Australia State of the Environment Report

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... under the EPBC Act, including 55 that are listed as extinct or extinct in the wild. This reflects an overall increase of 44 species since ...

Freshwater species and ecosystems

2016

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

Pest species and pathogens

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Pressures

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... on much of the Indigenous estate. In general, landowners or land managers are legally responsible for the control of pest plants and ...

Overview of state and trends of biodiversity

2016

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2016 Biodiversity State and trends What has changed since 2011? The list of nationally threatened species and ecological communities has increased, with the addition of 30 new ecological communities, and 44 animal and...

Terrestrial plant and animal species: Birds

2016

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... under the EPBC Act, including 55 that are listed as extinct or extinct in the wild. This reflects an overall increase of 44 species since ...

Terrestrial plant and animal species: Invertebrates

2016

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... under the EPBC Act, including 55 that are listed as extinct or extinct in the wild. This reflects an overall increase of 44 species since ...

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

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Key Finding

2016Since 2011, 2 sea snakes, 2 seabirds, 2 sharks, 1 sawfish and 1 fish have been listed, and 2 fish species have been reclassified as critically endangered. Giant kelp forests across south-eastern Australia were the first marine community to be listed as a threatened ecological community...

Environment protection systems

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2016 Marine environment Effectiveness of management Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef...

State and trends of biodiversity 2016

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At a glance

At a glanceUnderstanding of the state and trends of the vast majority of individual species in Australia is limited. The lack of effective monitoring data for understanding state and trends, even for threatened species, is highlighted by every jurisdiction and all previous state of the...

Managing biodiversity for resilience

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Resilience

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... of pressures. Evaluating the effectiveness of any policy or management program designed to strengthen resilience will require greater ...

Ecological processes and species populations

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Inland water

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2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre...

Box BIO14 The Vale of Belvoir

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Case Study

... It is one of Australia’s best examples of rare and endangered highland grasslands. It also contains unusual karst geology, and ... fauna species (paper daisy— Leucochrysum albicans , endangered; Tasmanian devil— Sarcophilus harrisii , endangered; ...

Figure COA13 Number of threatened species that occur within 50 kilometres of the coast

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Coasts

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Interact with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Note: This map uses the threatened (critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable) species listed as at January 2016 under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Each species distribution was intersected...

State and trends of marine biodiversity: Species Groups

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2016 Marine environment State and trends Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...

Biodiversity: Threatened species

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Coasts

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2016 Coasts State and trends South West Coast North East Coast Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin...

The natural environment

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Antarctic environment

Introduction

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2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Antarctica The Antarctic environment comprises diverse habitats and ecosystems that include: ice-covered areas ice-free vegetated areas and rocks...

Pressures on natural heritage

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Heritage

Pressures

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2016 Heritage Pressures Lake Eyre Our terrestrial and marine natural heritage is susceptible to the general pressures arising from climate change outlined above, as well as some of the...

Box BIO8 The central rock-rat

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Case Study

... an upgrade to its conservation status. Currently listed as endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act ... by a ground layer dominated by either hummock grasses or a mixture of forbs and subshrubs, with the upper strata comprising scattered ...

Coastal and marine species and ecosystems

2016

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2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Greater Darwin Greater Hobart...

Current urban planning and management

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Built environment

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... planning and management strategies that have been—or are being—employed for various aspects of the built environment. ...

Figure BIO14 Number of fauna species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, 2011 and 2015

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Number of EPBC Act listed fauna species in 2011 and 2015 Number of EPBC Act listed fauna species in 2011 and 2015 Mammal Conservation dependentVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangered 2011055354 2015058386 Bird Conservation...

Box MAR8 Commercial fisheries managed by the Australian Government

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Case Study

... in applying harvest strategies is the adoption of one or more pre-agreed decision rules. This links the management response ... assessments, and the level of interaction with threatened, endangered and protected species. Compulsory use of turtle excluder devices, ...

Biodiversity: Habitat-forming species

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Coasts

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2016 Coasts State and trends South West Coast South Australian Gulf North East Coast Tasmania Greater Darwin...

Box BIO15 A common assessment method for threatened species and ecological communities

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