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Pests and invasive species
2016 Report Content SoE 2011 provided information on the pressure of invasive species, including cane toads ( Rhinella marina , formerly Bufo marinus ), ...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Invasive species
2016 Report Content Invasive species represent one of the most potent, persistent and widespread threats ... environment. They have a direct negative impact on species through predation, displacement and competition, and also have ...
Box HER10 Astrebla Downs—management response to invasive species
2016 Case Study... example of an effective management response to invasive species .
Astrebla Downs National Park (Astrebla Downs) was declared in ...
Pest species and pathogens
2016 Report Content... as a key threat to biodiversity generally, and to threatened species specifically. Almost all states and territories also note that data on ...
Invasive species are a potent, persistent and widespread threat to Australia’s environment
2016 Report Content Invasive species are animals, plants, parasites or disease-causing organisms that ...
Invasive species pose a major risk to the environment, industry and health
2016 Key Finding2016 Invasive species—pests, diseases and weeds—threaten agriculture and forestry, native species, natural regeneration and ecosystem resilience. They already have a massive environmental, social and economic impact, and climate change is likely to enable new invasive species to thrive...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures affecting the land environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand Pressures Regional and landscape-scale pressures: BushfireRegional and landscape-scale pressures: Invasive speciesRegional and landscape-scale pressures: Land clearingClimate change–induced pressuresContemporary land-use...
Invasive species have a major impact on Australia’s environment, threatening biodiversity by, for example, reducing overall species abundance and diversity. They represent one of...
2016 Key Finding2016Invasive species have a major impact on Australia’s environment, threatening biodiversity by, for example, reducing overall species abundance and diversity. They represent one of the more potent, persistent and widespread threats to the environment.
Pressures affecting Antarctic marine species
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the marine environment Antarctica Year...
Biodiversity: Habitat-forming species
2016 Report Content The distribution of threatened species around Australia provides an indication of current human impacts on native biota. The 2014 data of threatened species listed in the EPBC Act that occur within the coastal zone ... from shore) show the highest density of threatened species on the east coast of Australia, particularly around the urban centres ...
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...
Pressures affecting biodiversity 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe pressures affecting biodiversity remain largely consistent with those identified in the 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 state of the environment reports. The most significant current pressures are clearing, fragmentation and declining quality of habitat; invasive species; climate...
Biodiversity: Threatened species
2016 Report Content The distribution of threatened species around Australia provides an indication of current human impacts on native biota. The 2014 data on threatened species listed in the EPBC Act that occur within the coastal zone ... from shore) show the highest density of threatened species on the east coast of Australia, particularly around the urban centres ...
Jurisdictional reporting on pressures
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Tasmania Greater Darwin Australian Capital Territory Each state and territory in Australia has highlighted a range of...
Pressures on the environment can interact and accumulate in various ways
2016 Report Content2016 Pressures The interactions between pressures can result in cumulative impacts, amplifying the threat faced by the Australian environment. There is increasing evidence that pressures interact in complex ways. For example, land clearing removes...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content... trends of freshwater-related ecological processes and key species populations, with grades ranging from very poor with worsening trends ...
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...
Coastal and marine species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Greater Darwin Greater Hobart...
Natural heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Outlook Murray Darling Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef Antarctica Australia’s natural heritage includes lands...
Pressures on natural heritage
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Pressures affecting biodiversity
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryBiodiversity Pressures Pressures facing aquatic ecosystemsChanged hydrologyAltered fire regimesPest species and pathogensPressures from livestock productionUrban developmentPollutionGlobal climate change and climate...
Box HER21 Bushfood plants and unwelcome strangers
2016 Case Study... and others. These weeds can have significant impacts on species that are important to Aboriginal families. In central Australia, the ... Aranda language) is one species that has been reduced by invasive buffel grass ( Cenchrus ciliaris ) and couch grass ( Cynodon ...
Effectiveness of biodiversity management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryBiodiversity Effectiveness of management Management statusNew technologies, solutions and innovationsAssessing the effectiveness of biodiversity managementManagement initiatives and investmentsManagement capacityManagement...
Box LAN3 Bees—pressures and impacts
2016 Case Study
Australia has an estimated 2500 species of native bee ( Batley & Hogendoorn 2009 ), and a handful of introduced and invasive bee species . Among the invaders are the western honeybee ( Apis ...
Management status
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management Murray Darling Tasmania National Reserve System and National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas Australia has...
The main pressures affecting the Australian environment today are the same as in 2011: climate change...
2016 Key Finding2016The main pressures affecting the Australian environment today are the same as in 2011: climate change, land-use change, habitat fragmentation and degradation, and invasive species. There is no indication that these have decreased overall since 2011. Some individual pressures on...
Land pressures - At a glance
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceWhile changing climates have shaped the Australian landscape and its vegetation, the current rate of climate change is likely to result in changes to the distribution and composition of vegetation communities. Some communities are likely to disappear, others will be transformed as...
Pressures affecting the environment
2016 At a glanceTo understand the state and trends of Australia’s environment, it is necessary to consider both the historical pressures that have had a profound impact on the environment, and the contemporary pressures that directly and indirectly influence the state of the environment. Historical changes...
Coastal land
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures Great Barrier Reef Antarctica Terrestrial pollution Terrestrial pollution occurs when solid or liquid waste is deposited on land or underground,...
Availability of information
2016 Report Content... 5 years. The Australian Government released a Threatened Species Strategy in 2015, which provides insight into threats to a limited number of high-priority taxa or species. For example, the impact of feral cats on small mammals has been well ...
