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Soil and water management is crucial for a productive landscape
2016 Key Finding... and soil conservation measures. Pesticide and nutrient run-off is also being significantly reduced in some industries, although ...
Australia’s water resources
2016 Report Content... and transpiration from plants), and the annual average run-off coefficient (a measure comparing the amount of run-off with the amount of precipitation) is about 12 per cent. Thus, on ...
Risks to inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glance... direct risks (such as direct water extraction, or changes in run-off and recharge) and indirect risks (such as expansion of invasive species ... risks, such as direct water extraction or changes in run-off and recharge, expansion of invasive species because of increased ...
Changed hydrology
2016 Report Content... average in this part of Western Australia, and reduction of run-off into rivers and streams of up to 50 per cent has been recorded. The reduced run-off has resulted in a general decline in flows, causing reductions in the ...
Box LAN7 Land management to reduce sediment and pollutant delivery to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon
2016 Case Study... and by managing timing and mode of application to reduce run-off ( Thorburn et al. 2013 ). During the reporting period of the Reef Water ... et al. 2014 ). However, despite some gains, agricultural run-off is still impairing water quality in the lagoon, and the overall ...
Effectiveness of inland water management 2016
2016 At a glance... catchment targets for factors directly affecting catchment run-off. Across central and northern regions, a review of the Great Artesian ...
Pressures affecting the built environment 2016
2016 At a glance... of our cities contribute to water pollution, with urban run-off carrying topsoil, chemicals, rubbish, nutrients, oil and grease into ...
State and trends of the land environment 2016
2016 At a glance... to soil management, and reduction of nutrient and pesticide run-off. Some of this is attributable to improved integrated pest management ...
Risks to the land environment 2016
2016 At a glance... Climate change may release new diseases, pests and weeds Run-off from managed land will irreversibly damage parts of aquatic and marine ...
Reviews of state and regional management
2016 Report Content... catchment targets for factors directly affecting catchment run-off, including low uptake of best management practices by sugar cane ...
Resilience of marine systems
2016 Report Content... including invasive species, marine debris and coastal run-off, also have the potential to threaten local resilience . Recent research ... the resilience of habitats within marine reserves to coastal run-off associated with flood events in eastern Australia ( Olds et al. 2014 ...
Landscape and soil
2016 Report Content... grasses over native species ( Duncan et al. 2008 ). Nutrient run-off is still a significant threat to the Great Barrier Reef ( Queensland ... the farmer concerned, the risks posed by overapplication and run-off of nutrients are often felt downstream of application. For example, ...
Climate change
2016 Report Content... rainfall events. In terms of the sensitivity of the run-off response to rainfall and other environmental factors, research has ... projections for rainfall can be used as a guide to future run-off risks. One key risk that is not addressed as rainfall decreases is ...
Australia’s water use
2016 Report Content Rainfall and run-off amounts vary widely from year to year and place to place, and we have a ...
Australia’s water use
Murray Darling Rainfall and run-off amounts vary widely from year to year and place to place, and we have a ...
Box BLT4 Adelaide suburban land-use change
2016 Case Study... recreational benefits to the community , reduce stormwater run-off , mitigate the ‘heat island’ effect that buildings and paving in ... recreational benefits to the community , reduce stormwater run-off , mitigate the ‘heat island’ effect that buildings and paving in ...
Indirect (secondary and tertiary) effects of pressures on climate
2016 , Report Content... Western Australia, increased evaporation, and reduced run-off to streams and recharge to groundwater systems will result in decreased ...
Coastal waterways
2016 Report Content... aimed at addressing local pressures such as agricultural run-off and unsustainable fishing, but there is insufficient evidence that ... et al. 2015 ). In South Australia, the amount of rural run-off delivering fresh water, sediments and nutrients to estuaries has ...
Contemporary land-use pressures
2016 Report Content... Nutrient management Continuous dryland cropping increases run-off and causes erosion, and long-fallowing dryland cropping contributes to ... agriculture also contributes to rising salinity levels, with run-off of sediments, nutrients and pesticides. Maintaining vegetation in ...
Pressures affecting inland water environments
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... will include reuse and seawater desalination, improving run-off and recharge into existing infrastructures, and trading with existing ... Adoption of best-management practice is improving run-off and nutrient load pressures Moderate areas of bushfire activity ...
Contemporary land-use pressures on the land environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... cited in text. Targets for managing land to reduce run-off of sediment, nutrients and pesticides are outlined in the Queensland ... cited in text. Targets for managing land to reduce run-off of sediment, nutrients and pesticides are outlined in the Queensland ...
Land and water use and management
2016 Report Content... to changed flow regime or groundwater levels Agricultural run-off leading to nutrient pollution and sedimentation of rivers Flow regime ...
Risk-based methods for prioritising management
2016 Report Content... Oil and chemical spills Water pollution from sediment or run-off Social Enjoyment of natural beauty Safe space for social activities ...
Outlook for the land environment 2016
2016 At a glance... catchments is likely to increase erosion and sediment run-off, which is of particular concern for the Great Barrier Reef. Other land ... best-practice management suggests that contaminant loads in run-off are decreasing, but that they are still sufficiently high that they ...
Water flows and levels
2016 Report Content... precipitation. This equated to a continental-scale average run-off of 144.7 ± 11.3 mm per year, which is comparable with the national ... potential and actual evaporation, and run-off. This portal allows users to examine information at monthly and annual ...
Overview of state and trends of the marine environment
2016 Report Content... improved management of agricultural practices and associated run-off. Reductions in primary productivity (the rate at which new organic ...
Livability: Natural environment
2016 Report Content... Urban forests and greening support management of stormwater run-off and improve water quality by reducing the level of nutrients and ...
Likely trends in key factors
2016 Report Content... and greater frequency and intensity of storms, wind, run-off , floods, droughts, bushfires and heatwaves. The consequences of ...
Pressures on natural heritage
2016 Report Content... may be physical impacts from resource extraction, such as run-off or subsidence, or indirect impacts, such as altered groundwater flows. ...
Pressures affecting the coastal environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... the component 'Freshwater inflow; surface and groundwater run-off' is now assessed as three separate components: 'flow regimes', ... the component 'Freshwater inflow; surface and groundwater run-off' is now assessed as three separate components: 'flow regimes', ...
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