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Regional and landscape-scale pressures affecting the land environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand Pressures Regional and landscape-scale pressures: BushfireRegional and landscape-scale pressures: Invasive speciesRegional and landscape-scale pressures: Land clearingClimate change–induced pressuresContemporary land-use...
Climate change pressures affecting the land environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand Pressures Climate change–induced pressuresClimate Change Year...
Overview of state and trends of the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine North West Marine South East Marine...
State and trends in indicators of marine ecosystem health
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary has changed since 2011 This assessment summary combines ecological processes, physical...
Figure BIO3 Most important knowledge gaps hindering effective management of biodiversity
2016 GraphMost important knowledge gaps hindering effective management of biodiversity Most important knowledge gaps hindering effective management of biodiversity Percentage of respondents who said this gap was in the top 5Percentage of total responses Lack of data/...
Risks to biodiversity 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
Importance of biodiversity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Introduction Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Biodiversity is important to humans for many reasons. Biodiversity is also considered by many to have...
Jurisdictional reporting on pressures
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Tasmania Greater Darwin Australian Capital Territory Each state and territory in Australia has highlighted a range of...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Lake Eyre...
Management initiatives and investments
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Biodiversity funding NRM funding provides key measures that include many practical elements of protecting and sustainably managing biodiversity. For the past 30 years, the...
Management status
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Tasmania National Reserve System and National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas Australia has...
Escalation of existing pressures
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Risks It is inevitable that the impact of climate change will continue to increase, given current trajectories (see the Drivers and Atmosphere reports). The interaction of climate change with other...
State and trends of the marine environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceReporting on the current state and recent trends of the biological and ecological components of Australia’s marine environment is highly variable across Australia’s marine estate, and is often inadequate for robust assessment. There are few coordinated, sustained monitoring...
Marine environment: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast...
Pressures on natural heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Pressures Lake Eyre Our terrestrial and marine natural heritage is susceptible to the general pressures arising from climate change outlined above, as well as some of the...
Risks to the land environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe predicted impacts of climate change pose the greatest risks to Australia’s land environment. These impacts include changes in the distribution and success of native species and ecosystems; the viability of some agricultural enterprises; and the impact of natural processes and...
Outlook for the land environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe outlook for Australia’s land environment is shaped by the legacy of our former activities, the current and future pressures on the land environment, and how we respond to these pressures. The many consequences of climate change provide the greatest challenges. The challenges...
Climate change–induced pressures
2016 Report Content2016 Land Pressures South East Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Lake Eyre Our...
Management context
2016 Report Content2016 Land Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Tasmania Legislative arrangements for the management of public lands continue to be relatively stable, despite flux...
Box BIO19 Using a herpesvirus to eradicate feral fish
2016 Case StudyFirst introduced to Australia in 1859, the common carp (or European carp—Cyprinus carpio) became a major pest in the 1960s after the accidental release of a strain that had been adapted for fish farming. Within a few years, they established themselves throughout the Murray–...
State and trends of indicators of marine ecosystem health: Ecologial processes
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Invertebrates
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Invertebrates Most of Australia’s estimated 500,000 species are invertebrates, and half are insects. Invertebrates are the ecological glue that holds...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Bushfire
2016 Report Content2016 Land Pressures Bushfires (wildfires) are uncontrolled fire in the landscape. These particularly affect natural or seminatural vegetation, and have significant positive and negative effects on landscape and...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Land clearing
2016 Report Content2016 Land Pressures Land clearing represents a fundamental pressure on the land environment, causing the loss and fragmentation of native vegetation. Depending on subsequent management, land clearing can also lead to a...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Invasive species
2016 Report Content2016 Land Pressures South East Coast South West Coast North East Coast Tasmania Greater Brisbane...
6 Marine environment | 2 Current state and trends
2011 At a glanceAt a glanceMarine biodiversity overall is in good condition, but nationally there are a number of areas on the coast, continental shelf and upper slope where the condition of some elements of biodiversity is very poor, as a result of the effects of specific human activities. Condition...
State and trends of pests, introduced species, diseases and algal blooms
2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary has changed in 2016 The new 2016 assessment summary combines ecological processes, physical...
State and trends of the national marine environment
2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary has changed in 2016 The new 2016 assessment summary combines ecological processes, physical...
Aquaculture facilities
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania East Coast Australia’s sheltered coastal waters are increasingly being considered as providing important opportunities for...
Marine ecosystem health
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
