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Water flows and levels
2016 Report Content... hydrological network has significant unregulated areas, with flows that reflect the combined effects of climate, and land use and ... areas where water management interventions affect the flows in ways that can be beneficial, neutral or detrimental to the aquatic ...
Mitigating the drivers of environmental change
2016 Report Content2016 Since the first SoE report in 1996, a great deal of effort has been focused on improving environment-related policies and associated management actions. However, these are often focused on reducing pressures on the environment. For example, Australia’s regulatory regime...
Ecological processes and species populations
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre...
Overview of resilience of inland water
2016 Report Content Since 2011, environmental flows (managed freshwater flows in natural water systems, designed to maintain aquatic ecosystems) have ...
State and trends of inland water flows and levels
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryInland water State and trends Water flows and levelsWater flows and levels Year...
State and trends of inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceOnline availability of flow data and water resources information has increased substantially since 2011, including: various state-based data portals a national repository with flow and other data for more than 3400 sites a national set of 222 long-term, high-quality reference...
Changed hydrology
2016 Report Content... since 2011, largely in response to climate. Changes to flows and water levels are described in detail in the Inland water report ... describes how short-term and long-term changes to flows and water levels affect ecological systems in a range of ways. Increased ...
Resilience of inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
Reviews of state and regional management
2016 Report Content... efficient water use, and positive economic, social and environmental outcomes. Concerns were expressed that elements of the plan, and ... and water recovery actions, liability for damage from environmental watering, cold-water pollution, salt interception, and expansion ...
Water management in Australia
2016 Report Content... of the focus of action has been on manipulating or providing flows for environmental good, and our knowledge in this area is as diverse as spawning ...
Box HER7 Macquarie River and the Macquarie Marshes—supporting cultural values through water management
2016 Case Study... journey along the Macquarie River and into the marshes with environmental water and natural resource managers from the Australian and New ... future.
Australian Government and New South Wales environmental water allocations help to support river and wetland health in the ...
Economic activity as a driver of environmental change
2016 Report Content... generation are central to how economic activity affects environmental condition and trends.
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Drivers of environmental change
2016 Report Content Two drivers are increasingly likely to shape Australia’s environmental challenges in the coming decades: population growth, distribution ...
Water abstraction and interception
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Risks Three factors contribute to the risk posed by increasing water abstraction and interception: the demands of a growing population increases in per-person water consumption for this population...
Effectiveness of Antarctic environmental management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Effectiveness of management Management achievementsManagement processesGovernance Antarctica...
Urban environmental efficiency: Land use
2016 Report Content Urban environmental efficiency refers to how well the built environment encourages ...
Urban environmental efficiency: Water efficiency
2016 Report Content Urban environmental efficiency refers to how well the built environment encourages ...
Urban environmental efficiency: Energy efficiency
2016 Report Content Urban environmental efficiency refers to how well the built environment encourages ...
Risks to inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceRisks to inland water environments include direct risks (such as direct water extraction, or changes in run-off and recharge) and indirect risks (such as expansion of invasive species because of increased tourism). Climate changes may produce both types of risks. Updated climate...
Climate change
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Risks South East Coast South Australian Gulf North Western Plateau Murray Darling North East Coast...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Lake Eyre...
Marine regions
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...
Global importance of Antarctica
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Marine South West Marine South East Antarctica Although isolated from other continents, Antarctica is...
Coastal waters
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures South Australian Gulf Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...
Effectiveness 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...
Urban environmental efficiency: Waste generation and recovery
2016 Report Content Urban environmental efficiency refers to how well the built environment encourages ...
Population as a driver of environmental change
2016 Report Content2016 Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Hobart Greater Adelaide Greater Melbourne Greater Perth Greater Sydney...
Changing land use and management
2016 Report Content... forest water use patterns included uniform changes in all flows, changes in numbers of zero flow days and proportionally larger changes in low, compared with high, flows ( Brown et al. 2013 ).
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Policies, tools and approaches that are potentially changing the outlook
2016 Report Content2016 Outlook The outlook described above has both positive and negative components, although the negative tends to dominate. This balance can potentially shift, by using a variety of policies, tools, approaches and resources that are being developed...
Box BLT13 Can greenfield developments be sustainable? Case study: West Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory
2016 Case Study... side.
The West Belconnen proposal has set a range of environmental and sustainability goals, including 38 best-practice benchmarks ...
