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Overview of effectiveness of management of inland water
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Effectiveness of management Murray Darling The Murray–Darling Basin Plan, which came into effect in late 2012, guides governments, regional authorities and communities about...
Effectiveness of inland water management 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe National Water Initiative has driven water policy, planning and management reforms in Australia for the past decade, which have delivered significant benefits for all Australians. It is critical that there should be no backsliding from reform principles. During a similar or...
Risks to inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceRisks to inland water environments include direct risks (such as direct water extraction, or changes in run-off and recharge) and indirect risks (such as expansion of invasive species because of increased tourism). Climate changes may produce both types of risks. Updated climate...
Outlook for inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceClimate and pests remain the largest pressures on our inland water environments. Climate variability and climate change, and associated changes in rainfall regimes, are the primary risks to inland water environments in both the short and long term. Efforts will need to continue to...
Australia’s water use
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Introduction Murray Darling Rainfall and run-off amounts vary widely from year to year and place to place, and we have a water management infrastructure with an accessible...
Inland water: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Introduction Murray Darling Tasmania The past 5 years opened with widespread heavy rainfall and extensive flooding in Queensland, New South Wales and...
Recent climate
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Pressures South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau Murray...
Groundwater resources
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South Coast South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf Murray Darling...
Water quality
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau...
Water management in Australia
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Timor Sea Gulf of Carpentaria We have significant and expanding knowledge of the...
Reviews of state and regional management
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre The Murray–Darling Basin Plan included 2750 GL of water...
Land and water use and management
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Risks Murray Darling Risks from changes to land management arise mainly through potential hydrological and water quality changes, whereas those from water management relate to...
Climate change
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Risks South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau Murray Darling...
Increased extreme weather events
2016 Report Content2016 Built environment Pressures Murray Darling North East Coast Timor Sea Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin...
Overview of state and trends of inland water
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South Coast South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling What has changed since...
Overview of resilience of inland water
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Resilience Murray Darling Since 2011, environmental flows (managed freshwater flows in natural water systems, designed to maintain aquatic ecosystems) have contributed to the...
State and trends of inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceOnline availability of flow data and water resources information has increased substantially since 2011, including: various state-based data portals a national repository with flow and other data for more than 3400 sites a national set of 222 long-term, high-quality reference flow...
Soil: Salinity and acidification
2016 Report Content2016 Land State and trends Murray Darling East Coast Greater Sydney Soil salinity Secondary dryland salinity has been one of Australia’s most...
New technologies, solutions and innovations
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Improved tools and technical advances are becoming more available, sophisticated and cost-effective for biodiversity assessment,...
Assessing the effectiveness of biodiversity management
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Although during the past few decades significant effort has been made to understand the effectiveness of biodiversity management...
Importance of biodiversity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Introduction Murray Darling Tasmania Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef Marine North West...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends South West Coast North Western Plateau Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania...
Factors affecting resilience capacity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Resilience South East Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Multiple factors acting at various levels of organisation, from...
Consumption and extraction of natural resources
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling North East Coast Greater Brisbane Greater Adelaide East Coast...
Pressures from livestock production
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures North Western Plateau Murray Darling North East Coast Timor Sea Gulf of Carpentaria...
Altered fire regimes
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling The Land report describes how fire frequencies have increased in Australia during the past decade. Alteration in fire regimes is considered a major...
Livability: Transport
2016 Report Content2016 Built environment State and trends Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin...
Livability: Natural environment
2016 Report Content2016 Built environment State and trends Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin...
Pest species and pathogens
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Timor Sea Marine Temperate East Cocos Christmas...
Resilience of inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceA challenge in assessing resilience of inland water environments is recognising resilience when it occurs, especially because Australian ecosystems have developed to be both resistant and resilient. We can contribute to resilience by reducing extreme and detrimental ecosystem...
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