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Water management in Australia

2016
Inland water
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Inland water Effectiveness of management We have significant and expanding knowledge of the relationships between water management actions and ecological condition that are essential for effective management. Much...

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Soil

2016
Land
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Land Introduction Soils form at the interface between land, the hydrosphere and the atmosphere. Their formation and placement are the result of complex interactions between differential weathering of primary...

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Box LAN14 Weeds, feral animals, fire and research at Wattleridge and Tarriwa Kurrukun Indigenous Protected Areas, New South Wales

2016
Land
Effectiveness of management
Case Study
... have planted 300 mat rush ( Lomandra spp.) plants in riparian areas and erected shade cloth across the river to ...
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Box HER38 Sustainable innovative urban design and Aboriginal heritage, East Leppington

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Case Study
... sites, through the movement of urban infrastructure and riparian corridors an Aboriginal conservation area, which had ...
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Box LAN7 Land management to reduce sediment and pollutant delivery to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon

2016
Land
State and trends
Case Study
... watering points, and fencing and revegetation of riparian strips can all reduce bankside and gully erosion, ...
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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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Factors affecting resilience capacity

2016
Biodiversity
Resilience
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity Resilience Murray Darling Tasmania Multiple factors acting at various levels of organisation, from species to landscapes, will interact to determine...

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Outlook under an 'improved future' scenario

2016
Outlook
Report Content

2016 Outlook An ‘improved future’ scenario for Australia’s environment would see innovation in policy, technical and associated management approaches to: halt and reverse the decline in the environment, and the ecological processes that maintain...

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Risks to inland water environments 2016

2016
Inland water
Risks
At a glance

At a glanceRisks to inland water environments include direct risks (such as direct water extraction, or changes in run-off and recharge) and indirect risks (such as expansion of invasive species because of increased tourism). Climate changes may produce both types of risks. Updated climate...

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Land and water use and management

2016
Inland water
Risks
Report Content

2016 Inland water Risks Murray Darling Risks from changes to land management arise mainly through potential hydrological and water quality changes, whereas those from water management relate to...

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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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Land use and management

2016
Land
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Land State and trends North East Coast Great Barrier Reef Australia’s population is concentrated along the eastern, south-eastern and south-western coastal fringes...

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Pressures affecting inland water environments

2016, 2011
Inland water
Pressures
Assessment summary

Inland water Pressures Changing land use and managementWater resource developmentRecent climatePests and invasive speciesRecent climatePests and invasive species South East CoastSouth West CoastSouth Australian GulfNorth Western...

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Processes

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management North East Coast Greater Perth Greater Sydney Heritage management processes are assessed by considering...

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Ecological processes and species populations

2016
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre...

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Terrestrial ecosystems and communities

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory The Interim...

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Contemporary land-use pressures

2016
Land
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Land Pressures Murray Darling North East Coast Great Barrier Reef East Coast Greater Sydney...

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Human capital

2016
Land
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Land Effectiveness of management Timor Sea East Coast Although positive developments in resourcing, evidence-based policy-making and management effectiveness are...

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Population growth and urban development: Coastal development and land use

2016
Coasts
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Coasts Pressures Greater Melbourne Greater Perth Coastal population growth exerts strong pressure on coastal land by increasing the need for both agriculture and...

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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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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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4 Inland water | 3 Pressures affecting inland water environments

2011
Inland water
At a glance

At a glanceMuch of the pressure on our inland water environment is a legacy of the past—the clearing of native vegetation in catchments, the intentional or accidental introduction of weeds and pests, and the drainage of wetlands. Given the scale and practical irreversibility of this history...

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Pressures affecting inland water environments

2011
Inland water
Pressures
At a glance

At a glanceMuch of the pressure on our inland water environment is a legacy of the past—the clearing of native vegetation in catchments, the intentional or accidental introduction of weeds and pests, and the drainage of wetlands. Given the scale and practical irreversibility of this history...

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Ecological processes and species populations

2011
Inland water
State and trends
Report Content

2011 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Timor Sea...

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Management capacity

2011
Biodiversity
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2011 Biodiversity Effectiveness of management   Management capacity is about the adequacy of resources and management processes for implementing plans and policies. With respect to biodiversity, we would expect that:...

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4 Inland water | 5 Resilience of inland water environments

2011
Inland water
Resilience
At a glance

At a glanceWe need to know the capacity of our inland water ecosystems to recover from the diverse pressures that they face. Given the abundant literature on the conceptual connections between changing water flows or water quality and changes in the health of inland water ecosystems, there...

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Invasive species and pathogens

2011
Biodiversity
Pressures
Report Content

2011 Biodiversity Pressures North East Coast   Invasive species are one of the two most frequently cited pressures for EPBC-listed species (the other being fragmentation of habitat).15 Invasive...

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