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State and trends of inland water ecological processes and key species populations
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryInland water State and trends Ecological processes and species populations South East CoastSouth West CoastNorth Western PlateauMurray DarlingNorth East CoastSouth Western PlateauTasmaniaTimor SeaLake Eyre...
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...
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...
Number of waterbirds, Eastern Australia Waterbird Survey results, 1983–2015
2016 Graph(a) (a) number of water birds, Eastern Australia Waterbird Survey results, 1983–2015 (a) number of water birds, Eastern Australia Waterbird Survey results, 1983–2015 Number of waterbirds 1983900327 19841686412 1985823612 1986314986 1987315557...
WWF Australia’s estimates of how well area-based targets for protection of terrestrial ecosystems have been met & how much area is still required i.e. the gap between actual area in highly protected areas & ....... (by vegetation type, in 2016)
2016 Graph(e) WWF Australia’s estimates of how well area-based targets for protection of terrestrial ecosystems have been met...
WWF Australia’s estimates of how well area-based targets for protection of terrestrial ecosystems have been met & how much area is still required i.e. the gap between actual area in highly protected areas & ...... (by vegetation type, in 2010)
2016 Graph(d) WWF Australia’s estimates of how well area-based targets for protection of terrestrial ecosystems have been met...
Overview of resilience of biodiversity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Resilience Resilience is a key underpinning principle of biodiversity strategies at all levels of government. However, the definition of resilience in most strategies and policies is still relatively...
Overview of resilience of inland water
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Resilience Murray Darling Since 2011, environmental flows (managed freshwater flows in natural water systems, designed to maintain aquatic ecosystems) have contributed to the...
Resilience of inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceA challenge in assessing resilience of inland water environments is recognising resilience when it occurs, especially because Australian ecosystems have developed to be both resistant and resilient. We can contribute to resilience by reducing extreme and detrimental ecosystem...
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...
Ecological processes and species populations
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre...
Water management in Australia
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Effectiveness of management We have significant and expanding knowledge of the relationships between water management actions and ecological condition that are essential for effective management. Much...
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...
Figure BIO24 Total wetland area, 1983–2015
2016 GraphTotal wetland area, 1983–2015 Total wetland area, 1983–2015 wetland_area_index_ha 1983531000 1984727428 1985133994 1986272933 1987168316 1988313467 1989485694 1990444394 1991242696 1992218430 1993267805 1994174986 1995282184...
Figure BIO36 WWF-Australia’s estimates of how well area-based targets for protection of terrestrial ecosystems have been met, and how much area is still required (i.e. the gap between actual area in highly protected areas and the minimum ecosystem r...
2016 Graph(f) WWF Australia’s estimates of how well area-based targets for protection of terrestrial ecosystems have been met...
Figure BIO5 Threatened species richness across Australia
2016 MapInteract with 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...
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...
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...
Availability of information
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Great Barrier Reef Understanding of the state and trend of biodiversity in Australia is limited. Few long-term national-scale monitoring programs are...
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 context
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Great Barrier Reef Biodiversity management is undertaken at all levels of government, by private enterprise, and by thousands of landholders and...
Management capacity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Jurisdictional reporting on management effectiveness It is has been widely...
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)....
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...
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:...
