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Figure MAR39 Schematic of different types of cumulative impacts
2016 Graph... in which the total impact is well under a hypothetical threshold, indicated by a vertical black dotted line; cumulative impact, in which the total impact almost reaches the threshold; and fully additive impact, in which the total exceeds the threshold. ...
Air pollution is a significant health hazard
2016 Key Finding... evidence that many pollutants do not have a recognised threshold below which there are no adverse health effects. Thus, the 2016 ...
Box WAT6 Groundwater-dependent ecosystem risk assessment for declining groundwater levels
2016 Case StudyThe National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility has developed a risk assessment framework for groundwater-dependent ecosystems under conditions of declining groundwater levels (Chambers et al. 2013). The framework was developed by a multidisciplinary team of ecologists,...
Figure BIO3 Most important knowledge gaps hindering effective management of biodiversity
2016 GraphMost important knowledge gaps hindering effective management of biodiversity Most important knowledge gaps hindering effective management of biodiversity Percentage of respondents who said this gap was in the top 5Percentage of total responses Lack of data/...
Effectiveness of management 2016
2016 , At a glance... despite new evidence that many pollutants do not have a threshold below which adverse health effects do not occur, and much work done ...
Managing biodiversity for resilience
2016 Report Content... absorb before switching to another state? Where is the threshold associated with the switch between ecosystem states? Will ecosystems ... of resilience . The tipping point is an ecological threshold beyond which major change becomes inevitable and is often very ...
Resilience of inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glance... periods after drought, did not occur by crossing the threshold between the steady states. Rather, it occurred by exceeding the ... significant beneficial outcomes until a cumulative value or threshold is reached. Allan C & Stankey GH (eds) (2009). Adaptive ...
Natural heritage
2016 Report Content... carp and cane toads, have now invaded well beyond the threshold for feasible eradication and can only be managed. Others, like the ...
Resilience of biodiversity 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceResilience is a key underpinning principle of Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010–2030, as well as state and territory, and regional biodiversity strategies. The definition of resilience in biodiversity strategies and policies is still relatively ambiguous, and...
Water abstraction and interception
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Risks Timor Sea Three factors contribute to the risk posed by increasing water abstraction and interception: the demands of a growing population increases in per-person water...
Box HER16 Tasmanian Heritage Register Integrity Project
2016 Case Study... to evaluate whether each register entry meets the required threshold as defined by the criteria in the Act. The audit concluded that ... to evaluate whether each register entry meets the required threshold as defined by the criteria in the Act. The audit concluded that ...
Ecosystem restoration
2016 Report Content... particular species to particular locations to an agreed ‘threshold’ level. For example, recovery of fisheries species from past ...
Availability of information
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures No consistent national-level data are available on the impact of pressures on all aspects of biodiversity in the past 5 years. The Australian Government released a Threatened Species...
Resilience of the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAlthough organisms living in Antarctica have evolved to cope with severe events, it is challenging to measure their level of resilience and to predict how future climate change will affect Antarctic ecosystems. This is largely because our understanding of key parameters is still...
State and trends of Australia’s heritage 2016
2016 At a glance... Protected Areas (IPAs), meeting one element of the threshold nominated in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The number ...
Risks to biodiversity 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceEscalation of existing risks such as invasive species, climate change and changing fire regimes, and the interactions between these risks, will continue to exert significant and widespread changes on biodiversity. The importance of some risks, or at least the perception of those...
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...
Identification: Listing Jurisdictions
2016 Report Content... a response to limited public understanding of the relevant threshold, which requires a place to be of ‘outstanding value to the nation’. A nomination, even of a place that may meet the threshold and is strongly supported by the community , is not automatically ...
Managing for resilience
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Resilience Great Barrier Reef Marine North Marine North West Marine South East Most management...
Resilience
2016 At a glance... changes. A tipping point can be regarded as an ecological threshold beyond which major change becomes inevitable. A boundary is a ...
Effectiveness of management 2016
2016 , At a glance... science also tells us that warming beyond that (2 °C) threshold is likely to have increasingly severe social, economic and ...
Outlook for Australia's air quality
2016 , At a glance... ozone and sulfur dioxide indicates that there is no threshold level below which they have no health effect. This means that ...
Australian Antarctic Program’s station environment: Operation indicators
2016 Report Content... indicates poor efficiency in the treatment plant, and this threshold is occasionally reached when occupation of the stations is highest. For 2011–15, the threshold was exceeded on 8 occasions at Casey and 4 occasions at Mawson. The ...
Resilience of marine systems
2016 Report Content2016 Marine environment Resilience Great Barrier Reef Marine South East The concept of resilience is not straightforward, with definitions varying across social and...
Changing land use and management
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Pressures Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef Greater Melbourne Land use and land management can produce pressures on aquatic...
Heritage listings
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Introduction Antarctica Identifying and protecting heritage places is fundamental to ensuring that they are appropriately conserved, celebrated and passed on to future generations...
Factors affecting resilience capacity
2016 Report Content... human activities already existing close to an environmental threshold . The researchers emphasised that most vulnerable ecosystems were ...
Management framework
2016 , Report Content... showed that many pollutants do not have a recognised threshold for adverse health effects, there should be a shift in the focus of ...
Climate change
2016 Report Content... that is not addressed as rainfall decreases is passing a threshold, such as disconnection of surface-water and groundwater processes, ...
State and trends of the Australian Antarctic program’s station environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... from the waste treatment plants at each continental station. Threshold ratings are occasionally reached when occupation of the stations is ...
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