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Water abstraction and interception

2016
Inland water
Risks
Report Content
... factors contribute to the risk posed by increasing water abstraction and interception: the demands of a growing ...
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Box WAT6 Groundwater-dependent ecosystem risk assessment for declining groundwater levels

2016
Inland water
Risks
Case Study
... groundwater levels because of increased groundwater abstraction and land-use change. The framework integrates a ...
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Pressures facing aquatic ecosystems

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures In this report, we describe pressures facing biodiversity in general. However, pressures facing aquatic ecosystems are described in detail in the Coasts (coastal and estuarine ecosystems),...

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Coastal waters

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures South Australian Gulf Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Coastal waterways

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Brisbane...

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Water resource development

2016
Inland water
Pressures
Report Content
... Brisbane and Perth generally saw increases in water abstraction, urban claim and household water supply. ...
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Pressures affecting the coastal environment

2016, 2011
Coasts
Pressures
Assessment summary

Coasts Pressures AtmosphereLand–water interfaceCoastal landEnergy and resource extraction and processingPopulation growth and urban development: Population growthCoastal waters...

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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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State and trends of inland water flows and levels

2016, 2011
Inland water
State and trends
Assessment summary

Inland water State and trends Water flows and levelsWater flows and levels Year...

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Resilience of inland water environments 2016

2016
Inland water
Resilience
At a glance

At a glanceA challenge in assessing resilience of inland water environments is recognising resilience when it occurs, especially because Australian ecosystems have developed to be both resistant and resilient. We can contribute to resilience by reducing extreme and detrimental ecosystem...

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Consumption and extraction of natural resources

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Harvesting of species The impact of harvesting is considered a potential threat to 30 per cent of listed threatened...

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Effectiveness of inland water management

2016, 2011
Inland water
Effectiveness of management
Assessment summary

Inland 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...

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Freshwater species and ecosystems

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Lake Eyre...

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Biodiversity: Ecological processes

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends Tasmania Greater Brisbane Great Barrier Reef East Coast Connectivity Connectivity among...

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Biodiversity: Species groups

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Water abstraction

2011
Inland water
Risks
Report Content
... Initiative (NWI) placed clear and limiting criteria on the abstraction of additional fresh water from the environment.  ...
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4 Inland water | 3 Pressures affecting inland water environments

2011
Inland water
At a glance

At a glanceMuch of the pressure on our inland water environment is a legacy of the past—the clearing of native vegetation in catchments, the intentional or accidental introduction of weeds and pests, and the drainage of wetlands. Given the scale and practical irreversibility of this history...

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Pressures affecting inland water environments

2011
Inland water
Pressures
At a glance

At a glanceMuch of the pressure on our inland water environment is a legacy of the past—the clearing of native vegetation in catchments, the intentional or accidental introduction of weeds and pests, and the drainage of wetlands. Given the scale and practical irreversibility of this history...

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Withdrawing water for other uses changes our inland water ecosystems.

2011
Inland water
Key Finding

2011Almost every inland ecological system in Australia is either permanently or seasonally limited by a shortage of water. Permanently withdrawing (abstracting) water from these systems will inevitably change their character in some way and degree. Conversely, this same water-limited...

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Remediation of catchment water quality is not yet well managed.

2011
Inland water
Key Finding

2011While water abstraction pressures on inland water environments are increasingly better managed (and in places alleviated), there is less monitoring, coordination and effort applied to the remediation of catchment water quality. Planning and management of these two dimensions of...

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Inland water flows and use

2011
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2011 Coasts Pressures   For further information, see Chapter 4: Inland water. 2.2.1 Coastal river and estuary pollution River pollution often arises from upstream development and land use. However, it has particular...

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4 Inland water | 6 Risks to inland water environments

2011
Inland water
Risks
At a glance

At a glanceIt is almost certain that Australia’s climate is continuing to change, and that this will, if unmitigated, change water balances, flow regimes and inundation patterns of floodplains and wetlands. This is of great concern, because the implications will be major and widespread if...

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4 Inland water | 7 Outlook for inland water environments

2011
Inland water
Outlook
At a glance

At a glanceAlthough the capacity to reverse many historical impacts is limited, there is reason to believe that projected population and economic growth can be significantly decoupled from future pressures on our inland water ecosystems. Mitigating the risks to inland water ecosystems...

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Major issues for coastal environments

2011
Coasts
Pressures
At a glance

At a glanceThe three drivers of environmental change—climate change, population growth and economic growth—result in a range of pressures on our coastal environment. Events associated with variations in climate have been major pressures on Australian coasts over the past decade, and concern...

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Water flows and levels

2011
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Inland water State and trends South West Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau Murray Darling North...

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Ecological processes and species populations

2011
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Timor Sea...

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4 Inland water | 1 Introduction | 1.2 Australia's water resources and use

2011
Inland water
Report Content
... withdrawal of water for other uses from the environment (abstraction). 1.2.1 Australia’s surface water resources, ...
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Australia's water resources and use

2011
Inland water
Introduction
Report Content
... withdrawal of water for other uses from the environment (abstraction). ...
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9 Heritage | References

2011
Heritage
Introduction
Report Content

2011 Heritage Introduction 9 Heritage References 1 Commonwealth of Australia. Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975. 2 Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and...

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Supplementary material This is material that was developed as a part of the SoE process to support and inform the main report. The nature and authorship of this material varies, with products ranging from specially-commissioned reports from external consultants to further...

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