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Number of waterbirds, Eastern Australia Waterbird Survey results, 1983–2015
2016 Graph(a) (a) number of water birds, Eastern Australia Waterbird Survey results, 1983–2015 (a) number of water birds, Eastern Australia Waterbird Survey results, 1983–2015 Number of waterbirds 1983900327 19841686412 1985823612 1986314986 1987315557...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Pests and invasive species
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Timor Sea Lake Eyre SoE 2011 provided information on the pressure of...
Water flows and levels
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau Murray Darling North...
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...
Ecological processes and species populations
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling North East Coast South Western...
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...
Climate change
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Risks South East Coast South West Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau Murray Darling...
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...
Industry
2016 , Report Content2016 Ambient air quality Pressures Murray Darling Traditional major industry is in decline in Australia, and this has produced a corresponding decrease in many emissions to air. For example, in...
Domestic wood heaters
2016 , Report Content2016 Ambient air quality Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Australian Capital Territory East Coast Greater Sydney...
Nonregulated diesel engines, including shipping and nonroad transport
2016 , Report Content2016 Ambient air quality Pressures Murray Darling Greater Sydney Nonroad diesel engines and equipment are used in a wide variety of applications, including rail...
Figure BIO26 Number of fish species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in each Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia region
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Environmental Resources Information Network, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, 2016 Figure BIO26 Number of fish species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity...
Importance of biodiversity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Introduction Murray Darling Tasmania Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef Marine North West...
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...
Pest species and pathogens
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Timor Sea Marine Temperate East Cocos Christmas...
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...
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