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Resilience of the coastal environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceResilience of the coastal environment includes its resistance to change and its ability to recover once disturbed. Resistance to change is linked to the maintenance of high biodiversity, which is expected to provide greater redundancy in ecological functions. Resistance can also...
Box ANT6 Rapid collapse of an alpine ecosystem through dieback
2016 Case Study... desert-like landscape. The extent of the mortality of this keystone species is so severe that it has been declared critically endangered. The primary cause of the species’ collapse is suspected to be the failure of cushion ...
Resistance to change
2016 Report ContentFor ecological habitats, species and processes, strong resistance to change is often ...
Traditional use of marine resources
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Pressures Marine North Traditional use of marine resources is defined here as activities (fishing, collecting, hunting and gathering) by the 2 Indigenous or traditional...
Factors affecting resilience capacity
2016 Report Content... factors acting at various levels of organisation, from species to landscapes, will interact to determine resilience capacity. For example, a species’ sensitivity to environmental change, its rate of ... and its phenotypic plasticity (i.e. the ability of a species to adjust its characteristics in response to its ...
Urban development
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures A growing population puts increasing pressure on biodiversity when residential areas encroach on natural systems. The Built environment report describes Australia's urban footprint, and the...
Pest species and pathogens
2016 Report Content... a key threat to biodiversity generally, and to threatened species specifically. Almost all states and territories also ...
Risks to the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAs for other regions, distant human activities can contribute to the key risks to the Antarctic environment, including global population, economic pressures and the effects of climate change. Management can mitigate many of the population and economic impacts, and climate change...
The living environment: Marine and terrestrial
2016 Report Content... The limited availability of ice-free areas means that many species are often found breeding close to each other. ...
Antarctic environment: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Introduction Antarctica Since 2011, the Antarctic environment has continued to respond to global pressures from human activity. As is the case in other regions of the...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Threatened species lists
2016 Report ContentAs at December 2015, a total of 480 fauna species (terrestrial and aquatic) were listed under the EPBC ... in the wild. This reflects an overall increase of 44 species since 2011 ( Figure BIO13 ). The number of nationally listed threatened species has increased for all animal taxa except amphibians. ...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Plant species and fungi
2016 Report ContentAs at December 2015, a total of 480 fauna species (terrestrial and aquatic) were listed under the EPBC ... in the wild. This reflects an overall increase of 44 species since 2011 ( Figure BIO13 ). The number of nationally listed threatened species has increased for all animal taxa except amphibians. ...
Biodiversity: Species groups
2016 Report ContentThe 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 ... from shore) show the highest density of threatened species on the east coast of Australia, particularly around ...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content... trends of freshwater-related ecological processes and key species populations, with grades ranging from very poor with ...
Pests and invasive species
2016 Report ContentSoE 2011 provided information on the pressure of invasive species, including cane toads ( Rhinella marina , formerly ... and various Weeds of National Significance. Other invasive species exerting pressure on inland waters include pigs and ... redfin perch ( Perca fluviatilis ), various tilapia species, oriental weatherloach ( Misgurnus anguillicaudatus ) ...
Genetic and species diversity
2016 Report Content... have a key role in shaping biodiversity at the species and community levels, the role of these pressures in ...
Biodiversity: Threatened species
2016 Report ContentThe 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 ... from shore) show the highest density of threatened species on the east coast of Australia, particularly around ...
Biodiversity: Habitat-forming species
2016 Report ContentThe 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 ... from shore) show the highest density of threatened species on the east coast of Australia, particularly around ...
Ecological processes and species populations
2016 Report ContentAssessing water-related ecological processes and species populations further indicates the health of aquatic ...
Pressures affecting Antarctic marine species
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the marine environment Antarctica Year...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Mammals
2016 Report ContentAs at December 2015, a total of 480 fauna species (terrestrial and aquatic) were listed under the EPBC ... in the wild. This reflects an overall increase of 44 species since 2011 ( Figure BIO13 ). The number of nationally listed threatened species has increased for all animal taxa except amphibians. ...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Invasive species
2016 Report ContentInvasive species represent one of the most potent, persistent and ... environment. They have a direct negative impact on species through predation, displacement and competition, ...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Birds
2016 Report ContentAs at December 2015, a total of 480 fauna species (terrestrial and aquatic) were listed under the EPBC ... in the wild. This reflects an overall increase of 44 species since 2011 ( Figure BIO13 ). The number of nationally listed threatened species has increased for all animal taxa except amphibians. ...
Coastal and marine species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Greater Darwin Greater Hobart...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Invertebrates
2016 Report ContentAs at December 2015, a total of 480 fauna species (terrestrial and aquatic) were listed under the EPBC ... in the wild. This reflects an overall increase of 44 species since 2011 ( Figure BIO13 ). The number of nationally listed threatened species has increased for all animal taxa except amphibians. ...
Figure BIO5 Threatened species richness across Australia
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Note: Urban areas are outlined in black. Cities shown in greater detail in boxes are (a) Perth, (b) Brisbane and (c) Melbourne. Source: Dr Pia Lentini, University of Melbourne, used under CC BY NC using data supplied by the...
No marine species has been removed from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 threatened species list since 2011...
2016 Key Finding2016No marine species has been removed from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 threatened species list since 2011; 8 species and 1 ecological community have been added, and 2 species have been uplisted.
State and trends of species populations and groups
2016 Assessment summaryCoasts State and trends Biodiversity: Threatened species Year...
State and trends of marine biodiversity: Species Groups
2016 Report ContentFourteen species groups for which information and data were available ...
Figure BIO37 Adequacy of protection of nationally threatened species
2016 GraphAdequacy of protection of nationally threatened species in 2016 Adequacy of protection of nationally threatened species in 2016 Attained in strict protected areasAttained in any form of protected areasPartly attained (in any form of protected area)No habitat...
