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Figure COA11a Percentage of major vegetation group remaining, 2014

2016
Coasts
Graph

Percentage of major vegetation group remaining, 2016 Percentage of major vegetation group remaining, 2016 Percent Veg Remaining 2014 Hummock grasslands98.83 Unclassified forest98.59 Chenopod and samphire shrublands and forblands98.08 Casuarina forests...

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Figure COA11 C - Area Percentage remaining vs change in percentage remaining of each major vegetation group

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Graph

Area of major vegetation groups remaining, 2016 Area of major vegetation groups remaining, 2016 Area remaining 2014 mil ha Hummock grasslands3.057078 Unclassified forest0.072003 Chenopod and samphire shrublands and forblands3.573051 Casuarina forests...

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Figure LAN30a Extent of modification to major vegetation groups, as assessed by VAST

2016
Land
State and trends
Graph
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Figure COA11 b Change in percentage of major vegetation groups remaining, 2010–2014

2016
Coasts
Graph

Figure COA11 b Change in percentage of major vegetation groups remaining, 2011–2016 Figure COA11 b Change in percentage of major vegetation groups remaining, 2011–2016 Change percent remaining 2010 to 14 Hummock grasslands0 Unclassified forest0 Chenopod...

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Figure LAN30b Extent of modification of major vegetation groups, as assessed by vegetation assets, states and transitions (VAST) where (a) shows the percentage of modification; and (b) shows the extent of major vegetation groups, pre-1750

2016
Land
State and trends
Graph
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Vegetation

2016
Land
Introduction
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Like the soil that supports it, vegetation is fundamental to ecosystem processes and human survival. Vegetation is vital for: ...
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Vegetation

2016
Land
State and trends
Report Content
... ( DoE 2014c ). The continental extent of all forms of vegetation is summarised in Table LAN5 and mapped in ...
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Figure COA17c (AREA) 2 Percentage reserved vs change in percentage reserved of major vegetation groups within 50 kilometres of the shore

2016
Coasts
Effectiveness of management
Graph

Area of vegetation reserved Area of vegetation reserved Area of vegetation reserved 2014 thousand ha Mallee Open Woodlands and Sparse Mallee Shrublands108.427 Rainforests and Vine Thickets1368.359 Other Shrublands1097.875 Low Closed Forests and Tall...

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Figure COA17 a (PERCENTAGE) 2 Percentage reserved vs change in percentage reserved of major vegetation groups within 50 kilometres of the shore

2016
Coasts
Effectiveness of management
Graph

Percentage of vegetation reserved Percentage of vegetation reserved 2014 Percent Protected Vegetation Reserved Mallee Open Woodlands and Sparse Mallee Shrublands61.57 Rainforests and Vine Thickets54.09 Other Shrublands46.33 Low Closed Forests and Tall...

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Figure COA17 b (CHANGE) 2 Percentage reserved vs change in percentage reserved of major vegetation groups within 50 kilometres of the shore

2016
Coasts
Graph

Change in percentage of protected vegetation within 50 kms of shore, 2011–2016 Change in percentage of protected vegetation within 50 kms of shore, 2011–2016 Change from 2010 to 2014 Reserved Percent Mallee Open Woodlands and Sparse Mallee Shrublands0....

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State and trends of vegetation

2016, 2011
Land
State and trends
Assessment summary

Land State and trends Vegetation Year...

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Coastal land

2016
Coasts
State and trends
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Australia’s native vegetation and habitats have been severely affected since ...
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State and trends of biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
At a glance

At a glanceUnderstanding of the state and trends of the vast majority of individual species in Australia is limited. The lack of effective monitoring data for understanding state and trends, even for threatened species, is highlighted by every jurisdiction and all previous state of the...

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Vegetation

2016
Land
Resilience
Report Content
The resilience of vegetation is largely determined by our success or failure in ... in the Landscape and soil section. Maintenance of vegetation is both a factor in and a consequence of ... rest of the biodiversity of a region. The resilience of vegetation to change depends on the extent to which essential ...
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Terrestrial ecosystems and communities

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content
... based on common climate, geology, landform, native vegetation and species information. The 89   bioregions are ...
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Coastal governance and management

2016
Coasts
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Coasts Effectiveness of management Great Barrier Reef As was emphasised in previous SoE reports (e.g. SoE 2011), coastal management in Australia is carried out using a range of approaches...

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State and trends of biodiversity

2016, 2011
Biodiversity
State and trends
Assessment summary

Biodiversity State and trends Coastal and marine species and ecosystemsFreshwater species and ecosystemsTerrestrial plant and animal species: Threatened species listsTerrestrial ecosystems and communitiesGenetic and species...

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Overview of state and trends of biodiversity

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity State and trends What has changed since 2011? The list of nationally threatened species and ecological communities has increased, with the addition of 30 new ecological communities, and 44 animal and...

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Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Land clearing

2016
Land
Pressures
Report Content
... causing the loss and  fragmentation  of native vegetation. Depending on subsequent management, land clearing ... of nutrients. In addition to the negative impact on native vegetation and soil quality, historical land clearing and ...
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Climate change

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Heritage Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Marine North Greater Sydney...

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Terrestrial plant and animal species: Birds

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Photo by David Westcott Pale-yellow robin (Tregallasia capito), Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queensland...

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State and trends of species populations and groups

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Assessment summary

Coasts State and trends Biodiversity: Threatened species Year...

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Biodiversity: Species groups

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Climate change–induced pressures

2016
Land
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Land Pressures South East Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Lake Eyre Our...

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Managing biodiversity for resilience

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Resilience The ability of ecosystems to tolerate and recover from disturbance is a phenomenon that is vitally important to understand. Resilience has stimulated much valuable research that has...

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Freshwater species and ecosystems

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Lake Eyre...

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Figure LAN1a Projected distributions of vegetation types derived by the AdaptNRM project by linking an ecological similarity model, developed for vascular plants, with an existing vegetation map and climate scenarios: (a) observed major vegetation su...

2016
Land
Pressures
Map

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Figure LAN1b Projected distributions of vegetation types derived by the AdaptNRM project by linking an ecological similarity model, developed for vascular plants, with an existing vegetation map and climate scenarios: (a) observed major vegetation su...

2016
Land
Pressures
Map

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Figure LAN1c Projected distributions of vegetation types derived by the AdaptNRM project by linking an ecological similarity model, developed for vascular plants, with an existing vegetation map and climate scenarios: (a) observed major vegetation su...

2016
Land
Pressures
Map

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Figure LAN1d Projected distributions of vegetation types derived by the AdaptNRM project by linking an ecological similarity model, developed for vascular plants, with an existing vegetation map and climate scenarios: (a) observed major vegetation su...

2016
Land
Pressures
Map

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