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Water management in Australia
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Box LAN14 Weeds, feral animals, fire and research at Wattleridge and Tarriwa Kurrukun Indigenous Protected Areas, New South Wales
2016 Case Study... have planted 300 mat rush ( Lomandra spp.) plants in riparian areas and erected shade cloth across the river to lower the water ...
Box HER38 Sustainable innovative urban design and Aboriginal heritage, East Leppington
2016 Case Study... sites, through the movement of urban infrastructure and riparian corridors
an Aboriginal conservation area, which had been the ...
Box LAN7 Land management to reduce sediment and pollutant delivery to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon
2016 Case Study... watering points, and fencing and revegetation of riparian strips can all reduce bankside and gully erosion, which is a major ...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory Lake Eyre...
Factors affecting resilience capacity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Resilience Murray Darling Tasmania Multiple factors acting at various levels of organisation, from species to landscapes, will interact to determine...
Outlook under an 'improved future' scenario
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Risks to inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
Land and water use and management
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Outlook under a business-as-usual scenario
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Land use and management
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Pressures affecting inland water environments
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryInland 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...
Ecological processes and species populations
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre...
Terrestrial ecosystems and communities
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Murray Darling Tasmania Great Barrier Reef Australian Capital Territory The Interim...
Contemporary land-use pressures
2016 Report Content2016 Land Pressures Murray Darling North East Coast Great Barrier Reef East Coast Greater Sydney...
Human capital
2016 Report Content2016 Land Effectiveness of management Timor Sea East Coast Although positive developments in resourcing, evidence-based policy-making and management effectiveness are...
Population growth and urban development: Coastal development and land use
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures Greater Melbourne Greater Perth Coastal population growth exerts strong pressure on coastal land by increasing the need for both agriculture and...
Pest species and pathogens
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Pest plants, pest animals and pathogens have been identified by...
Land–water interface
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures South West Coast South Australian Gulf Greater Adelaide Great Barrier Reef Greater Melbourne...
4 Inland water | 3 Pressures affecting inland water environments
2011 At a glanceAt 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...
Pressures affecting inland water environments
2011 At a glanceAt 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...
Ecological processes and species populations
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Timor Sea...
Management capacity
2011 Report Content2011 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:...
4 Inland water | 5 Resilience of inland water environments
2011 At a glanceAt 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...
Invasive species and pathogens
2011 Report Content2011 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...
