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Effectiveness of biodiversity management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryBiodiversity Effectiveness of management Management statusNew technologies, solutions and innovationsAssessing the effectiveness of biodiversity managementManagement initiatives and investmentsManagement capacityManagement...
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...
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...
Figure WAT12 Rainfall deciles for the Lake Eyre Basin, January 2016
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Monthly water Update; © Commonwealth of Australia (Bureau of Meteorology) 2016 Figure WAT12 Rainfall deciles for the Lake Eyre Basin, January 201 Water flows and levels
Figure WAT13 Monthly streamflow for the Lake Eyre Basin, January 2016
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Monthly Water Update; © Commonwealth of Australia (Bureau of Meteorology) 2016 Figure WAT13 Monthly streamflow for the Lake Eyre Basin, January 2016 Water flows and levels
Australia’s water resources
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Introduction South East Coast Timor Sea Gulf of Carpentaria Antarctica Drainage divisions are the...
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...
Water flows and levels
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania...
Groundwater resources
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 Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre...
Reviews of state and regional management
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Great Barrier Reef The Murray–Darling Basin Plan included 2750 GL of water to be recovered from consumptive...
Climate change
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Risks South East Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau Murray Darling North East Coast...
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...
Figure WAT 2 Average annual rainfall
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Average annual, seasonal and monthly rainfall; © Commonwealth of Australia (Bureau of Meteorology) 2016 Figure WAT2 Average annual rainfall Australia’s water resources
Changed hydrology
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling Surface-water and groundwater conditions have varied considerably since 2011, largely in response to climate. Changes to flows and water levels are...
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...
Resilience of marine systems
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Resilience Tasmania Great Barrier Reef The concept of resilience is not straightforward, with definitions varying across social and scientific...
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...
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...
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...
State and trends of indicators of marine ecosystem health: Physical, biogeochemical and biological processes
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast Marine...
State and trends of marine biodiversity: Quality of habitats and communities
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment State and trends Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East...
6 Marine environment | 6 Risks to the marine environment
2011 At a glanceAt a glanceThe main risks to the future of the marine environment are from the impacts of climate change—mainly increased temperature, ocean acidification and sea level changes. The interaction of these with the legacy effects of past poor management practices, and with the existing...
Pressures affecting the marine environment
2011 At a glanceAt a glanceThe Australian marine environment is experiencing a broad range of pressures that affect the quality of habitats, species and environmental health. The main pressures are in coastal areas, particularly in sheltered enclosed bays, estuaries and lagoons, where removal of land-based...
State and trends of physical and chemical processes
2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary has changed in 2016 The new 2016 assessment summary combines ecological processes, physical...
Catchment run-off and land-based sources of pollution
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Pressures Great Barrier Reef Marine Coral Sea Coastal habitats are susceptible to many impacts that arise from the adjacent lands, and from...
Pressures resulting from climate change
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Pressures South East Coast Tasmania Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North West...
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...
