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Figure MAR12 (a) Footprint of Australian commercial demersal trawl and dredge fisheries as a percentage of IMCRA bioregions; (b) trawl swept area

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset IMCRA = Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia Source: R Pitcher, unpublished data. Fishery data sources: Australian Fisheries Management Authority; Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; NSW Department of...

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Footprint of Australian commercial trawl and dredge fisheries as a percentage of IMCRA bio-regions

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Graph

Footprint of Australia commercial trawl and dredge fisheries as a percentage of IMCRA bioregions Footprint of Australia commercial trawl and dredge fisheries as a percentage of IMCRA bioregions NorthwestSouthwestNorthGreat Barrier ReefSoutheastTemperate east...

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Marine regions

2016
Marine environment
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...

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Figure LAN32 Density distribution of feral camels across their range in Australia, 2008

2016
Land
Effectiveness of management
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset Source: Data supplied by the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, © Northern Territory of Australia, used under CC BY NC-SA 4.0 Figure LAN32 Density distribution of feral camels across their range in Australia, 2008...

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Figure BIO11 (a) Total loss of extent of vegetation communities in Australia from pre-1750 extents; (b) a fragmentation measure reflecting the change in proportion of vegetation patches made up of less than 5000 hectares

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset Source: Adapted from Tulloch et al. 2015, used under CC BY NC ND 4.0 Figure BIO11 (a) Total loss of extent of vegetation communities in Australia from pre-1750 extents; (b) a fragmentation measure reflecting the change in proportion of...

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Box HER21 Bushfood plants and unwelcome strangers

2016
Heritage
State and trends
Case Study

Changes to the natural environment may affect cultural practices and heritage values. Aboriginal people who use plants for bushfoods, medicines and other purposes often observe ‘stranger plants’ before botanists and others. These weeds can have significant impacts on species...

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Box LAN11 Australian Feral Camel Management Project

2016
Land
Effectiveness of management
Case Study

Camels (Camelus dromedarius) were introduced to Australia from 1840, and, by 2008, an estimated 1 million camels were roaming the central arid lands of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland. Major impacts are damage to native vegetation and...

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Box HER42 Western Australian Goldfields Water Supply Scheme—conserving and interpreting a National Heritage place

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Case Study

The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme—which runs for 560 kilometres in Western Australia, extending from Mundaring Weir in the west to Mount Charlotte Reservoir at Kalgoorlie in the east—was branded as ‘audacious’ when the project was proposed more than 120 years ago. In the...

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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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Outcomes

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management South Western Plateau Australian Capital Territory The importance of assessing management effectiveness is well recognised for...

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Condition and Integrity: Types of Heritage

2016
Heritage
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Heritage State and trends Timor Sea Greater Adelaide Lake Eyre This section examines the condition and integrity of Australian heritage...

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Water resource development

2016
Inland water
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Inland water Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Hobart...

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State and trends of heritage values

2016, 2011
Heritage
State and trends
Assessment summary

Heritage State and trends Identification: Listing JurisdictionsIdentification: Types of HeritageCondition and Integrity: Listing JurisdictionsCondition and Integrity: Types of Heritage...

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Terrestrial ecosystems and communities

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory The Interim...

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Resources and capacity for management

2016
Land
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Land Effectiveness of management South Western Plateau Investment in management of the land environment includes financial and in-kind commitments by all levels of government, private...

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Livability: Transport

2016
Built environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Built environment State and trends Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin...

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Coastal waters

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures South Australian Gulf Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Soil

2011
Land
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Land State and trends Understanding the current state and condition of Australian soils requires an appreciation of their diversity and capability to support different forms of land use. It also requires an...

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Acronyms and abbreviations 2016

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AFMA Australian Fisheries Management Authority CMR Commonwealth marine reserve CO2 carbon dioxide EAC East Australian Current EEZ exclusive economic zone ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation EPBC Act Environmental Protection and Biodiversity...

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