Skip to Content
Having difficulty reading?View site in high contrast×

Australia State of the Environment Report

Home
  • Overview
  • Drivers
  • Themes
  • Frameworks
  • Topics
  • Download
  • How & Why
  • About

Search form

Main menu

  • Overview
  • Drivers
  • Themes
  • Frameworks
  • Topics
  • Download
  • How & Why
  • About
Back to Home

Search

  • Advanced Site Search
  • Search by Region
  • Search Assessment Summaries
Show on map

Historic Content you are reading content from a previous reporting year.

Showing 30 of 287 results
  •  
  • 1 of 10
  • next ›

Box HER1 Listed and unlisted heritage

2016
Heritage
Introduction
Case Study
... the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) . However, the state of the environment report ... place-based heritage, not just that protected under the EPBC Act. The EPBC Act specifically includes the ‘heritage ...
Read more

Heritage listings

2016
Heritage
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Heritage Introduction Antarctica Identifying and protecting heritage places is fundamental to ensuring that they are appropriately conserved, celebrated and passed on to future generations...

Read more

Environment protection systems

2016
Marine environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef...

Read more

Figure BIO14 Number of fauna species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, 2011 and 2015

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Graph

Number of EPBC Act listed fauna species in 2011 and 2015 Number of EPBC Act listed fauna species in 2011 and 2015 Mammal Conservation dependentVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangered 2011055354 2015058386 Bird Conservation...

Read more

Terrestrial plant and animal species: Mammals

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content
... species (terrestrial and aquatic) were listed under the EPBC Act, including 55 that are listed as extinct or extinct in ...
Read more

Box BIO10 Ongoing declines of Christmas Island reptiles

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Case Study
... the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ( EPBC Act ; Christmas Island blue-tailed skink— ... the wild since 2004 (it is not currently listed under the EPBC Act ), the blue-tailed skink was last recorded in the ...
Read more

Terrestrial plant and animal species: Threatened species lists

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content
... species (terrestrial and aquatic) were listed under the EPBC Act, including 55 that are listed as extinct or extinct in ...
Read more

Pressures affecting biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
At a glance

At a glanceThe pressures affecting biodiversity remain largely consistent with those identified in the 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 state of the environment reports. The most significant current pressures are clearing, fragmentation and declining quality of habitat; invasive species; climate...

Read more

Residual risks to the marine environment

2016
Marine environment
Risks
At a glance

At a glanceAvoidance and mitigation measures, which are the primary strategies for managing impacts of activities on the marine environment, may not address all impacts associated with the activities. Management may be absent or only partially effective, there may be some impacts that are...

Read more

State and trends of biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
At a glance

At a glanceUnderstanding of the state and trends of the vast majority of individual species in Australia is limited. The lack of effective monitoring data for understanding state and trends, even for threatened species, is highlighted by every jurisdiction and all previous state of the...

Read more

Governance

2016
Antarctic environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Marine South East Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty System is the primary international governance framework for the...

Read more

Overview of effectiveness of management of coasts

2016
Coasts
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Coasts Effectiveness of management Great Barrier Reef Coastal management in Australia uses a range of approaches by multiple levels of government. The majority of management is done by...

Read more

Figure BIO2 Pressures affecting species listed as nationally threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Graph

Pressures affecting species listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Pressures affecting species listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Proportion of EPBC listed...

Read more

Figure BIO38 Proportion of ecological communities represented in the National Reserve System and listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

2016
Biodiversity
Effectiveness of management
Graph

Proportion of EPBC-listed ecological communities represented in the National Reserve System Proportion of EPBC-listed ecological communities represented in the National Reserve System Less than 1%Less than 5%Less than 10%Less than 20%Less than 50%More than 50...

Read more

Acronyms and abbreviations 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Introduction
At a glance

ALA Atlas of Living Australia AUSRIVAS Australian River Assessment System Bd Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis CAPAD Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 IBRA Interim...

Read more

Terrestrial plant and animal species: Reptiles and amphibians

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content
... species (terrestrial and aquatic) were listed under the EPBC Act, including 55 that are listed as extinct or extinct in ...
Read more

Acronyms and abbreviations 2016

2016
Coasts
At a glance

Acronym or abbreviation Definition 4WD four-wheel drive ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 GDP gross domestic product GPS global positioning system ICOLLs intermittently closed...

Read more

Figure BIO13 Net changes in the number of species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 since 2000

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Graph

Net changes in the number of EPBC listed species post 2000 Net changes in the number of EPBC listed species post 2000 FloraInvertebratesBirdsMammalsFishReptilesFrogs 20000000000 2001114211310 2002129712310 20036111812510 20046511813710...

Read more

Overview of state and trends of biodiversity

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 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...

Read more

Figure BIO16 Numbers of species and critically endangered species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in each Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia region

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Map

Interact with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Environmental Resources Information Network, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, 2016 Figure BIO16 Numbers of species and critically endangered species listed under the Environment...

Read more

Figure BIO22 Numbers of reptile and amphibian species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in each Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia region

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Map

Interact with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Environmental Resources Information Network, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, 2016 Figure BIO22 Numbers of reptile and amphibian species listed under the Environment Protection and...

Read more

Figure BIO17 Numbers of plant species and critically endangered plant species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in each Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia region

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Map

Interact with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Environmental Resources Information Network, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, 2016 Figure BIO17 Numbers of plant species and critically endangered plant species listed under the...

Read more

Figure BIO20 Numbers of mammal species and critically endangered mammal species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in each Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia region

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Map

Interact with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Environmental Resources Information Network, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, 2016 Figure BIO20 Numbers of mammal species and critically endangered mammal species listed under the...

Read more

Figure BIO21 Number of bird species and critically endangered bird species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in each Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia region

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Map

Interact with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Environmental Resources Information Network, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, 2016 Figure BIO21 Numbers of bird species and critically endangered bird species listed under the...

Read more

Figure BIO23 Number of invertebrate species and critically endangered invertebrate species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in each Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Aus...

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Map

Interact with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Environmental Resources Information Network, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, 2016 Figure BIO23 Number of invertebrate species and critically endangered invertebrate species listed...

Read more

Activities to manage and mitigate threats identified in species recovery plans and threat abatement plans have been limited

2016
Marine environment
Key Finding

2016  There is a clear gap between the identification of pressures and issues associated with threats in recovery plans under the EPBC Act, and the implementation of activities that might mitigate pressures and assist the recovery of species or communities that are the focus of plans. A...

Read more

Consumption and extraction of natural resources

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content
... state-based management plans; export is approved under the EPBC Act. The Department of Parks and Wildlife in Western ... with a management plan that is approved under the EPBC Act. Seed collection of forest species is also important ...
Read more

Figure BIO27 Distribution of (a) currently listed freshwater fish, (b) species identified as potentially vulnerable, (c) river condition and (d) freshwater fish research effort across Australia

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Map

Interact with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Note: The scale represents the number of species of each category found in each catchment (a and b). The condition of Australian rivers (c) is adapted from Stein et al. (2002), with 1 being the most pristine and 8 the most disturbed...

Read more

Pest species and pathogens

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Pest plants, pest animals and pathogens have been identified by...

Read more

No marine species have been removed from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) threatened species list since 2011; 8 species and 1 ecological community have been added

2016
Marine environment
Key Finding

2016Since 2011, 2 sea snakes, 2 seabirds, 2 sharks, 1 sawfish and 1 fish have been listed, and 2 fish species have been reclassified as critically endangered. Giant kelp forests across south-eastern Australia were the first marine community to be listed as a threatened ecological community...

Read more
  •  
  • 1 of 10
  • next ›

Footer logo

SoE 2016 logo

Australia State of the Environment 2016 has been prepared by independent experts using the best available information to support assessments of environmental condition, pressures, management effectiveness, resilience, risks and outlook.

This site is a major undertaking to improve the usability of SoE information. We are grateful for the support of users in our ongoing efforts to improve SoE reporting.  Please report problems with the site via our feedback page.

  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Download
  • Drivers
  • Glossary
  • How & why
    • Reporting framework
    • Digital SoE
  • Overview
    • Headlines
  • Themes
    • Atmosphere
    • Built environment
    • Heritage
    • Biodiversity
    • Land
    • Inland water
    • Coasts
    • Marine environment
    • Antarctic environment
  • Accessibility
  • Contact us
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer
  • Help
  • Privacy

Acknowledgment of Country

We, the authors, acknowledge the traditional owners of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community; we pay respect to them and their cultures and to their elders both past and present.

© Commonwealth of Australia 2017-2018

cc-by.png

Creative Commons logo