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Resilience of inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceA challenge in assessing resilience of inland water environments is recognising resilience when it occurs, especially because Australian ecosystems have developed to be both resistant and resilient. We can contribute to resilience by reducing extreme and detrimental ecosystem...
Overview of state and trends of the atmosphere
2016 Report Content2016 Atmosphere State and trends Climate What has changed since 2011? Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions per person decreased from 24.1 tonnes in 2011 (DCCEE 2012) to 22.2 tonnes in 2015 (DoE 2016a), although they...
Overview of state and trends of heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage State and trends North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef Marine North West...
Public-sector resourcing at all levels does not reflect the value of heritage to the Australian community
2016 Key Finding2016Substantial public-sector resources have been allocated to heritage through Australian Government, state, territory and local heritage programs. However, overall, the public-sector resources allocated for heritage conservation and management have remained steady or declined. Core...
Executive Summary - Heritage
2016 Executive SummaryHeritage 2016Australia is a complex, layered set of natural and cultural landscapes in which unique geodiversity and biodiversity provide the palette for an ancient Indigenous culture, and more recent European exploration and postcolonial settlement history....
Outlook for inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
Risks to Australia’s air quality 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceDuring the past 50 years or so since the first clean air Acts were introduced in Australian jurisdictions, state and territory environment protection agencies (often working together with local government) have successfully employed regulatory and nonregulatory measures to greatly...
State and trends of the Australian Antarctic program’s station environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThe title of this assessment summary has changed for 2016. The original 2011 summary, grade, trend and confidence levels have been replicated here to assist comparison of changes between reporting cycles. State and trends of the station environment...
There has been steady development in the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas since 2011, especially in the Commonwealth marine area
2016 Key Finding2016 In 2012, 40 Commonwealth marine reserves were added to those already proclaimed in the South-east Marine Region. Management plans for the marine reserves in the South-east Marine Region have been implemented, and those developed for the remainder of the marine reserve network have...
Overview of effectiveness of management of heritage
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management The most significant national heritage management initiative since 2011 has been the preparation and launch of the Australian Heritage Strategy (DoE 2015a), which, for the...
Outlook for heritage 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceIf our heritage includes those places that we have ‘inherited’ and want to pass on to future generations, then the notion of ‘outlook’ is an essential element of heritage. The outlook for Australia’s heritage will depend on the manner in which the Australian Heritage Strategy is...
Heritage: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Introduction Tasmania Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef Lake Eyre The SoE 2011 'Heritage' chapter concluded that...
Box ANT4 Retreat of Stephenson Glacier on Heard Island
2016 Case Study... 0.1 kilometres ( Ruddell 2006 ). This shrinkage was not steady—the northern margin experienced a dramatic acceleration (to about ...
Marine environment: 2011–16 in context
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Introduction Tasmania Marine Temperate East Marine South West Great Barrier Reef East Coast...
Ecosystem restoration
2016 Report Content... become blurred, and our ability to compare the current state of ecosystems with some potentially unknown historical ideal becomes ...
Effectiveness of heritage management 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceThe Australian Heritage Strategy, launched in December 2015, recognises Australia’s significant achievements in heritage management and sets out a program that aims to improve the effectiveness of heritage management. Successful implementation of the Australian Heritage Strategy...
Jurisdictional reporting on pressures
2016 Report Content Each state and territory in Australia has highlighted a range of key pressures in ...
Trends in emissions
2016 Report Content2016 Climate Pressures Greater Melbourne Greater Sydney Absolute aggregate emissions Between 1990 and 2015, Australia’s national GHG inventory suggested that emissions...
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...
State and trends of biodiversity
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryBiodiversity State and trends Coastal and marine species and ecosystemsFreshwater species and ecosystemsTerrestrial plant and animal species: Threatened species listsTerrestrial ecosystems and communitiesGenetic and species...
State and trends of vegetation
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand State and trends Vegetation Year...
Increased traffic
2016 Report Content... traffic trends. A more comprehensive discussion of recent state and trends of urban transport is provided in Transport in State and trends of the built environment .
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Soil: Formation and erosion
2016 Report Content Understanding the current state and condition of Australian soils requires an appreciation of their ...
State and trends of soil carbon
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand State and trends Soil: Carbon dynamics Year...
State and trends of soil acidification
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand State and trends Soil: Salinity and acidification Year...
State and trends of contaminated Antarctic sites
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment State and trends Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Contaminated sites and pollutionAustralian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Operation indicators Antarctica...
State and trends of groundwater resources
2016 Assessment summaryInland water State and trends Groundwater resources South East CoastSouth West CoastSouth Australian GulfNorth Western PlateauMurray DarlingNorth East CoastSouth Western PlateauTasmaniaTimor Sea...
State and trends of water quality
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryInland water State and trends Water qualityWater quality South East CoastSouth West CoastSouth Australian GulfNorth Western PlateauMurray DarlingNorth East CoastSouth Western PlateauTasmaniaTimor SeaLake Eyre...
State and trends of biodiversity 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceUnderstanding of the state and trends of the vast majority of individual species in Australia is limited. The lack of effective monitoring data for understanding state and trends, even for threatened species, is highlighted by every jurisdiction and all previous state of the...
