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Box WAT4 The Queensland Wetlands Management Program
2016 Case Study... its objectives and international commitments, such as the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance engaging a wide set of ...
Overview of effectiveness of management of coasts
2016 Report Content... receive national protection if they are classified as Ramsar wetlands (under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance), or if they contain ...
Australia’s water use
2016 Report Content... environmental water to priority rivers, wetlands (including Ramsar wetlands 1 ) and floodplain systems from July 2015 to April 2016. The ... 2013–14, State Government of Victoria, Melbourne. The Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) is an intergovernmental treaty ...
Figure BIO24 Total wetland area, 1983–2015
2016 GraphTotal wetland area, 1983–2015 Total wetland area, 1983–2015 wetland_area_index_ha 1983531000 1984727428 1985133994 1986272933 1987168316 1988313467 1989485694 1990444394 1991242696 1992218430 1993267805 1994174986 1995282184...
Management context
2016 Report Content... Strategy and Action Plan under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, providing the main instrument for Australia ... the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance. These agreements, ...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content... in some organic wetlands, including in the Muir–Byenup Ramsar site. Groundwater-fed springs in the Mandora Marsh Ramsar site ... Wetlands Australia has 65 wetlands listed under the Ramsar Convention, with a surface area of more than 8 million hectares. These ...
Importance of biodiversity
2016 Report Content... Importance in Australia are designated under the Ramsar Convention; these wetlands are representative, rare or unique sites that are ...
Figure ATM11 Greenhouse gas emissions by gas and sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2015
2016 , Graph... gas emissions by gas and sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2015
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Greenhouse gas emissions by gas and sector, United Nations ...
Heritage listings
2016 Report Content... a particular nation. These qualities are expressed in the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ... by other international agreements or guidelines, such as the Ramsar (wetlands) Convention , the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of ...
Ecological processes and species populations
2016 Report Content... its objectives and international commitments, such as the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance engaging a wide set of ...
Figure ATM10 Australia’s net greenhouse gas emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 1990 and 2000–15
2016 , Graph... greenhouse gas emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 1990 and 2000–15
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Australia’s net greenhouse gas emissions by sector, United ...
Figure ATM12 Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2015
2016 , Graph... nitrous oxide emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2015
... nitrous oxide emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2015 Trends in emissions ...
Water flows and levels
2016 Report Content... 3 years) reporting on Australia’s implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands provides a further source of information, covering ...
Coastal governance and management
2016 Report Content... national protection under the EPBC Act if classified as Ramsar wetlands 1 (Australia has 28 coastal wetlands), or if they contain ... environment, and is the backbone of the United Nation’s Convention on Biological Diversity. When these frameworks are coupled together, ...
Water management in Australia
2016 Report Content... effective management. Much of the focus of action has been on manipulating or providing flows for environmental good, and our knowledge in ... Limits of Acceptable Change: a case study of the Riverland Ramsar site, South Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 67(6):738–747. ...
Indirect (secondary and tertiary) effects of pressures on climate
2016 , Report Content... extreme events trigger indirect effects of climate change on the environment, affecting economic and social processes and systems, and ... on climate change to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change summarises the wide range of indirect effects of ...
Box BIO20 The Bitterns in Rice Project—a crowdfunded satellite tracking program
2016 Case Study... Rice Project is a grassroots conservation initiative centred on irrigation farms in the Riverina district of New South Wales. It is a ... Victoria. He returned to the Riverina in September, but most wetlands were dry, and he was too early for the rice season, so he ...
Antarctic governance
2016 Report Content... instigated the negotiations that resulted in the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (1991), known as the Madrid ... to conserve and protect Antarctica’s unique environment. Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources The ...
Governance
2016 Report Content... Managers of National Antarctic Programs, and the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. Australian legislation The ... on matters of national environmental significance. The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is ...
Box HER7 Macquarie River and the Macquarie Marshes—supporting cultural values through water management
2016 Case Study... some places important to Indigenous people may be dependent on water. The internationally significant Macquarie Marshes are the traditional ... stations, such as Oxley and Buckiinguy. A large eroded area on the floodplain, possibly an important gathering place, showed evidence of ...
WWF Australia’s estimates of how well area-based targets for protection of terrestrial ecosystems have been met & how much area is still required i.e. the gap between actual area in highly protected areas & ....... (by vegetation type, in 2016)
2016 Graph... Woodlands (2269) 30 17 53 Grass/shrublands (1511) 36 27 37 Wetlands (591) 28 30 42 Australia (6249) 35 20 45 Management status ...
WWF Australia’s estimates of how well area-based targets for protection of terrestrial ecosystems have been met & how much area is still required i.e. the gap between actual area in highly protected areas & ...... (by vegetation type, in 2010)
2016 Graph... 50 Woodlands (2269) 34 9 57 Grass/shrublands (1511) 29 23 48 Wetlands (591) 28 25 47 Australia (6249) 34 14 52 Management status ...
Figure WAT16 Number of bird species breeding, 1983–2014
2016 Graph(c) breeding species richness, Eastern Australia Waterbird Survey results, 1983–2015 (c) breeding species richness, Eastern Australia Waterbird Survey results, 1983–2015 Number of species breeding 198325 198426 198512 198615 198713 198819 198925...
Box HER30 Monitoring historic shipwrecks for management
2016 Case Study... absence of progress towards ratification of the UNESCO 2001 Convention for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage at the ... to revise maximum penalties, add the ability to issue on-the-spot infringement notices, and include additional evidentiary provisions ...
New technologies, solutions and innovations
2016 Report Content... this rich data source will provide much more information on the ecological roles fulfilled by these cryptic species . This will enable ... Victoria. He returned to the Riverina in September, but most wetlands were dry, and he was too early for the rice season, so he ...
Commercial and other domestic sources
2016 , Report Content... wood heaters are considered separately) exert pressure on local air quality and on airshed quality. Domestic sources, for example, can affect photochemical ...
Box ATM12 Persistent organic pollutants in Australian air
2016 , Case Study... of POPs from the environment is the goal of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, a global treaty to: Protect human health and ...
Box HER39 Promoting ecological connectivity in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area through collaboration, solutions-based research and statutory processes
2016 Case Study... guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention
, ‘to be deemed of outstanding universal value , a property ... an application is the likely impact of the proposed activity on the integrity of the area. The authority must decide an application in a way ...
Box WAT3 Great Barrier Reef catchments: best management practices
2016 Case StudyFarming practices in reef catchments have received significant attention in recent years as part of an initiative to improve reef water quality, and to slow or stop declines in the condition of coral reefs and seagrass meadows. The Queensland and Australian governments are...
Box WAT5 Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority wins the 2015 Australian Riverprize for Murray River basin management
2016 Case StudyThe Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority won the 2015 Australian Riverprize (now Australasian Riverprize), Australia’s top award for effective and sustainable river basin management. The Riverprize recognises, rewards and supports those who have developed and implemented outstanding,...
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