Australia State of the Environment Report

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... 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

Coasts

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... 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

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... 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 ...

Management context

2016

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... 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, ...

Figure BIO24 Total wetland area, 1983–2015

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Total 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...

Freshwater species and ecosystems

2016

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... 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

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... 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

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... gas emissions by gas and sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2015 Greenhouse gas emissions by gas and ...

Heritage listings

2016

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... 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

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... its objectives and international commitments, such as the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance engaging a wide set of ...

Figure ATM12 Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2015

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... nitrous oxide emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2015 Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide ...

Figure ATM10 Australia’s net greenhouse gas emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 1990 and 2000–15

2016

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... greenhouse gas emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 1990 and 2000–15 Australia’s net ...

Water flows and levels

2016

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... 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

Coasts

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... 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

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... 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

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... 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

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... 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

Antarctic environment

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... 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

Antarctic environment

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... 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

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... 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 2010)

2016

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... 50 Woodlands (2269) 34 9 57 Grass/shrublands (1511) 29 23 48 Wetlands (591) 28 25 47 Australia (6249) 34 14 52 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 2016)

2016

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... Woodlands (2269) 30 17 53 Grass/shrublands (1511) 36 27 37 Wetlands (591) 28 30 42 Australia (6249) 35 20 45 Management status ...

Box HER30 Monitoring historic shipwrecks for management

2016

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... 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

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... 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 ...

Box HER37 Applied research supporting heritage management

2016

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... involvement, using traditional and local knowledge, drawing on the professional capabilities within existing Indigenous ranger programs and ... local, regional and national levels ( NAERP 2016 ). Building on the I-Tracker program undertaken by the North Australian Indigenous Land and ...

Commercial and other domestic sources

2016

Ambient air quality

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... 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

Ambient air quality

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... 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 WAT5 Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority wins the 2015 Australian Riverprize for Murray River basin management

2016

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The 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,...

Box WAT3 Great Barrier Reef catchments: best management practices

2016

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Farming 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...

Coastal waterways

2016

Coasts