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Box WAT4 The Queensland Wetlands Management Program
2016 Case Study... to 2013 and supported 19 projects, with a primary focus on improving the wetland information base. Subfoci included ... its objectives and international commitments, such as the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance engaging a ...
Australia’s water use
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Introduction Murray Darling Rainfall and run-off amounts vary widely from year to year and place to place, and we have a water management infrastructure with an accessible...
Overview of effectiveness of management of coasts
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Effectiveness of management Great Barrier Reef Coastal management in Australia uses a range of approaches by multiple levels of government. The majority of management is done by...
Importance of biodiversity
2016 Report Content... 5 core (and interacting) values that humans place on biodiversity: ...
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...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Lake Eyre...
Heritage listings
2016 Report Content... they are appropriately conserved, celebrated and passed on to future generations. The reasons to consider heritage as ...
Water flows and levels
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania...
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 ... ecosystems. Australia’s sixth national communication on climate change to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change summarises the wide range of ...
Ecological processes and species populations
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre...
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, ...
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...
Figure ATM11 Greenhouse gas emissions by gas and sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2015
2016 GraphGreenhouse gas emissions by gas and sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2014–15 Greenhouse gas emissions by gas and sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2014–15 Carbon...
Pressures on the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Pressures Antarctica The water chemistry of the Southern Ocean appears to be changing at a faster rate than previously estimated, particularly in the deep ocean...
Figure ATM10 Australia’s net greenhouse gas emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 1990 and 2000–15
2016 GraphAustralia’s net greenhouse gas emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 1990 and 2000–15 Australia’s net greenhouse gas emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 1990 and 2000...
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...
Antarctic governance
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty and a set of related international agreements, known collectively as the Antarctic Treaty System, provide the framework...
Governance
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Effectiveness of management Marine South East Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty System is the primary international governance framework for the...
Figure ATM12 Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions by sector, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change accounting, 2015
2016 GraphCarbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions by sector, 2015 Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions by sector, 2015 EnergyIndustrial processes and product useAgricultureWasteLand use, land use change and forestry Carbon dioxide 93.94.70.50...
Box HER7 Macquarie River and the Macquarie Marshes—supporting cultural values through water management
2016 Case Study... places important to Indigenous people may be dependent on water. The internationally significant Macquarie Marshes ... such as Oxley and Buckiinguy. A large eroded area on the floodplain, possibly an important gathering place, ... These vital and knowledgeable elders enjoyed spending time on Country, but they were saddened by the degraded state of ...
Box BIO20 The Bitterns in Rice Project—a crowdfunded satellite tracking program
2016 Case Study... Project is a grassroots conservation initiative centred on irrigation farms in the Riverina district of New South ... from his soon-to-be-harvested rice crop to Pick Swamp on the South Australian coast. He then spent 4 months at the ... He returned to the Riverina in September, but most wetlands were dry, and he was too early for the rice season, ...
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 ... on human health or on the environment. The Stockholm Convention requires the elimination, restriction or reduction ...
New technologies, solutions and innovations
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Improved tools and technical advances are becoming more available, sophisticated and cost-effective for biodiversity assessment, monitoring and management (see Box BIO20)....
Box HER37 Applied research supporting heritage management
2016 Case Study... using traditional and local knowledge, drawing on the professional capabilities within existing Indigenous ... regional and national levels ( NAERP 2016 ). Building on the I-Tracker program undertaken by the North Australian ... to better understand, manage and monitor fresh water on Nyul Nyul Country. The partnership approach combined ...
Box HER30 Monitoring historic shipwrecks for management
2016 Case Study... of progress towards ratification of the UNESCO 2001 Convention for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural ... to revise maximum penalties, add the ability to issue on-the-spot infringement notices, and include additional ... cultural heritage in South Australia, once the 2001 UNESCO Convention is ratified. Source: Amer Khan and Anna Pope, ...
Biodiversity: Habitat-forming species
2016 Report Content... Australia provides an indication of current human impacts on native biota. The 2014 data of threatened species listed ... from shore) show the highest density of threatened species on the east coast of Australia, particularly around the urban ... northern reptiles and mammals, and overseas pressures on migratory shorebirds, may contribute to this pattern. ...
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 , ... application is the likely impact of the proposed activity on the integrity of the area. The authority must decide an ... that minimises the likely impact of the proposed activity on the outstanding universal value of the area. One of the ...
Trends in emissions
2016 Report Content2016 Climate Pressures Greater Melbourne Greater Sydney Absolute aggregate emissions Between 1990 and 2015, Australia’s national GHG inventory suggested that emissions...
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 ...
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