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Antarctic governance

2016
Antarctic environment
Introduction
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2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty and a set of related international agreements, known collectively as the Antarctic Treaty System, provide the framework...

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Management achievements

2016
Antarctic environment
Effectiveness of management
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2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Antarctica Australian officials actively participate in the international forums of the Antarctic Treaty System to promote improved...

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Overview of effectiveness of management of the antarctic environment

2016
Antarctic environment
Effectiveness of management
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2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Antarctica Australia has improved various aspects of its human presence in Antarctica through improved waste treatment and repatriation,...

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Governance

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

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Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Operation indicators

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 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...

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Management processes

2016
Antarctic environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Antarctica Several processes contribute to the overall management of the Antarctic region, including the framework for protected areas, as...

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Box ANT7 Development of a new wastewater treatment facility at Australia’s Davis Station

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Case Study
... addressed in the provisions of Annex III to the Madrid Protocol. The treatment plant was constructed and tested in ...
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Heritage values

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Report Content
... wide range of its heritage values are protected under the Madrid Protocol. In addition to the general, continent-wide protection provided by the protocol, extra levels of protection can be applied to areas ...
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Risks to the Antarctic environment 2016

2016
Antarctic environment
Risks
At a glance

At 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...

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Kyoto Protocol targets

2016
Climate
Pressures
Report Content
As a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, ratified in 2007, Australia committed to limiting ...
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Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Contaminated sites and pollution

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica Contaminated sites and pollution Contaminated waste disposal is a product of past practices of Antarctic expeditions, and is referred to...

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Figure ATM9 Australia’s tracking against the Kyoto Protocol target

2016
Climate
Graph

Australia's tracking against the Kyoto Protocol target, commitment period 1 Australia's tracking against the Kyoto Protocol target, commitment period 1 Emissions (Mt CO2-e) 2008582.7 2009570.8 2010565 2011553.6 2012554.6...

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Management outputs and outcomes

2016
Climate
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Climate Effectiveness of management Reductions in GHG emissions are essential to minimise the amount of global warming and associated impacts. The projected efficacy of the various policies, programs and actions...

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The pressure of human activities on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is increasing

2016
Antarctic environment
Key Finding

2016  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...

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Figure ATM2 Radiative forcing as a result of long-lived greenhouse gases measured by CSIRO in the Southern Hemisphere

2016
Climate
Graph

Radiative forcing due to long-lived greenhouse gases, Antarctic firn and Cape Grim, 1950–2015 Radiative forcing due to long-lived greenhouse gases, Antarctic firn and Cape Grim, 1950–2015 Montreal Protocol and Kyoto Protocol synthetic greenhouse gasesNitrous...

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Effectiveness of Antarctic management 2016

2016
Antarctic environment
Effectiveness of management
At a glance

At 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...

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Box WAT6 Groundwater-dependent ecosystem risk assessment for declining groundwater levels

2016
Inland water
Risks
Case Study
... The framework integrates a standard risk assessment protocol, and is based on constructing a conceptual model ...
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Box BIO21 Rethinking revegetation resilience

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Case Study
... strategy to use an alternative seed collection protocol termed ‘composite provenancing’. This approach ...
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Planning and strategy

2016
Climate
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Climate Effectiveness of management South Coast An important role of government is to develop effective policies, implemented through supporting strategies and plans. Emissions...

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Water abstraction and interception

2016
Inland water
Risks
Report Content

2016 Inland water Risks Three factors contribute to the risk posed by increasing water abstraction and interception: the demands of a growing population increases in per-person water consumption for this population...

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Pressures affecting Australia’s climate 2016

2016
Climate
Pressures
At a glance

At a glanceGreenhouse gases (GHGs)—carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, short-lived tropospheric and stratospheric ozone, nitrous oxide and synthetic GHGs—together with water vapour, and natural and industrial aerosols, influence Earth’s energy balance. Human activity, primarily the burning of...

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Triage responses to changes resulting from pressures

2016
Marine environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Research and management initiatives ultimately require prioritisation, because investment is finite for both funds and available effort. Evaluation of prioritisation...

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Pressures affecting Australia’s climate

2016, 2011
Climate
Pressures
Assessment summary

Climate Pressures Direct (primary) effects of pressures on climateTrends in emissionsKyoto Protocol targetsAustralia’s emissions in contextIncreases in greenhouse gasesIndirect (secondary and tertiary) effects of pressures on...

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Coastal heritage

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends Great Barrier Reef The section should be read in conjunction with the Heritage report. Much of the data in the Heritage report include the coastal zone, so it is...

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Effectiveness of management for specific pressures and drivers

2016
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Effectiveness of management Earlier, we noted that the complex and dynamic relationships between drivers, pressures, ecosystems and humans call for policies and management actions that address both drivers and pressures. In many cases, the most...

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Australia’s emissions in context

2016
Climate
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Climate Pressures Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Hobart Greater Melbourne Although Australia’s emissions in...

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Antarctic environment: 2011–16 in context

2016
Antarctic environment
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Antarctica Since 2011, the Antarctic environment has continued to respond to global pressures from human activity. As is the case in other regions of the...

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Managing biodiversity for resilience

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Resilience The ability of ecosystems to tolerate and recover from disturbance is a phenomenon that is vitally important to understand. Resilience has stimulated much valuable research that has...

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Box MAR9 Supporting the traditional management of dugongs and marine turtles in Torres Strait

2016
Marine environment
Effectiveness of management
Case Study

The Torres Strait region is renowned for its ecological complexity and biodiversity, providing a multitude of habitats and niches for the highly diverse Indo–Pacific marine flora and fauna, including dugongs and marine turtles. It consists of 247 islands, including 18 Torres...

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Increases in greenhouse gases

2016
Climate
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Climate Pressures Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Hobart Greater Melbourne...

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