Australia State of the Environment Report

Report Content

... points to ensure that stocks are maintained at ecologically sustainable levels and, within this context, that economic returns to the ... will help bridge the gap between common desires for sustainability, and effective monitoring and management of traditional use. Box ...

Sustained ocean monitoring

2016

Report Content

2016 Marine environment Outlook Great Barrier Reef Responding to a changing and increasingly modified environment, especially one where directing or modifying the trajectory of change is...

Some historical pressures on the marine environment are decreasing because of the implementation of sustainable management measures and new regulatory schemes

2016

Key Finding

... environment are decreasing because of the implementation of sustainable management measures and new regulatory schemes Management measures aimed at the sustainable development of commercial fisheries implemented during the past ...

Box BLT13 Can greenfield developments be sustainable? Case study: West Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory

2016

Built environment

Case Study

... (2015) Box BLT13 Can greenfield developments be sustainable? Case study: West Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory Box BLT13 Can greenfield developments be sustainable? Case study: West Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory The West ...

Box HER38 Sustainable innovative urban design and Aboriginal heritage, East Leppington

2016

Case Study

... Heritage Pty Ltd, in association with Stockland Box HER38 Sustainable innovative urban design and Aboriginal heritage, East Leppington Box HER38 Sustainable innovative urban design and Aboriginal heritage, East Leppington ...

Providing for a sustainable environment both now and in the future is a national issue requiring leadership and action across all levels of government, business and the community...

2016

Key Finding

Providing for a sustainable environment both now and in the future is a national issue ... government, business and the community... Providing for a sustainable environment both now and in the future is a national issue ...

Assessment of effectiveness of heritage management

2016

Report Content

... Division of the then Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. The approach ... Division of the then Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. The approach ...

Introduction

2016

Introduction

At a glance

... and social wellbeing is therefore critical to creating a sustainable future. This includes understanding how ecosystem modification, ... EPBC Act recognises the importance of promoting ecologically sustainable development—which fosters economic and social wellbeing while ...

Effective management of the Australian environment in the future also requires efficient, collaborative and complementary planning and decision-making processes...

2016

Key Finding

... decision-making; a more strategic focus on planning for a sustainable future; and new, reliable sources of funding. ...

Responsibility for the National Water Initiative has been disaggregated, and reform impetus has decreased

2016

Inland water

Key Finding

... implement a strategic framework to achieve an efficient and sustainable water industry. During the past 5 years, impetus for the reform ... as development of comprehensive water plans, improvements in sustainable water use, standardisation and nationalisation of water markets, ...

Approaches to resilience

2016

Resilience

Report Content

... independent report to the Australian Government Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, DSEWPAC, ...

Box HER28 Recasting the Queensland Heritage Strategy

2016

Case Study

... and coordinate heritage issues that are central to community sustainability, ethos and identity. It is built around 3 key directions for ... and coordinate heritage issues that are central to community sustainability, ethos and identity. It is built around 3 key directions for ...

Increasing population

2016

Ambient air quality

Atmosphere

Pressures

Report Content

... ageing demographic. National Sustainability Council (2013). Sustainable Australia report 2013: conversations with the Future—in brief, ...

Figure MAR36 Reduction and shift in pelagic longline fishery effort (number of hooks set) in Australian waters for each 5-year period from 2001 to 2014

2016

Map

Interact with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: National Environmental Science Programme Marine Biodiversity Hub Figure MAR36 Reduction and shift in pelagic longline fishery effort (number of hooks set) in Australian waters for each 5-year period from 2001 to 2014...

Decoupling population change and economic activity from environmental harm

2016

Introduction

Report Content

... such as population change and economic activity can benefit sustainable development, particularly through technological and institutional ... Australian population and economic growth for environmental sustainability, Bond et al. noted: ... aggregate measures of ecosystem ...

Economic growth

2016

Pressures

Report Content

... revival and intergenerational transmission of culture. Sustainable tourism can provide important resources that facilitate heritage ... independent report to the Australian Government Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, DSEWPAC, ...

Box WAT5 Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority wins the 2015 Australian Riverprize for Murray River basin management

2016

Inland water

Case Study

... prize ), Australia’s top award for effective and sustainable river basin management. The River prize recognises, rewards ... have developed and implemented outstanding, visionary and sustainable programs in river management. The Ngarrindjeri’s Kungun ...

Australia’s economy continues to grow

2016 Key Finding

2016From 2011 until the end of 2014, Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average rate of 3 per cent per year. The average annual growth of GDP is projected to be 2.8 per cent during the next 40 years. Continued growth in Australia’s population and economy, including to meet...

Australia is developing creative approaches to reducing impacts on the environment

2016 Key Finding

... and repair environmental damage. Achieving ecologically sustainable development depends on action to address both drivers of ...

Reporting on the current state and recent trends of Australia’s marine environment is highly variable and often inadequate for robust assessment

2016

Key Finding

2016 The extent of information available on marine habitats, communities and species groups differs across marine regions. There are few coordinated, sustained biological monitoring programs at both the regional and the national level for the marine environment, and most monitoring is...

Improved monitoring, reporting and implementation of decision-making support tools will be required to address the increasing complexity of managing marine resources facing increasing pressures, and to ensure that management frameworks can b...

2016

Key Finding

2016 The increasing complexity and mixture of local and remote pressures will require increasingly sophisticated information and tools for managers to choose the most cost-effective and enduring interventions that satisfy individual sectors, while ameliorating cumulative impacts. Improved...

Box MAR11 National Marine Science Plan

2016

Case Study

The National Marine Science Plan is a decadal plan that is designed to focus investment on the biggest development and sustainability challenges facing Australia’s marine estate, and the highest priority science needed to tackle these challenges to fulfil the potential of the...

Box HER41 The ACT state of the environment report—heritage

2016

Case Study

Every 4 years, an independent state of the environment (SoE) report is prepared for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in accordance with the ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment Act 1993, by the Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability and the...

Reviews of state and regional management

2016

Inland water

Report Content

... state of the environment, Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Melbourne. ...

Outlook for the marine environment 2016

2016

At a glance

... during the past decade, resulting in better oversight of sustainable practices and, in some cases, the recovery of species and habitats. ... report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities, CSIRO Wealth ...

Australia’s environment is shaped by both legacy impacts and contemporary drivers

2016 Key Finding

... of environmental change is fundamental to ecologically sustainable development. ...

Outlook

2016

At a glance

... arrangements so that they more effectively support sustainable development. We then explore what our environment could look like ...

Australia’s heritage remains vulnerable to both natural and anthropogenic threats

2016

Key Finding

... opportunities and challenges for Australia’s heritage. Sustainable tourism can provide important resources and raise awareness, but ...

Box HER24 The Great Barrier Reef-World Heritage in focus

2016

Case Study

Heritage issues have been prominent in the media and community debate in recent years. In particular, the consideration by the World Heritage Committee of potential inclusion of the Great Barrier Reef on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2015, and the subsequent major coral...

Management context

2016

Land