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Pressures affecting biodiversity
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryBiodiversity Pressures Pressures facing aquatic ecosystemsChanged hydrologyAltered fire regimesPest species and pathogensPressures from livestock productionUrban developmentPollutionGlobal climate change and climate...
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 biodiversity
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Ecological processes and species populations
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre...
Figure BIO5 Threatened species richness across Australia
2016 MapDownload 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...
Outlook for biodiversity 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
Availability of information
2016 Report Content2016 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...
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...
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...
Urban development
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures A growing population puts increasing pressure on biodiversity when residential areas encroach on natural systems. The Built environment report describes Australia's urban footprint, and the...
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...
Genetic and species diversity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Photo by David Westcott Hibiscus harlequin bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus) nymph feeding on a beach almond (Terminalia catappa) fruit, Hope Island near...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Lake Eyre...
Coastal and marine species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Greater Darwin Greater Hobart...
Management capacity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Jurisdictional reporting on management effectiveness It is has been widely...
Commercial and recreational fishing
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine Temperate East Great Barrier Reef Marine South East Indian Ocean...
Box BIO11 Caterpillars as big as a mountain: the role of spiritual beliefs about animals and plants
2016 Case StudyCertain caterpillars have cultural relationships with Indigenous Australians that highlight complex links between ecology and human ecology. These caterpillars are imbued with meanings, values and uses for Aboriginal people that are very different from how western science views...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Threatened species lists
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Threatened species lists As at December 2015, a total of 480 fauna species (terrestrial and...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Plant species and fungi
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Plant species The pattern in distribution of listed plant species has not changed significantly...
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: Birds
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Photo by David Westcott Pale-yellow robin (Tregallasia capito), Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queensland...
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...
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...
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...
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...
