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Global importance of Antarctica
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Marine South West Marine South East Antarctica Although isolated from other continents, Antarctica is...
Land–water interface
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures South West Coast South Australian Gulf Greater Adelaide Great Barrier Reef Greater Melbourne...
Domestic wood heaters
2016 Report Content2016 Ambient air quality Risks Smoke from domestic wood heaters remains a significant source of air pollution in some urban areas, regional towns and lower-density settlements, often contributing up to 50 per cent of...
Marine mining and industry
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures A wide variety of mineral resources exist within Australia’s maritime jurisdiction (Table MAR3). Mining of these resources, however, remains an emerging industry (AIMS 2014). As a...
Planning and strategy
2016 Report Content2016 Climate Effectiveness of management South Coast An important role of government is to develop effective policies, implemented through supporting strategies and plans. Emissions...
The physical environment: The cryosphere
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica The physical environment includes both the nonliving factors that characterise an ecosystem (e.g. weather patterns, ice coverage, the...
Management of sources of pollution
2016 Report Content2016 Ambient air quality Effectiveness of management South East Coast South Australian Gulf East Coast Greater Sydney...
Sustainability and sector management
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Managing for externalities Climate variability and longer-term change Australia is a...
The Southern Ocean
2011 Report Content2011 Antarctic environment State and trends Indian Ocean Antarctica The Southern Ocean is the only ocean that encircles the globe uninhibited by land masses. It flows...
Water resource development
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water Pressures South Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Adelaide...
Managing for the externalities
2011 Report Content2011 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Australia's formal environment protection system is broadly charged with the responsibility to deliver protection of the environment while providing for the ongoing...
The physical environment
2011 Report Content2011 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica The physical environment includes both the nonliving factors that characterise an ecosystem (e.g. weather patterns, ice coverage,...