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Resilience
2016 At a glanceResilience is the ability of the environment to withstand or recover from a shock or disturbance. Although the concept of resilience was developed and is mainly used in relation to ecosystems, it is a valuable concept across the environment and in environmental management. Effective...
Resilience of biodiversity 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceResilience is a key underpinning principle of Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010–2030, as well as state and territory, and regional biodiversity strategies. The definition of resilience in biodiversity strategies and policies is still relatively ambiguous, and...
Evidence of past resilience
2016 Report Content... of strategies that different species employ that provide resilience to change. However, although our biodiversity is well adapted to ...
Overview of resilience of the antarctic environment
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Resilience Antarctica Natural disturbances are part of life in Antarctic ecosystems, and the native species can generally survive shock events because they have...
Overview of resilience of biodiversity
2016 Report Content Resilience is a key underpinning principle of biodiversity strategies at all levels of government. However, the definition of resilience in most strategies and policies is still relatively ambiguous, and ...
Box BIO21 Rethinking revegetation resilience
2016 Case Study... and its partners have taken novel steps to ensure the resilience of the revegetation plantings ( Gellie et al. 2016 ).
... the benefits of using local species , while increasing resilience to climate change by combining seed from local populations ...
Managing biodiversity for resilience
2016 Report Content... is a phenomenon that is vitally important to understand. Resilience has stimulated much valuable research that has provided new insights ... persistence and recovery. However, use of the concept of resilience in policy and strategies is often quite ambiguous, and ...
Resilience of our climate
2016 Report Content2016 Climate Resilience The ability of the climate system to recover from changes to the composition of the atmosphere (particularly increasing CO2 concentrations) is complicated by the fact that the removal of CO2...
Factors affecting resilience capacity
2016 Report Content... from species to landscapes, will interact to determine resilience capacity. For example, a species’ sensitivity to environmental ... in response to its environment) are properties that underpin resilience (these are described in more detail in SoE 2011). At the landscape ...
Resilience of the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAlthough organisms living in Antarctica have evolved to cope with severe events, it is challenging to measure their level of resilience and to predict how future climate change will affect Antarctic ecosystems. This is largely because our understanding of key parameters is still...
Reviews of state and regional management
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Great Barrier Reef The Murray–Darling Basin Plan included 2750 GL of water to be recovered from consumptive...
Approach - Inland water 2016
2016 Report Content... information. Various challenges were found in applying the general approach, around both the timeframe of the assessment and the ... by management activities.
The approaches used for resilience and risks are largely comparable with those used in 2011. Consideration of resilience has been somewhat extended to consider the evidence that may exist ...
Approach - Marine environment 2016
2016 Report Content... environment and their effectiveness are evaluated, and the resilience of the environment in light of current management frameworks is ... assessments.
Assessments in 2011 were the output of general regional workshops, with decisions on grade and trend based on general ...
Landscape and soil
2016 Report Content2016 Land Resilience Great Barrier Reef Under natural conditions, the land (i.e. landforms, soils, drainage networks of streams and rivers, vegetation and other biota) is in some sort of...
Executive Summary - Inland water
2016 Executive SummaryInland water 2016Australia’s inland waters, both above and below the ground, are of considerable ecological significance. Their significance arises from both their intrinsic ecological values and the contribution they make in providing water to our communities...
The Antarctic environment is generally in good condition
2016 Key Finding2016The Antarctic environment is generally in good condition
Air quality in Australian cities is generally good
2016 Key Finding2016 Air quality in Australian urban centres is classified as either ‘good’ or ‘very good’. However, although levels of carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, coarse particulate matter (PM10) and sulfur dioxide have decreased in the past 10 years, ozone and fine particle (PM2.5) levels...
Water resource development
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Hobart...
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...
Risks to Australia’s climate 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAn understanding of the risks associated with Australia’s climate will lead to improved action plans to adapt to the changes predicted to occur. Our climate is a dynamic system; therefore, the risks need to be re-evaluated frequently. Recent climate change projections for...
Resilience of marine systems
2016 Report Content The concept of resilience is not straightforward, with definitions varying across social and ... also vary, depending on the system of focus. Definitions of resilience can contain any combination of 3 major principles ( Folke et al. ...
Factors affecting resilience capacity
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Resilience A major systemic threat to Australia’s heritage is its relative priority in planning, land use and development decision-making. Heritage is often determined to be expendable in the name of a...
Evidence of past resilience
2016 Report Content The resilience of heritage places depends on the nature of their values and the ...
Approaches to resilience
2016 Report Content The concept of resilience has not been widely applied in Australian heritage management (see ‘Resilience’ in the SoE 2011 Heritage chapter, SoE Committee 2011 ). ...
Managing for resilience
2016 Report Content... management systems aimed at maintaining or enhancing resilience in components of the marine environment focus on reducing the ...
Knowledge about the distribution and abundance of invasive species and their impacts on biodiversity remains incomplete and a high risk to the resilience of biodiversity
2016 Key Finding2016Impacts of invasive species have increased in importance as key threatening processes at both national and state/territory levels. The general consensus is that the impact of invasive species is not diminishing and, in combination with other stressors, may be increasing. Natural...
Effectiveness of management of the built environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryBuilt environment Effectiveness of management Planning for the futureManagement focus areasCurrent urban planning and management...
Pressures on natural heritage
2016 Report Content... and marine natural heritage is susceptible to the general pressures arising from climate change outlined above, as well as some ...
Land–water interface
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts State and trends Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Sydney Beaches and sand dunes Like many features at the interface of the land and...
Resilience of Australia’s heritage 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe resilience of Australia’s heritage can be considered in relation to both individual heritage places and the total heritage resource. The ability of individual places or wider resources to withstand shocks depends on the nature of specific heritage values and their...
