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Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Bushfire
2016 Report ContentBushfires (wildfires) are uncontrolled fire in the landscape. These particularly affect natural or seminatural ... and have significant positive and negative effects on landscape and ecosystem processes. Because Australia is a continent where bushfire is ...
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...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Land clearing
2016 Report Content2016 Land Pressures Land 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...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Invasive species
2016 Report Content2016 Land Pressures South East Coast South West Coast North East Coast Tasmania Greater Brisbane...
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...
State and trends of soil acidification
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand State and trends Soil: Salinity and acidification Year...
Management processes
2016 Report ContentSeveral processes contribute to the overall management of the ...
Vegetation
2016 Report Content... resilience in landscapes and soils, as discussed in the Landscape and soil section. Maintenance of vegetation is both ... change depends on the extent to which essential ecological processes are maintained. ...
State and trends of soil carbon
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand State and trends Soil: Carbon dynamics Year...
Box HER38 Sustainable innovative urban design and Aboriginal heritage, East Leppington
2016 Case Study... connected with the local and regional Aboriginal cultural landscape ( Owen 2015b ). The resulting mapping of cultural values identified a cultural landscape , with specific places, walking routes, view ... showcase proactive cultural heritage conservation at a landscape scale, responding to emerging innovation challenges ...
Box HER31 Innovative management of local heritage—the City of Ballarat
2016 Case Study... of Ballarat’s development, set within a historic urban landscape and protected using the ‘heritage overlay’ ... to implement the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific ... makes Ballarat, Ballarat?’ is central to multiple processes that facilitate community research exchange and ...
Biodiversity: Ecological processes
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts State and trends Tasmania Greater Brisbane Great Barrier Reef East Coast Connectivity Connectivity among...
Soil and water management is crucial for a productive landscape
2016 Key Finding2016 Land management practices are improving, particularly in relation to soil management and soil conservation measures. Pesticide and nutrient run-off is also being significantly reduced in some industries, although increasing in others.
Box HER15 The City of Broken Hill—a National Heritage place
2016 Case Study... its mining significance and exploring the natural outback landscape values. Source: Liz Vines, Heritage Adviser, City ...
Pressures from livestock production
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Livestock production is the dominant land use in the extensive land-use zone of Australia (see the Land report for further information). It is considered a major contributing factor to the...
Managing biodiversity for resilience
2016 Report Content... that has provided new insights into the ecological processes influencing ecosystem persistence and recovery. ...
Pressures on Indigenous heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Pressures Tasmania Timor Sea Greater Sydney There is a recognised gap between Indigenous Australians and the wider Australian...
Ecological processes and species populations
2016 Report ContentAssessing water-related ecological processes and species populations further indicates the health of aquatic ecosystems. Processes and populations add a layer of assessment that ...
Bushfire prediction and management are critical
2016 Key Finding2016 Bushfire is a natural process across most of Australia, but its beneficial effects on the natural landscape can be at cost to life, property and infrastructure. A warming climate is likely to change the frequency and intensity of bushfires. Australia needs to decide how and where to...
Introduction 2016
2016 At a glanceHeritage is all the things that make up Australia’s identity—our spirit and ingenuity, our historic buildings, and our unique, living landscapes. Our heritage is a legacy from our past, a living, integral part of life today, and the stories and places we pass on to future generations.(DoEE n...
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...
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...
Value chain for fresh and processed food in Australia 2012–13: Food and beverage processing
2016 GraphRetail food sales Retail food sales Percentageofretailfoodsales Supermarkets and grocery stores62 Cafes and restaurants14 Takeaway outlets10 Liquor retailing7 Other food7 Value chain for fresh and processed food in Australia...
Soil: Understanding
2016 Report Content2016 Land State and trends South Australian Gulf Tasmania Understanding the current state and condition of Australian soils requires an appreciation of their diversity...
State and trends of ecological processes
2016 Assessment summaryCoasts State and trends Biodiversity: Ecological processes Year...
Energy and resource extraction and processing
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures South Coast South East Coast South Australian Gulf North East Coast Tasmania...
Economic growth
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Pressures Murray Darling Greater Melbourne Greater Sydney Heritage places are susceptible to loss of values through inappropriate...
Integrated coastal management frameworks
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Effectiveness of management Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is the process for managing all coastal issues in a framework integrated across biota and habitats, time and space, and levels of...
