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Effectiveness of marine management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryMarine environment Effectiveness of management Triage responses to changes resulting from pressuresCumulative impacts and management of multiple usesSustainability and sector managementEnvironment protection systemsEvaluation of...
Contemporary land-use pressures on the land environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand Pressures Contemporary land-use pressures Year...
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...
Effectiveness of inland water management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryInland water Effectiveness of management Recent national assessments of management performanceWater management in AustraliaReviews of state and regional managementReviews of state and regional management Murray DarlingTasmania...
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...
Effectiveness of land management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand Effectiveness of management Human capitalManagement contextResources and capacity for managementHuman capital...
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...
Overview of resilience of the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Resilience Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine North West Marine South East Current...
Overview of effectiveness of management of biodiversity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management A key policy initiative for threatened species management since 2011 has been the development of the Threatened Species Strategy (DoE 2015b). Currently, 20 mammals and 20 ...
Overview of effectiveness of management of inland water
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Effectiveness of management Murray Darling The Murray–Darling Basin Plan, which came into effect in late 2012, guides governments, regional authorities and communities about...
Overview of effectiveness of management of the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Many improvements to management frameworks across Australian and state and territory governments introduced since 2011, including the implementation of new national...
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 Antarctic environmental management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Effectiveness of management Management achievementsManagement processesGovernance Antarctica...
Pressures affecting inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceOverall, the key pressures affecting inland water environments have changed little since 2011, with climatic and pest-based pressures increasing, land-use and management pressures remaining largely stable, and some stabilisation occurring in the pressure of water resources...
State and trends of inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceOnline availability of flow data and water resources information has increased substantially since 2011, including: various state-based data portals a national repository with flow and other data for more than 3400 sites a national set of 222 long-term, high-quality reference...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Introduction 2016
2016 At a glanceThe capricious nature of our nation’s water resources was evident during 2011–16, with: record rainfall and record dryness at local, regional and state scales extended and extensive flooding national water storage levels varying from above 80 per cent to below 50 per cent groundwater...
Figure WAT10 Distribution of arrowhead
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Atlas of Living Australia; used under CC BY 3.0 AU Figure WAT10 Distribution of arrowhead Pests and invasive species
Figure WAT 11 Distribution of water hyacinth
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Atlas of Living Australia; used under CC BY 3.0 AU Figure WAT 11 Distribution of water hyacinth Pests and invasive species
Figure WAT12 Rainfall deciles for the Lake Eyre Basin, January 2016
2016 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 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
Figure WAT14 Principal hydrogeology of Australia
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Bureau of Meteorology Groundwater Insight Figure WAT14 Principal hydrogeology of Australia Groundwater resources
Figure WAT15 Extract of the ecosystem health report card for the Theresa catchment in the Queensland Fitzroy Basin, 2014
2016 MapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Fitzroy Partnership for River Health (n.d.) Figure WAT15 Extract of the ecosystem health report card for the Theresa catchment in the Queensland Fitzroy Basin, 2014 Water quality
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...
Inland water: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Introduction Murray Darling Tasmania The past 5 years opened with widespread heavy rainfall and extensive flooding in Queensland, New South Wales and...
