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Box HER20 IUCN World Heritage outlook 2014
2016 Case StudyOf significant concern: The Great Barrier Reef is subject to very high threats, with several values declining, mostly from human activities such as fishing, coastal development, ports and shipping, but also from other pressures such as climate change. ...
Figure HER12 Change in marine protected areas, 2008–14
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset IUCN = International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN protected area management categories classify protected areas according to their management objectives. Source: Australian Government Department of the Environment...
Figure BIO36 WWF-Australia’s estimates of how well area-based targets for protection of terrestrial ecosystems have been met, and how much area is still required (i.e. the gap between actual area in highly protected areas and the minimum ecosystem r...
2016 Graph(f) WWF Australia’s estimates of how well area-based targets for protection of terrestrial ecosystems have been met...
Pressures affecting heritage values
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryHeritage Pressures Climate changePopulation growthEconomic growthPressures on natural heritagePressures on Indigenous heritagePressures on historic heritage...
Figure BIO37 Adequacy of protection of nationally threatened species
2016 GraphAdequacy of protection of nationally threatened species in 2016 Adequacy of protection of nationally threatened species in 2016 Attained in strict protected areasAttained in any form of protected areasPartly attained (in any form of protected area)No habitat...
Box HER32 World Parks Congress 2014
2016 Case Study... with the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) to bring the World Parks Congress to Sydney. This was a significant ... the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, and the IUCN provided the secretariat that helped deliver this international event. ...
Acronyms and abbreviations 2016
2016 At a glanceALA 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...
Acronyms and abbreviations 2016
2016 At a glanceAcronym 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...
State and trends of heritage values
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryHeritage State and trends Identification: Listing JurisdictionsIdentification: Types of HeritageCondition and Integrity: Listing JurisdictionsCondition and Integrity: Types of Heritage...
Condition and Integrity: Listing Jurisdictions
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage State and trends South Coast South East Coast South Australian Gulf North East Coast Tasmania...
Terrestrial ecosystems and communities
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory The Interim...
Condition and Integrity: Types of Heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage State and trends Timor Sea Greater Adelaide Lake Eyre This section examines the condition and integrity of Australian heritage...
Identification: Listing Jurisdictions
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage State and trends South Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...
The natural environment
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Antarctica The Antarctic environment comprises diverse habitats and ecosystems that include: ice-covered areas ice-free vegetated areas and rocks...
State and trends of Antarctic and subantarctic vertebrates
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment State and trends The living environment: Vertebrate populations Antarctica...
Identification: Types of Heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage State and trends South Coast Murray Darling In Australia, heritage is defined by both statutory and nonstatutory listing processes, which result in...
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...
Effectiveness of heritage management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryHeritage Effectiveness of management Assessment of effectiveness of heritage managementOutcomesProcessesInputs: Financial ResourcesInputs: Human ResourcesUnderstandingPlanning...
Environment protection systems
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef...
Outlook for heritage 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceIf our heritage includes those places that we have ‘inherited’ and want to pass on to future generations, then the notion of ‘outlook’ is an essential element of heritage. The outlook for Australia’s heritage will depend on the manner in which the Australian Heritage Strategy is...
Coastal governance and management
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Effectiveness of management Great Barrier Reef As was emphasised in previous SoE reports (e.g. SoE 2011), coastal management in Australia is carried out using a range of approaches...
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...
Recovery from change
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Resilience Murray Darling Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Birds
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Photo by David Westcott Pale-yellow robin (Tregallasia capito), Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queensland...
Management status
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Tasmania National Reserve System and National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas Australia has...
State and trends of species and taxa groups
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThis assessment summary has changed it's name since 2011 State and trends of species populations and groups Marine environment State and trends State and trends of marine biodiversity: Species Groups...
Pressures affecting Antarctic fisheries
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the marine environment Antarctica Year...
Management achievements
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Antarctica Australian officials actively participate in the international forums of the Antarctic Treaty System to promote improved...
Marine environment: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast...
Understanding
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management Murray Darling North East Coast Greater Sydney Gulf of Carpentaria...
