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Pressures from livestock production

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content
Livestock production is the dominant land use in the extensive land-use ...
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Direct (primary) effects of pressures on climate

2016
Climate
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Climate Pressures Greater Sydney The CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology State of the climate 2014 (CSIRO...

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Escalation of existing pressures

2016
Biodiversity
Risks
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Risks It is inevitable that the impact of climate change will continue to increase, given current trajectories (see the Drivers and Atmosphere reports). The interaction of climate change with other...

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Overall, habitats, communities and species groups assessed in the 2016 state of the environment  report are in good condition, with stable or improving trends

2016
Marine environment
Key Finding

2016  Of those habitats, communities and species groups for which timeseries are available, many are in good condition or improving following historical impacts. Key indicators of marine health, such as primary productivity, trophic processes and algal blooms, are also mostly considered to...

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Pollution types

2016
Ambient air quality
Pressures
Report Content
... health impacts are PM 10 and PM 2.5 . Pollutants can be primary or secondary ( Table ATM3 ). Many gaseous and ...
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Emissions continue to contribute to climate change

2016
Atmosphere
Key Finding

2016  Australia’s emissions of CO2 per person in 2013 were nearly twice the average of countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, reflecting Australia’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels as a primary energy source, particularly the use of coal in the production of...

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Marine regions

2016
Marine environment
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef Marine North...

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Australia’s emissions in context

2016
Climate
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Climate Pressures Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Hobart Greater Melbourne Although Australia’s emissions in...

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Marine oil and gas exploration and production

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content
... barrels of crude oil in 2014 ( APPEA 2015 ). Australian production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has more than ... exporter by 2018. In association with the expansion of LNG production and exports, offshore production facilities are also being developed, the first of ...
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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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State and trends in indicators of marine ecosystem health

2016, 2011
Marine environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

This assessment summary has changed since 2011 This assessment summary combines ecological processes, physical...

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Box BLT17 Sydney Green Grid

2016
Built environment
Effectiveness of management
Case Study
... environment, clean the air, provide space for local food production, and ensure the survival of local fauna and flora. ... which implementing the Sydney Green Grid is designated a primary action. The delivery of the Sydney Green Grid vision ...
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Water resource development

2016
Inland water
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Inland water Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Hobart...

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Figure ATM6 Fuel mix contributing to total primary energy supply, Australia (2013) and OECD average (2014)

2016
Climate
Graph

Fuel mix contributing to total primary energy supply, Australia 2013 and OECD average 2014 Fuel mix contributing to total primary energy supply, Australia 2013 and OECD average 2014 Coal and Peat Petroleum Gas Nuclear Hydroelectric Renewable Sources OECD...

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Amount of primary deforestation per decade for each state and territory, 1972–2014

2016
Land
Pressures
Graph
(b) primary deforestation ...
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Soil

2016
Land
Introduction
Report Content
... of complex interactions between differential weathering of primary minerals in rocks, formation of secondary clay ...
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Energy intensity and energy productivity, Australia, 1973–2014

2016 Graph

Energy intensity and energy productivity, Australia, 1973–2014 Energy intensity and energy productivity, Australia, 1973–2014 Gross domestic productEnergy consumptionEnergy intensity 1973-74100100100 1974-75101.3103.1101.7 1975-76104104.4100.5 1976-...

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Soil and water management is crucial for a productive landscape

2016
Land
Key Finding

2016  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.  

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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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Residual risks to the marine environment

2016
Marine environment
Risks
At a glance

At a glanceAvoidance and mitigation measures, which are the primary strategies for managing impacts of activities on the marine environment, may not address all impacts associated with the activities. Management may be absent or only partially effective, there may be some impacts that are...

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Planning for the future

2016
Built environment
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Built environment Effectiveness of management North East Coast Tasmania Greater Melbourne Greater Sydney Australia...

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Outlook under a business-as-usual scenario

2016
Outlook
Report Content

2016 Outlook It is clear from SoE 2016 that some parts of Australia’s environment are not yet being managed sustainably. Although some uncertainties exist, assuming current trends continue and policies or management arrangements are not changed...

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Pressures affecting inland water environments 2016

2016
Inland water
Pressures
At a glance

At a glanceOverall, the key pressures affecting inland water environments have changed little since 2011, with climatic and pest-based pressures increasing, land-use and management pressures remaining largely stable, and some stabilisation occurring in the pressure of water resources...

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Water abstraction and interception

2016
Inland water
Risks
Report Content
... water-scarce environment to meet consumption, growth and production needs. ...
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Pressures affecting Australia’s climate 2016

2016
Climate
Pressures
At a glance

At a glanceGreenhouse gases (GHGs)—carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, short-lived tropospheric and stratospheric ozone, nitrous oxide and synthetic GHGs—together with water vapour, and natural and industrial aerosols, influence Earth’s energy balance. Human activity, primarily the burning of...

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Commercial and recreational fishing

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Report Content
... & Hobsbawn 2015 ). Nearly 50 per cent of the total production value is exported, with the majority going to ...
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Importance of biodiversity

2016
Biodiversity
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Introduction Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Biodiversity is important to humans for many reasons. Biodiversity is also considered by many to have...

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Figure MAR12 (a) Footprint of Australian commercial demersal trawl and dredge fisheries as a percentage of IMCRA bioregions; (b) trawl swept area

2016
Marine environment
Pressures
Map

Download as pngDownload dataset IMCRA = Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia Source: R Pitcher, unpublished data. Fishery data sources: Australian Fisheries Management Authority; Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; NSW Department of...

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Figure LAN5 Amount of deforestation (total, primary, regrowth) per decade for each state and territory, 1970–2014

2016
Land
Pressures
Graph

(c) regrowth deforestation Amount of regrowth deforestation per decade for each state and territory, 1972–2014 Amount of regrowth deforestation per decade for each state and territory, 1972–2014 New South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandSouth...

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Pressures affecting Antarctic marine species

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the marine environment Antarctica Year...

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