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Antarctic governance
2016 Report Content The Antarctic Treaty and a set of related international agreements, known collectively as the Antarctic Treaty System, provide the framework for governance of the Antarctic ...
Governance
2016 Report Content The Antarctic Treaty System is the primary international governance framework for the Antarctic region. Australia’s engagement with the international forums of the ...
Effectiveness of Antarctic management 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAntarctica is governed through the international agreements of the Antarctic Treaty System, including the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, and the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. These agreements establish...
Heritage values
2016 Report Content... ( Table ANT1 ). For example, they can be designated as Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs). Sites of particular significance ... subantarctic islands, which do not come under the Antarctic Treaty, are on the World Heritage List. The old part of Mawson Station—the ...
Management achievements
2016 Report Content... actively participate in the international forums of the Antarctic Treaty System to promote improved environmental protection and conservation ...
Australian Antarctic Territory
2016 Report Content The AAT comprises an area of approximately 5.9 million km 2 , and its coastline extends more ...
Effectiveness of Antarctic environmental management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Effectiveness of management Management achievementsManagement processesGovernance Antarctica...
Overview of effectiveness of management of the antarctic environment
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Antarctica Australia has improved various aspects of its human presence in Antarctica through improved waste treatment and repatriation,...
The pressure of human activities on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is increasing
2016 Key Finding2016 The areas affected by human activities in the region continue to increase. New stations are being built, and tourism to the continent continues to grow on the Antarctic Peninsula, but is still insignificant in East Antarctica. With a growing world population, commercial fishing...
Management processes
2016 Report Content... processes contribute to the overall management of the Antarctic region, including the framework for protected areas, as well as ...
Executive Summary - Antarctic environment
2016 Executive SummaryAntarctic environment 2016This report mainly focuses on the environment of areas administered by Australia (the Australian Antarctic Territory, and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands), subantarctic Macquarie Island (which is part of Tasmania)...
Heritage listings
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Introduction Antarctica Identifying and protecting heritage places is fundamental to ensuring that they are appropriately conserved, celebrated and passed on to future generations...
Jurisdictions covered
2016 Report Content... and unique biodiversity values associated with tropical and Antarctic waters, from the shoreline to the abyss. The outer boundary of ...
Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Operation indicators
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica Although human activity across Antarctica has increased during recent decades, it remains much lower than for all other continents. Human...
Risks to the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAs for other regions, distant human activities can contribute to the key risks to the Antarctic environment, including global population, economic pressures and the effects of climate change. Management can mitigate many of the population and economic impacts, and climate change...
The living environment: Vertebrate populations
2016 Report Content Given its extreme conditions, the Antarctic has a surprising diversity of ecosystems. Antarctica is the coldest, ...
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...
The living environment: Marine and terrestrial
2016 Report Content Given its extreme conditions, the Antarctic has a surprising diversity of ecosystems. Antarctica is the coldest, ...
The physical environment: The atmosphere—climate and weather patterns
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica The physical environment includes both the nonliving factors that characterise an ecosystem (e.g. weather patterns, ice coverage, the...
Pressures affecting the Antarctic terrestrial environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the terrestrial environment Antarctica Year...
Pressures affecting the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe climate of Antarctica is changing. Compared with conditions prevailing in the 1950s, parts of West Antarctica—particularly the Antarctic Peninsula region—have warmed. In East Antarctica, where Australia operates, temperatures have also increased, but to a lesser extent. Across...
The natural environment
2016 Report Content The Antarctic environment comprises diverse habitats and ecosystems that ...
The physical environment: The cryosphere
2016 Report Content... emissions that deplete ozone in the atmosphere).
The Antarctic ice sheet consists of 3 topographically different regions:
... Peninsula, which reaches further north than any other area in Antarctica
the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
the East Antarctic Ice ...
State and trends of the Antarctic cryosphere
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment State and trends The physical environment: The cryosphere Antarctica...
Approach - Antarctic environment 2016
2016 Report Content... limited data are available to assess many aspects of the Antarctic environment. This is largely a consequence of the remoteness and ... of the state and trends of the Antarctic environment (the area south of 60°S, the Southern Ocean and Australia’s subantarctic ...
Resilience of the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAlthough organisms living in Antarctica have evolved to cope with severe events, it is challenging to measure their level of resilience and to predict how future climate change will affect Antarctic ecosystems. This is largely because our understanding of key parameters is still...
Pressures on the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Pressures Antarctica The water chemistry of the Southern Ocean appears to be changing at a faster rate than previously estimated, particularly in the deep ocean...
State and trends of listed or specially protected sites in Antarctica and the subantarctic that are managed by Australia
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThe title of this assessment summary has been expanded to better represent the components being assessed. The previous title was 'State and trends of listed or specially protected sites in Antarctica'. The original 2011 summary, grade, trend and confidence levels have been...
Outlook for the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceCurrently, the Antarctic environment is still in a comparatively good condition. However, the pressures on the continent and the surrounding ocean will increase. For example, the extraction of marine resources is not only going to continue but will intensify in the future. Most...
Pressures on the terrestrial environment
2016 Report Content The pressures on the Antarctic terrestrial environment operating on a global scale include ...
