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Risks to the Antarctic environment 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
Climate change pressures affecting the land environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand Pressures Climate change–induced pressuresClimate Change Year...
Box MAR8 Commercial fisheries managed by the Australian Government
2016 Case Study... gillnet fishing closures around known breeding colonies and trigger limits that shut down spatial zones of the fishery if a level of bycatch is ...
Box HER25 Cultural values and World Heritage properties—implications of incomplete assessment and listing of heritage values
2016 Case Study... legislation applies, or whether there are matters that trigger environmental assessment. For example, in the case of World Heritage ... national environmental significance’ and therefore cannot trigger a ‘controlled action’ under the Environment Protection and ...
Pressures on the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Application of formal ecological risk assessment frameworks within the Australian marine environment has been limited
2016 Key Finding2016 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.
Box BIO4 The fight against Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease
2016 Case StudyTasmanian 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...
Vegetation
2016 Report Content2016 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...
Box HER9 Port Arthur Penitentiary—extreme weather impact on historic sites
2016 Case StudyClimate 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...
Box BIO9 The letter-winged kite
2016 Case Study... rainfalls on Earth. These unpredictable high-rainfall events trigger great flushes of vegetation and corresponding irruptions of the rodent ...
Risks to Australia’s climate 2016
2016 At a glanceAt 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...
Activities to manage and mitigate threats identified in species recovery plans and threat abatement plans have been limited
2016 Key Finding2016 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...
Understanding
2016 Report Content2016 Heritage Effectiveness of management Murray Darling North East Coast Greater Sydney Gulf of Carpentaria...
Soil: Salinity and acidification
2016 Report Content2016 Land State and trends Murray Darling East Coast Greater Sydney Soil salinity Secondary dryland salinity has been one of Australia’s most...
It is not possible to assess the overall long-term effectiveness of management actions taken to limit the impact of invasive species
2016 Key Finding2016Although 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...
Indirect (secondary and tertiary) effects of pressures on climate
2016 Report Content... Changes in temperature and precipitation, and extreme events trigger indirect effects of climate change on the environment, affecting ...
Coastal waterways
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling Tasmania Greater Brisbane...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Birds
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Photo by David Westcott Pale-yellow robin (Tregallasia capito), Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queensland...
Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Bushfire
2016 Report Content2016 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...
State and trends of ecological processes
2016 Assessment summaryCoasts State and trends Biodiversity: Ecological processes Year...
State and trends of the built environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryBuilt environment State and trends Urban environmental efficiency: Land useLivability: Urban amenityUrban environmental efficiency...
State and trends of listed or specially protected sites in Antarctica and the subantarctic that are managed by Australia
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryThe 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...
State and trends of soil acidification
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand State and trends Soil: Salinity and acidification Year...
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...
Pressures affecting Antarctic fisheries
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the marine environment Antarctica Year...
State and trends of quality of habitat-forming species
2016 Assessment summaryCoasts State and trends Biodiversity: Habitat-forming speciesCoastal waterways Year...
State and trends of soil carbon
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryLand State and trends Soil: Carbon dynamics Year...
Pressures affecting the coastal environment
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryCoasts Pressures AtmosphereLand–water interfaceCoastal landEnergy and resource extraction and processingPopulation growth and urban development: Population growthCoastal waters...
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 quality of habitats
2016 Assessment summaryCoasts State and trends Land–water interfaceCoastal waterways Year...
