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State and trends of soil erosion by water and wind
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand State and trends Soil: Formation and erosion Year...
State and trends of soil carbon
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand State and trends Soil: Carbon dynamics Year...
State and trends of soil acidification
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand State and trends Soil: Salinity and acidification Year...
State and trends of biodiversity
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryBiodiversity State and trends Coastal and marine species and ecosystemsFreshwater species and ecosystemsTerrestrial plant and animal species: Threatened species listsTerrestrial ecosystems and communitiesGenetic and species...
Overview of state and trends of inland water
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling Tasmania What has changed since 2011...
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...
Changing land use and management
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Pressures Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Land use and land management can produce pressures on aquatic environments that include changes to flow, water...
Water flows and levels
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania...
Water quality
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania...
Climate change
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Risks South East Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau Murray Darling North East Coast...
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...
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...
Global climate change and climate variability
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Pressures from livestock production
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Livestock production is the dominant land use in the extensive land-use zone of Australia (see the Land report for further information). It is considered a major contributing factor to the...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Lake Eyre...
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...
New technologies, solutions and innovations
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Improved tools and technical advances are becoming more available, sophisticated and cost-effective for biodiversity assessment, monitoring and management (see Box BIO20)....
Pressures affecting the land environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAlthough a changing climate has shaped the Australian landscape and its vegetation, the current rate of climate change is likely to result in changes in the distribution and composition of vegetation communities. Some communities are likely to disappear, and others will be...
Resilience of the land environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAustralian landscapes have evolved with soils and vegetation in equilibrium with the climate and natural disturbance regime. Land management activities disturb that equilibrium. Although we may not see all of the ensuing changes, the subtle and slowly accumulating ones can be the...
Figure LAN18 Estimated lime application in Western Australia to treat acidifying soils, 2004–16
2016 GraphAgricultural lime sales in Western Australia, 2004–2016 Agricultural lime sales in Western Australia, 2004–2016 Western australian agricultural lime sales figures ('000 tonne) 2004210 2005286 2006322 2007396 2008474 2009589 2010539 2011618...
Figure LAN19 Estimated lime application on agricultural land in South Australia, 1998–2016
2016 GraphAgricultural lime application in South Australia, 1998 - 2016 Agricultural lime application in South Australia, 1998 - 2016 Estimated lime use ('000 tonnes) 1998-199992 1999-2000116 2000-2001129 2001-02141 2002-03139 2003-04131 2004-05126 2005-...
Figure LAN21 Change in the percentage area of all land prepared for crops and pastures under different tillage practices, 1995–2012
2016 GraphChange in the percentage area of all land prepared for crops and pastures under different tillage practices, 1995 to 2012 Change in the percentage area of all land prepared for crops and pastures under different tillage practices, 1995 to 2012 No cultivation (...
Figure LAN16 Generalised map of soil orders for Australia
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Data from the Australian Soil Resource Information System and Conversion of the Atlas of Australian Soils to the Australian Soil Classification Figure LAN16 Generalised map of soil orders for Australia Soil: Understanding
Figure LAN17 Rating and condition for soil organic carbon
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Note: Numbers on the map correspond to the regions listed in assessment summary: State and trends of soil carbon Figure LAN17 Rating and condition for soil organic carbon Soil: Understanding
Figure LAN20 Rating and condition for soil acidity
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Note: Numbers on the map correspond to the regions listed in assessment summary: State and trends of soil acidification Source: State of the environment reports from states and territories Figure LAN20 Rating and condition for soil...
Figure LAN22 Images of Australia derived from remotely sensed data, showing the proportion of bare soil, photosynthetically active vegetation and non–photosynthetically active vegetation for April in (a) 2006 and (b) 2015
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: The data underpinning this figure were obtained through TERN AusCover. TERN is Australia’s land-based ecosystem observatory, delivering data streams to enable environmental research and management. TERN is a part of Australia’s National...
Figure LAN23 Estimated net soil loss due to wind erosion, 22–23 September 2009
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Dustwatch Australia, as published in Butler et al. (2013) Figure LAN23 Estimated net soil loss due to wind erosion, 22–23 September 2009 Soil: Formation and erosion
Figure LAN25 Grade of soil erosion for the physiographic provinces of Australia
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Note: Numbers on the map correspond to the regions listed in assessment summary: State and trends of soil erosion by water and wind Figure LAN25 Grade of soil erosion for the physiographic provinces of Australia Soil: Formation and...
In this report
2016 Report Content2016 Land Introduction This report provides an account of the most significant and recent human impacts on our land. It highlights improvements in land management over some parts of Australia, as well as several...
