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Effectiveness of inland water management

2016, 2011
Inland water
Effectiveness of management
Assessment summary

Inland 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...

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Risks to biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Risks
At a glance

At 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...

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Outlook for biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Outlook
At a glance

At 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...

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Escalation of existing pressures

2016
Biodiversity
Risks
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Risks It is inevitable that the impact of climate change will continue to increase, given current trajectories (see the Drivers and Atmosphere reports). The interaction of climate change with other...

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Climate change

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast Marine South East...

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Commercial and recreational fishing

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Marine Temperate East Great Barrier Reef Marine South East Indian Ocean...

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Marine renewable energy generation

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Pressures The marine renewable energy industry is an emerging industry globally. Ocean energy technologies and devices (e.g. offshore wind farms, wave energy generators) are being developed...

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Fishing

2011
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2011 Marine environment Pressures Tasmania Great Barrier Reef   Fishing has provided an important commercial, recreational and subsistence resource for Australians for...

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Uses and values

2011
Marine environment
Introduction
Report Content

2011 Marine environment Introduction Great Barrier Reef Marine North West Australia’s oceans inspire many of our social and cultural values, and the marine sector...

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