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Risks to the Antarctic environment 2016

2016
Antarctic environment
Risks
At a glance

At a glanceAs for other regions, distant human activities can contribute to the key risks to the Antarctic environment, including global population, economic pressures and the effects of climate change. Management can mitigate many of the population and economic impacts, and climate change...

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Climate change pressures affecting the land environment

2016, 2011
Land
Pressures
Assessment summary

Land Pressures Climate change–induced pressuresClimate Change Year...

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Box MAR8 Commercial fisheries managed by the Australian Government

2016
Marine environment
Effectiveness of management
Case Study
... fishing closures around known breeding colonies and trigger limits that shut down spatial zones of the fishery if a level ...
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Box HER25 Cultural values and World Heritage properties—implications of incomplete assessment and listing of heritage values

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Case Study
... legislation applies, or whether there are matters that trigger environmental assessment. For example, in the case of ... environmental significance’ and therefore cannot trigger a ‘controlled action’ under the Environment ...
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Pressures on the marine environment

2016
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Antarctic environment Pressures Antarctica The water chemistry of the Southern Ocean appears to be changing at a faster rate than previously estimated, particularly in the deep ocean...

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Application of formal ecological risk assessment frameworks within the Australian marine environment has been limited

2016
Marine environment
Key Finding

2016  The use of formal risk assessments for managing marine resource use is patchy, resulting in variability in the prioritisation of limited resources and actions, associated processes in implementation, and addressing of cumulative impacts.  

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Box BIO4 The fight against Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease

2016
Biodiversity
Pressures
Case Study

Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) are iconic marsupial carnivores that are endemic to Tasmania. Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) is a relatively new disease that is having a devastating effect on Tasmanian devils. DFTD is a very rare transmissible cancer, and can be...

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Vegetation

2016
Land
Introduction
Report Content

2016 Land Introduction Like the soil that supports it, vegetation is fundamental to ecosystem processes and human survival. Vegetation is vital for: producing oxygen for animal and human life maintaining air quality...

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Box HER9 Port Arthur Penitentiary—extreme weather impact on historic sites

2016
Heritage
Pressures
Case Study

Climate change is already posing risks for Australia’s World Heritage properties, including historic sites. The Port Arthur Historic Site is one of the 11 historic places that together form the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Property, which was inscribed on the...

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Box BIO9 The letter-winged kite

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Case Study
... on Earth. These unpredictable high-rainfall events trigger great flushes of vegetation and corresponding ...
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Risks to Australia’s climate 2016

2016
Climate
Risks
At a glance

At a glanceAn understanding of the risks associated with Australia’s climate will lead to improved action plans to adapt to the changes predicted to occur. Our climate is a dynamic system; therefore, the risks need to be re-evaluated frequently. Recent climate change projections for...

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Activities to manage and mitigate threats identified in species recovery plans and threat abatement plans have been limited

2016
Marine environment
Key Finding

2016  There is a clear gap between the identification of pressures and issues associated with threats in recovery plans under the EPBC Act, and the implementation of activities that might mitigate pressures and assist the recovery of species or communities that are the focus of plans. A...

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Understanding

2016
Heritage
Effectiveness of management
Report Content

2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management Murray Darling North East Coast Greater Sydney Gulf of Carpentaria...

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Soil: Salinity and acidification

2016
Land
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Land State and trends Murray Darling East Coast Greater Sydney Soil salinity Secondary dryland salinity has been one of Australia’s most...

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It is not possible to assess the overall long-term effectiveness of management actions taken to limit the impact of invasive species

2016
Biodiversity
Key Finding

2016Although there are excellent examples of successful local eradication efforts and management to reduce the impact of invasive species, assessing overall management effectiveness is difficult because monitoring is often missing, incomplete or only at a local scale. Reporting of...

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Indirect (secondary and tertiary) effects of pressures on climate

2016
Climate
Pressures
Report Content
... in temperature and precipitation, and extreme events trigger indirect effects of climate change on the ...
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Coastal waterways

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Brisbane...

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Terrestrial plant and animal species: Birds

2016
Biodiversity
State and trends
Report Content

2016 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Photo by David Westcott Pale-yellow robin (Tregallasia capito), Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queensland...

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Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Bushfire

2016
Land
Pressures
Report Content

2016 Land Pressures Bushfires (wildfires) are uncontrolled fire in the landscape. These particularly affect natural or seminatural vegetation, and have significant positive and negative effects on landscape and...

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State and trends of ecological processes

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Assessment summary

Coasts State and trends Biodiversity: Ecological processes Year...

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State and trends of the built environment

2016, 2011
Built environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

Built environment State and trends Urban environmental efficiency: Land useLivability: Urban amenityUrban environmental efficiency...

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State and trends of listed or specially protected sites in Antarctica and the subantarctic that are managed by Australia

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
State and trends
Assessment summary

The title of this assessment summary has been expanded to better represent the components being assessed. The previous title was 'State and trends of listed or specially protected sites in Antarctica'. The original 2011 summary, grade, trend and confidence levels have been...

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State and trends of soil acidification

2016, 2011
Land
State and trends
Assessment summary

Land State and trends Soil: Salinity and acidification Year...

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State and trends of biodiversity

2016, 2011
Biodiversity
State and trends
Assessment summary

Biodiversity State and trends Coastal and marine species and ecosystemsFreshwater species and ecosystemsTerrestrial plant and animal species: Threatened species listsTerrestrial ecosystems and communitiesGenetic and species...

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Pressures affecting Antarctic fisheries

2016, 2011
Antarctic environment
Pressures
Assessment summary

Antarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the marine environment Antarctica Year...

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State and trends of quality of habitat-forming species

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Assessment summary

Coasts State and trends Biodiversity: Habitat-forming speciesCoastal waterways Year...

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State and trends of soil carbon

2016, 2011
Land
State and trends
Assessment summary

Land State and trends Soil: Carbon dynamics Year...

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Pressures affecting the coastal environment

2016, 2011
Coasts
Pressures
Assessment summary

Coasts Pressures AtmosphereLand–water interfaceCoastal landEnergy and resource extraction and processingPopulation growth and urban development: Population growthCoastal waters...

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State and trends of water quality

2016, 2011
Inland water
State and trends
Assessment summary

Inland water State and trends Water qualityWater quality South East CoastSouth West CoastSouth Australian GulfNorth Western PlateauMurray DarlingNorth East CoastSouth Western PlateauTasmaniaTimor SeaLake Eyre...

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State and trends of quality of habitats

2016
Coasts
State and trends
Assessment summary

Coasts State and trends Land–water interfaceCoastal waterways Year...

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