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Contemporary land-use pressures on the land environment

2016, 2011
Land
Pressures
Assessment summary

Land Pressures Contemporary land-use pressures Year...

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State and trends of soil carbon

2016, 2011
Land
State and trends
Assessment summary

Land State and trends Soil: Carbon dynamics Year...

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Effectiveness of biodiversity management

2016, 2011
Biodiversity
Effectiveness of management
Assessment summary

Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Management statusNew technologies, solutions and innovationsAssessing the effectiveness of biodiversity managementManagement initiatives and investmentsManagement capacityManagement...

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State and trends of biodiversity

2016, 2011
Biodiversity
State and trends
Assessment summary

Biodiversity State and trends Coastal and marine species and ecosystemsFreshwater species and ecosystemsTerrestrial plant and animal species: Threatened species listsTerrestrial ecosystems and communitiesGenetic and species...

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Effectiveness of land management

2016, 2011
Land
Effectiveness of management
Assessment summary

Land Effectiveness of management Human capitalManagement contextResources and capacity for managementHuman capital...

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Economic activity as a driver of environmental change

2016 Report Content

2016 The production of goods and services requires energy and materials—metals, minerals, water, food and fibre—all of which come from the environment. The impacts of resource extraction, production, transport, use and waste generation are central to how economic activity affects...

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Overview of state and trends of biodiversity

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity State and trends What has changed since 2011? The list of nationally threatened species and ecological communities has increased, with the addition of 30 new ecological communities, and 44 animal and...

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Overview of resilience of biodiversity

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Resilience Resilience is a key underpinning principle of biodiversity strategies at all levels of government. However, the definition of resilience in most strategies and policies is still relatively...

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Overview of effectiveness of management of biodiversity

2016
Biodiversity
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management A key policy initiative for threatened species management since 2011 has been the development of the Threatened Species Strategy (DoE 2015b).  Currently, 20 mammals and 20 ...

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Ecological processes and species populations

2016
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre...

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Water management in Australia

2016
Inland water
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Inland water Effectiveness of management We have significant and expanding knowledge of the relationships between water management actions and ecological condition that are essential for effective management. Much...

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Antarctic governance

2016
Antarctic environment
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty and a set of related international agreements, known collectively as the Antarctic Treaty System, provide the framework...

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Pressures on Antarctic historic heritage

2016
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Pressures Antarctica The Mawson’s Huts Historic Site at Cape Denison in the AAT is Australia’s oldest and arguably most significant historic heritage site in...

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Figure BIO2 Pressures affecting species listed as nationally threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Graph

Pressures affecting species listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Pressures affecting species listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Proportion of EPBC listed...

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Figure BIO14 Number of fauna species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, 2011 and 2015

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Graph

Number of EPBC Act listed fauna species in 2011 and 2015 Number of EPBC Act listed fauna species in 2011 and 2015 Mammal Conservation dependentVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangered 2011055354 2015058386 Bird Conservation...

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Figure BIO5 Threatened species richness across Australia

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset Note: Urban areas are outlined in black. Cities shown in greater detail in boxes are (a) Perth, (b) Brisbane and (c) Melbourne. Source: Dr Pia Lentini, University of Melbourne, used under CC BY NC using data supplied by the Australian...

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Figure BIO8 Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia regions

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset Note: IBRA maps in the Biodiversity report do not include the Indian Tropical Islands, including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Timor SeaIslands; Pacific Subtropical Islands, including Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands; the...

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Approach

2016
Biodiversity
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Tasmania Australian Capital Territory This report identifies the key pressures affecting biodiversity, using a similar approach to the 'Biodiversity' chapter in the 2011 state of the...

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Pressures affecting biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
At a glance

At a glanceThe pressures affecting biodiversity remain largely consistent with those identified in the 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 state of the environment reports. The most significant current pressures are clearing, fragmentation and declining quality of habitat; invasive species; climate...

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State and trends of biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
At a glance

At a glanceUnderstanding of the state and trends of the vast majority of individual species in Australia is limited. The lack of effective monitoring data for understanding state and trends, even for threatened species, is highlighted by every jurisdiction and all previous state of the...

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Effectiveness of biodiversity management 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Effectiveness of management
At a glance

At a glanceThis report has documented the widespread lack of consistent long-term data for assessing the effectiveness of investments in biodiversity management in Australia. Although it is reasonable to assume that there are many program-related examples that link investment to positive...

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Resilience of biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
At a glance

At a glanceResilience is a key underpinning principle of Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010–2030, as well as state and territory, and regional biodiversity strategies. The definition of resilience in biodiversity strategies and policies is still relatively ambiguous, and...

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Risks to biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Risks
At a glance

At a glanceEscalation of existing risks such as invasive species, climate change and changing fire regimes, and the interactions between these risks, will continue to exert significant and widespread changes on biodiversity. The importance of some risks, or at least the perception of those...

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Outlook for biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Outlook
At a glance

At a glanceIt seems unlikely, given the current overall poor status and deteriorating trends in biodiversity and the high impact of increasing pressures, that overall biodiversity outcomes will improve in the short or medium term. Our current investments in biodiversity management are not...

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Acronyms and abbreviations 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Introduction
At a glance

ALA Atlas of Living Australia AUSRIVAS Australian River Assessment System Bd Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis CAPAD Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 IBRA Interim...

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Importance of biodiversity

2016
Biodiversity
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Introduction Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Biodiversity is important to humans for many reasons. Biodiversity is also considered by many to have...

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Biodiversity: 2011–16 in context

2016
Biodiversity
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Introduction Overall, this 2016 report raises many of the same issues that were raised in all the previous SoE reports dating back to 1996. In the past 20 years, each report has highlighted the value...

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Availability of information

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures No consistent national-level data are available on the impact of pressures on all aspects of biodiversity in the past 5 years. The Australian Government released a Threatened Species...

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Jurisdictional reporting on pressures

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures Tasmania Greater Darwin Australian Capital Territory Each state and territory in Australia has highlighted a range of...

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Global climate change and climate variability

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures Tasmania All recent state and territory SoE reports note the adverse effects of global climate change on biodiversity. These increasingly include extreme weather, as...

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