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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...
Consumption and extraction of natural resources
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Harvesting of species The impact of harvesting is considered a potential threat to 30 per cent of listed threatened...
Pest species and pathogens
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Pest plants, pest animals and pathogens have been identified by...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Lake Eyre...
Factors affecting resilience capacity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Resilience Murray Darling Tasmania Multiple factors acting at various levels of organisation, from species to landscapes, will interact to determine...
Marine regions
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
Figure BIO1 Global biodiversity hotspots and World Heritage Areas in Australia
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload 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:...
Box BIO8 The central rock-rat
2016 Case StudyThe central rock-rat (Zyzomys pedunculatus) is a medium-sized (body mass 70–150 grams) native rodent (family Muridae) that is endemic to the mountain ranges and adjacent foothills of arid central Australia. The action plan for Australian mammals 2012 recommends an upgrade to its...
Box BIO10 Ongoing declines of Christmas Island reptiles
2016 Case StudyChristmas Island covers an area of about 135 square kilometres, consisting of a large central plateau surrounded by a series of steep cliffs, terraces and slopes. Five native terrestrial reptile species occur on the island, 4 of which are endemic. A sixth species that was endemic...
Box BIO12 Getting to know a whole new world of animals living underground
2016 Case StudyDuring the past 2 decades, it has become apparent that there are many animal species living within rock spaces deep underground, as well as in shallow unconfined aquifers associated with rivers. Subterranean fauna have persisted and diversified in their relatively buffered...
Box BIO4 The fight against Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease
2016 Case StudyTasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) are iconic marsupial carnivores that are endemic to Tasmania. Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) is a relatively new disease that is having a devastating effect on Tasmanian devils. DFTD is a very rare transmissible cancer, and can be...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Mammals
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Great Barrier Reef Mammals The state and trend of mammals varies considerably. In 2014, The action plan for Australian mammals 2012 (Woinarski et al. 2014)...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Reptiles and amphibians
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Reptiles and amphibians As was the case in SoE 2011, there has been little improvement in the status of listed reptile and amphibian taxa at the national level. However, some species...
State and trends of marine biodiversity: Species Groups
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
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...
Marine biodiversity
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
Biodiversity and productivity
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Introduction Antarctica The coastal waters of Australia are generally low in nutrients all year round and are not highly productive (exceptions to this are the shallow...
