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Terrestrial ecosystems and communities
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA; Figure BIO8) classifies Australia’s landscapes into 89 large, geographically distinct bioregions...
State and trends of habitats and communities
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... I. R. and Wassenberg, T. J. 1995. Distribution, biomass and community structure of megabenthos of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. ... A. and Hooper, J. N. A.. 2014.
SpongeMapsâan online community for sponge taxonomy
[Online]. Available: http://www.spongemaps.org ...
State and trends of marine biodiversity: Quality of habitats and communities
2016 Report Content... in localised increases in nutrient inputs and phytoplankton community biomass in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon ( Thompson et al. 2015a , ... communities are stable, but the highly variable nature of community biomass results in unclear trends in populations (see also State and ...
Communities, landholders and individuals are playing an increasingly vital role in the management and protection of the environment.
2016 Key Finding2016Communities, landholders and individuals are playing an increasingly vital role in the management and protection of the environment.
Box BIO15 A common assessment method for threatened species and ecological communities
2016 Case Study... will be applied in a hierarchical way. First, a species or community would be assessed at the national level. Species and communities that ... statutory list of all jurisdictions in which the species or community occurs. If a species or community does not meet the criteria for ...
The condition of some coastal species and communities is deteriorating. Of most concern is...
2016 Key Finding2016The condition of some coastal species and communities is deteriorating. Of most concern is the continued decline of migratory shorebird populations and saltmarshes. Other species, such as saltwater crocodiles, are stable or improving because of protection.
Box BLT8 Water quality in Western Australian remote communities
2016 Case Study... as required by the WA Department of Health trains community members to take on some essential services work. The WA Office of the ... and uranium. During the 2 years to June 2014, at least 1 community failed a water quality test every month for either
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The number of threatened species and threatened ecological communities has increased since 2011
2016 Key Finding2016Major contributors to the Increase in the number of threatened species since 2011 have been an increased understanding of the status of threatened birds and mammals, and improvements in the efficiency of listing processes.
Most marine habitats, communities and species groups assessed for SoE 2016 are in good condition overall.
2016 Key Finding2016Most marine habitats, communities and species groups assessed for SoE 2016 are in good condition overall.
Figure BIO9 Distribution of listed ecological communities in Australia under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Environmental Resources Information Network, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, 2015 Figure BIO9 Distribution of ecological communities in Australia listed under the Environment...
Overall, habitats, communities and species groups assessed in the 2016 state of the environment report are in good condition, with stable or improving trends
2016 Key Finding2016 Of those habitats, communities and species groups for which timeseries are available, many are in good condition or improving following historical impacts. Key indicators of marine health, such as primary productivity, trophic processes and algal blooms, are also mostly considered to...
Box BIO17 FeralScan—connecting communities through citizen science to improve the management of Australia’s worst introduced pest animals
2016 Case Study... problems in their local area. Information recorded by the community is delivered directly into the hands of farmers, land managers, community volunteers, Indigenous groups and biosecurity stakeholders across ...
Conservation of Australia’s heritage is a shared responsibility that requires collaborative, innovative partnerships between government, corporations and the community
2016 Key Finding... partnerships between government, corporations and the community
Heritage is a public ‘good’ that contributes to local ... and management, and warrant encouragement and support. Community organisations also make valuable contributions. The role of ... flexible approaches are required to enable good heritage and community outcomes in the face of continuing pressures. Recognition of the ...
Figure MAR38 Torres Strait region, showing inhabited island communities and the Australian territory
2016 MapDownload as png Source: Torres Strait Regional Authority Figure MAR38 Torres Strait region, showing inhabited island communities and the Australian territory
Public-sector resourcing at all levels does not reflect the value of heritage to the Australian community
2016 Key Finding... does not reflect the value of heritage to the Australian community
Substantial public-sector resources have been allocated to ...
Generally, marine habitats and communities in the Temperate East Marine Region and the South-east Marine Region have been subject to higher historical impacts, such as bottom trawling impacts on shelf and slope communities, than in other regions.
2016 Key Finding2016Generally, marine habitats and communities in the Temperate East Marine Region and the South-east Marine Region have been subject to higher historical impacts, such as bottom trawling impacts on shelf and slope communities, than in other regions.
Providing for a sustainable environment both now and in the future is a national issue requiring leadership and action across all levels of government, business and the community...
2016 Key Finding... and action across all levels of government, business and the community...
Providing for a sustainable environment both now and in the ... and action across all levels of government, business and the community. The first step is recognising the importance and value of ecosystem ...
Figure BIO38 Proportion of ecological communities represented in the National Reserve System and listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
2016 Graph... does not include the most recently listed ecological community: the Eucalypt Woodlands of the Western Australia Wheatbelt, listed in ...
The Australian Heritage Strategy presents a vision in which Australia’s natural, historic and Indigenous heritage places are valued by Australians, protected for future generations and cared for by the community
2016 Key Finding... protected for future generations and cared for by the community
The Australian Heritage Strategy establishes a new outlook for ... with the states and territories, private owners, and community groups. The outlook for Australia’s heritage will depend on the way ...
Anthropogenic ocean warming and ocean acidification, superimposed on natural climate variations, pose risks to Australia’s marine ecosystems and their habitats, communities and species groups
2016 Key Finding2016Sea surface temperatures are continuing to increase, with surface ocean warming during the 21st century occurring at approximately 7 times the rate observed during the 20th century. The frequency of extreme sea surface temperature events has increased. Rising summer ocean temperatures...
Figure BIO11 (a) Total loss of extent of vegetation communities in Australia from pre-1750 extents; (b) a fragmentation measure reflecting the change in proportion of vegetation patches made up of less than 5000 hectares
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Adapted from Tulloch et al. 2015, used under CC BY NC ND 4.0 Figure BIO11 (a) Total loss of extent of vegetation communities in Australia from pre-1750 extents; (b) a fragmentation measure reflecting the change in...
Generally, habitats, communities and species groups in the Temperate East and South-east marine regions have been affected by historical pressures to a greater degree than those in other regions
2016 Key Finding2016These marine regions have been subject to higher historical impacts than other marine regions. Thus, declining conditions and, in some areas, a lack of recovery of habitats, communities and species groups have been observed. The relatively lower use of the marine environment and the...
No marine species have been removed from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) threatened species list since 2011; 8 species and 1 ecological community have been added
2016 Key Finding... species list since 2011; 8 species and 1 ecological community have been added
Since 2011, 2 sea snakes, 2 seabirds, 2 sharks, ... across south -eastern Australia were the first marine community to be listed as a threatened ecological community. Australian ...
Figure LAN2a Degree to which environmental conditions are projected to become sufficiently novel by 2050 to potentially result in the emergence of vegetation communities containing combinations of plant species highly dissimilar from any present-day ...
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Climate change–induced pressures
Figure LAN2b Degree to which environmental conditions are projected to become sufficiently novel by 2050 to potentially result in the emergence of vegetation communities containing combinations of plant species highly dissimilar from any present-day ...
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Climate change–induced pressures
Figure LAN6b Continental pattern of Australia’s forest cover change
2016 Map... of Australia’s forest cover change
Map showing NVIS community change Interact with map Download as png Download dataset Regional ...
Figure LAN6a Continental pattern of Australia’s forest cover change
2016 Map... of Australia’s forest cover change
Map showing NVIS community loss Interact with map Download as png Download dataset Regional and ...
There is no indication that the major pressures on biodiversity outlined in the state of the environment (SoE) 2011 report have decreased
2016 Key Finding2016The key pressures of habitat clearing and fragmentation, invasive species and climate change remain high on the list of pressures (identified by jurisdictions) that threaten listed species and ecological communities, and biodiversity in general.
Land managed for conservation has expanded
2016 Key Finding2016 Both the private and public conservation estate has expanded. The area owned and managed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities has also increased, although it is often in very remote areas and may not be managed solely for conservation.
Australia’s heritage is also at risk from the loss of knowledge
2016 Key Finding... their conservation, which make them accessible and engender community support. Wide-ranging education about heritage themes, places and ...
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