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Pest species and pathogens

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Pest plants, pest animals and pathogens have been identified by...

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Pressures affecting biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
At a glance

At 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...

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Figure LAN2b Degree to which environmental conditions are projected to become sufficiently novel by 2050 to potentially result in the emergence of vegetation communities containing combinations of plant species highly dissimilar from any present-day ...

2016
Land
Pressures
Map

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Figure LAN2a Degree to which environmental conditions are projected to become sufficiently novel by 2050 to potentially result in the emergence of vegetation communities containing combinations of plant species highly dissimilar from any present-day ...

2016
Land
Pressures
Map

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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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Outlook for biodiversity 2016

2016
Biodiversity
Outlook
At a glance

At a glanceIt seems unlikely, given the current overall poor status and deteriorating trends in biodiversity and the high impact of increasing pressures, that overall biodiversity outcomes will improve in the short or medium term. Our current investments in biodiversity management are not...

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Box WAT6 Groundwater-dependent ecosystem risk assessment for declining groundwater levels

2016
Inland water
Risks
Case Study
... hydrology, water quality and/or biotic resources, and the biota in an ecosystem. Using the framework, a risk assessment ...
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Jurisdictional reporting on pressures

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Pressures Tasmania Greater Darwin Australian Capital Territory Each state and territory in Australia has highlighted a range of...

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Land pressures - At a glance

2016
Land
Pressures
At a glance

At 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...

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Box BIO21 Rethinking revegetation resilience

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Case Study
... of a drier climate, SA Water and its partners have taken novel steps to ensure the resilience of the revegetation ...
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Box ANT7 Development of a new wastewater treatment facility at Australia’s Davis Station

2016
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Case Study
... for potable water. The advanced treatment plant will use novel combinations of existing technologies that have been ...
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Box LAN13 HCAS—a new way to assess continuous variation in the condition of natural habitats for terrestrial biodiversity across whole regions using remote sensing data

2016
Land
Effectiveness of management
Case Study
... Evolution by Harwood et al. (2016) , CSIRO reports on a novel approach to the difficulty in obtaining consistent and ...
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Management framework

2016
Ambient air quality
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Ambient air quality Effectiveness of management Greater Sydney Each level of government—Australian, state and territory, and local—plays a role in managing the impacts of air pollution by...

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Coastal land

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures Great Barrier Reef Antarctica Terrestrial pollution Terrestrial pollution occurs when solid or liquid waste is deposited on land or underground,...

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Introduction 2016

2016
Coasts
Introduction
At a glance

Australia’s coastal zone holds tremendous national significance. It contains many of the country’s most prized environmental and ecological assets, some of which are World Heritage listed, and accommodate habitats and species found nowhere else on Earth. The biological and landscape...

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Box HER2 Ediacara Fossil Site

2016
Heritage
Introduction
Case Study
... array of fossils of internationally significant biota, and is the most abundant, diverse and intact example ...
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Water abstraction and interception

2016
Inland water
Risks
Report Content

2016 Inland water Risks Three factors contribute to the risk posed by increasing water abstraction and interception: the demands of a growing population increases in per-person water consumption for this population...

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Evidence of past resilience

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Resilience Much of Australia’s biodiversity is renowned for its ability to deal with massive ecosystem shocks (e.g. fire, extended periods of dry or wet, extreme weather events such as cyclones)....

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Land–water interface

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures South West Coast South Australian Gulf Greater Adelaide Great Barrier Reef Greater Melbourne...

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Climate change pressures affecting the land environment

2016, 2011
Land
Pressures
Assessment summary

Land Pressures Climate change–induced pressuresClimate Change Year...

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Pests and invasive species

2016
Inland water
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Inland water Pressures Tasmania Lake Eyre SoE 2011 provided information on the pressure of invasive species, including cane toads (Rhinella marina, formerly Bufo...

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Risks to the coastal environment 2016

2016
Coasts
Risks
At a glance

At a glanceDespite concerted efforts to manage pressures on the coast, there remains residual risk that impacts will still occur. Here we categorise each of the pressures identified in this report in terms of their likelihood to cause impact and the severity of that impact, once current...

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Pressures affecting the land environment 2016

2016
Land
Pressures
At a glance

At 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...

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Outlook for inland water environments 2016

2016
Inland water
Outlook
At a glance

At a glanceClimate and pests remain the largest pressures on our inland water environments. Climate variability and climate change, and associated changes in rainfall regimes, are the primary risks to inland water environments in both the short and long term. Efforts will need to continue to...

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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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Ecosystem restoration

2016
Marine environment
Outlook
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Outlook Tasmania Marine ecosystems and their attributes, including species composition, ecosystem functions and resilience, are constantly changing. These changes can be...

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Changing land use and management

2016
Inland water
Pressures
Report Content
... of changes in quality and flow regimes, such as changes in biota and sediment, and nutrient concentrations in streams. ...
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Dumped wastes

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Pressures Marine North West By volume, dredging contributes the largest pressure associated with dumped wastes (not including marine debris, toxins, pesticides and...

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Types of heritage

2016
Heritage
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Heritage Introduction South Australian Gulf Murray Darling Greater Melbourne Greater Sydney Natural heritage Natural...

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Integrated coastal management frameworks

2016
Coasts
Effectiveness of management
Report Content
... all coastal issues in a framework integrated across biota and habitats, time and space, and levels of government. ...
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