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Land use and management
2016 Report Content... account for less than 0.2 per cent of Australia’s land area ( Table LAN2 ). The dominant land use, in terms of extent, is livestock grazing of native ...
Contemporary land-use pressures
2016 Report ContentAlmost two-thirds of land in Australia has been modified for human uses, primarily ... grazing accounts for 82 per cent of the area of land used in agriculture, more than one-third of which is in ...
Urban environmental efficiency: Land use
2016 Report Content... to how well the built environment encourages the efficient use of natural resources—land, energy and water—and the reuse and/or recovery of ...
Changing land use and management
2016 Report ContentLand use and land management can produce pressures on aquatic environments ... changes arising from the effects of different forest water use patterns included uniform changes in all flows, changes ...
Contemporary land-use pressures on the land environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand Pressures Contemporary land-use pressures Year...
Box BLT4 Adelaide suburban land-use change
2016 Case StudyAccording to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Land account: South Australia, experimental estimates, ... 2006–11 ( ABS 2015d ), the area of residential land in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges area showed the largest land-use increase between 2006 and 2011 (4300 hectares), whereas ...
Land and water use and management
2016 Report ContentRisks from changes to land management arise mainly through potential hydrological ...
Population growth and urban development: Coastal development and land use
2016 Report ContentCoastal population growth exerts strong pressure on coastal land by increasing the need for both agriculture and housing, and land-use demands often come at the expense of natural habitats and ...
Traditional use of marine resources
2016 Report ContentTraditional use of marine resources is defined here as activities ... connection with Sea Country, leading to traditional use of marine resources across a large area of Australia. ...
Figure LAN13 Australian land use at the national scale, 2010–11
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Land Use of Australia 2010-11, used under CC BY 3.0 Figure LAN13 Australian land use at the national scale, 2010–11 Land use and management
Land-use change, and habitat fragmentation and degradation threaten ecosystems and resilience
2016 Report ContentLand clearing is a fundamental pressure on the environment. ...
Box HER26 Using traditional fire knowledge
2016 Case Study... are partnering with traditional owners to revive the use of traditional fire knowledge as a land management tool. The aim is to reduce fuel loads and ... on how traditional fire knowledge can be incorporated into land management practices, and provide opportunities for ...
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...
Coastal land
2016 Report Content... occurs when solid or liquid waste is deposited on land or underground, and has the potential to contaminate ... and marine habitats when contaminants are transferred from land to aquatic environments ( Allinson et al. 2014 ). ... near the coast, a disproportionate amount of coastal land is polluted compared with the rest of Australia. Two ...
Land–water interface
2016 Report Content... a result of the expansion of ocean waters and the loss of land-based ice, because of the increasing temperatures ...
Figure LAN28 b Percentage of total deforestation in each decade by (a) land use (as of 2005–06) and (b) land tenure (as of 1993)
2016 Graph(b) deforestation trends by land tenure ...
Executive Summary - Land
2016 Executive SummaryLand 2016Our soils, landforms and vegetation have co-evolved over millions of years. Their health and condition are inextricably linked. Most importantly, their health and condition fundamentally support our way of life, our wellbeing, and our agriculture and...
Resilience of the land environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAustralian landscapes have evolved with soils and vegetation in equilibrium with the climate and natural disturbance regime. Land management activities disturb that equilibrium. Although we may not see all of the ensuing changes, the subtle and slowly accumulating ones can be the...
Outlook for the land environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe outlook for Australia’s land environment is shaped by the legacy of our former activities, the current and future pressures on the land environment, and how we respond to these pressures. The many consequences of climate change provide the greatest challenges. The challenges...
Overview of resilience of land
2016 Report ContentResilient land should be able to recover from changes, and continue to ... vegetation and natural processes, as well as allow us to use natural resources within reasonable limits. ...
Pressures affecting the land environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAlthough a changing climate has shaped the Australian landscape and its vegetation, the current rate of climate change is likely to result in changes in the distribution and composition of vegetation communities. Some communities are likely to disappear, and others will be...
Figure LAN28a Percentage of total deforestation in each decade by (a) land use from 2005–06
2016 Graph(a) deforestation trends by land use ...
Figure ATM38 Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls and selected organochlorine pesticides in air at sites with different land uses
2016 Graph2016 SoE Atmosphere Concentrations of PPCBs and organochlorine pesticides at sites with different land uses 2016 SoE Atmosphere Concentrations of PPCBs and organochlorine pesticides at sites with different land uses MedianSemi-urban and urban lower confidence...
Figure ATM38c Concentrations of PCBS and selected organochlorine pesticides in air sites with different land uses (Agricultural sites)
2016 GraphAgricultural sites 2016 SoE Atmosphere Concentrations of PPCBs and organochlorine pesticides at sites with different land uses 2016 SoE Atmosphere Concentrations of PPCBs and organochlorine pesticides at sites with different land uses MedianAgricultural sites...
Effectiveness of land management
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand Effectiveness of management Human capitalManagement contextResources and capacity for managementHuman capital...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Land clearing
2016 Report ContentLand clearing represents a fundamental pressure on the land environment, causing the loss and fragmentation of ... native vegetation. Depending on subsequent management, land clearing can also lead to a variety of impacts on soils, ...
Land–water interface
2016 Report ContentLike many features at the interface of the land and water, beaches are dynamic environments and vary ...
Overview of state and trends of the land
2016 Report ContentThe impacts of human land use are spread unevenly across the country. Vegetation ...
There is intense and growing competition for land resources
2016 Key Finding2016 Land is contested by agriculture, the resources industry, urban development and native habitat conservation. Different land uses bring benefits and problems, and Australians need to understand the long-term implications of particular land-use choices, and make decisions based on the...
