content

2011 Ambient air quality Pressures Tasmania Greater Hobart Australian Capital Territory Greater Melbourne Greater...

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