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Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Invasive species
2016 Report ContentRecent national assessments of management performance
2016 Report ContentOverview of effectiveness of management of land
2016 Report ContentBox BIO6 Koalas—a matter of national environmental significance
2016 Case StudyPests and invasive species
2016 Report ContentInvasive species are a potent, persistent and widespread threat to Australia’s environment
2016 Report Content2016 Pressures Invasive species are animals, plants, parasites or disease-causing organisms that establish themselves outside their natural range and become pests. Although native species can also become invasive if transferred outside their natural...
Management context
2016 Report ContentOutlook for inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceClimate and pests remain the largest pressures on our inland water environments. Climate variability and climate change, and associated changes in rainfall regimes, are the primary risks to inland water environments in both the short and long term. Efforts will need to continue to...
Climate change pressures affecting the land environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand Pressures Climate change–induced pressuresClimate Change Year...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Bushfire
2016 Report ContentPressures affecting inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceOverall, the key pressures affecting inland water environments have changed little since 2011, with climatic and pest-based pressures increasing, land-use and management pressures remaining largely stable, and some stabilisation occurring in the pressure of water resources...
Effectiveness of management for specific pressures and drivers
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Pest species and pathogens
2016 Report ContentThere has been a significant increase in the availability of consistent national-scale water data and information
2016 Key Finding2016 A modern, inclusive society requires ready access to environmental information. Recently, the Bureau of Meteorology, in its role as the national agency for water information, has produced a wide range of data, information and assessment products about the past, current and likely...
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,...
Management status
2016 Report ContentCondition and Integrity: Types of Heritage
2016 Report ContentBox HER40 National Trust of Australia—national education programs
2016 Case StudyRegional and landscape-scale pressures affecting the land environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand Pressures Regional and landscape-scale pressures: BushfireRegional and landscape-scale pressures: Invasive speciesRegional and landscape-scale pressures: Land clearingClimate change–induced pressuresContemporary land-use...
Significant progress has been made in expanding Australia’s National Reserve System since SoE 2011
2016 Key Finding2016Increases in the Australian terrestrial protected area network have been driven primarily by an increase in the number of Indigenous Protected Areas. Some progress still needs to be made in attaining comprehensiveness, representation and adequacy targets for protected areas.
Reviews of state and regional management
2016 Report ContentLand and water use and management
2016 Report ContentExecutive Summary - Inland water
2016 Executive SummaryInland water 2016Australia’s inland waters, both above and below the ground, are of considerable ecological significance. Their significance arises from both their intrinsic ecological values and the contribution they make in providing water to our communities...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Land clearing
2016 Report ContentBiodiversity: Habitat-forming species
2016 Report ContentJurisdictional reporting on pressures
2016 Report ContentCoastal land
2016 Report ContentBox LAN14 Weeds, feral animals, fire and research at Wattleridge and Tarriwa Kurrukun Indigenous Protected Areas, New South Wales
2016 Case StudyEffectiveness of inland water management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryInland water Effectiveness of management Recent national assessments of management performanceWater management in AustraliaReviews of state and regional managementReviews of state and regional management Murray DarlingTasmania...
State and trends of Australia’s heritage 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAustralia’s heritage registers list natural and cultural places at national, state and local levels, but in an inconsistent manner, and with disparate levels of resourcing and regulation. As announced during the 2014 International Union for Conservation of Nature World Parks...