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Figure ATM28 (bottom) resultant calculated savanna burning emissions in pre-project baseline period (1995–2004) and project period (2005–11), where horizontal lines represent mean emissions for respective periods
2016 , Graph Figure ATM28 (bottom) resultant calculated savanna burning emissions in pre-project baseline ... 1990–2011, derived principally from Landsat imagery; (bottom) resultant calculated savanna burning emissions in pre-project baseline ...
Box HER13 The Goods Line, Sydney
2016 Case Study... most densely populated area. The original railway goods line, part of Sydney’s first railway opened in 1855, ran from the Sydney Yard ... major rail yards at Rozelle and Darling Harbour. Much of the line was closed when Darling Harbour Yard was redeveloped into the successful ...
Figure LAN34b Indigenous land and sea interests in northern Australia
2016 Map... land and sea interests in northern Australia
figure_34_bottom_map_rs.png Interact with map Download as png Download dataset Source: ... Bureau of Statistics for the northern Australia boundary line). Supplied under CC BY Attribution 3.0 Figure LAN34 Indigenous land and ...
Vegetation clearing rates have stabilised across all jurisdictions since 2011, except Queensland, where clearing rates have increased
2016 Key Finding2016Weakening of vegetation clearing legislation in Queensland since 2011 has resulted in a tripling of clearing rates in that state in 2013–14 compared with 2009–10.
Key gaps in evaluating the marine environment
2016 Report Content... to develop more robust assessments of options for addressing triple-bottom-line outcomes, and clearer guidance on appropriate monitoring of ...
Generally, marine habitats and communities in the Temperate East Marine Region and the South-east Marine Region have been subject to higher historical impacts, such as bottom trawling impacts on shelf and slope communities, than in other regions.
2016 Key Finding... have been subject to higher historical impacts, such as bottom trawling impacts on shelf and slope communities, than in other ... have been subject to higher historical impacts, such as bottom trawling impacts on shelf and slope communities, than in other ...
Figure MAR18 (a) Transect lines for 2D and 3D seismic surveys, 1961–2012; total metres per square kilometre surveyed for (b) 2D and (c) 3D surveys conducted in Australian marine waters, 2001–2012
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Source: (a) Data from Geoscience Australia; (b and c) National Environmental Science Programme Marine Biodiversity Hub Figure MAR18 (a) Transect lines for 2D and 3D seismic surveys, 1961–2012; total metres per square...
State and trends of the Southern Ocean
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... Seroussi H & Scheuchl B (2014). Widespread, rapid grounding line retreat of Pine Island, Thwaites, Smith, and Kohler glaciers, West ... kilometre of the water column and densest part of Antarctic bottom water in the Weddell Sea warmed by 0.2°C at 700-1000 metres between ...
Global importance of Antarctica
2016 Report Content... dense to sink to the deep ocean and form Antarctic bottom water. This dense bottom water sinks and spreads northwards to supply ... E, Mouginot J & Scheuchl B (2011). Antarctic grounding line mapping from differential satellite radar interferometry. Geophysical ...
Effective management of the Australian environment in the future also requires efficient, collaborative and complementary planning and decision-making processes...
2016 Key Finding2016Effective management of the Australian environment in the future also requires efficient, collaborative and complementary planning and decision-making processes, with clear lines of accountability; improved support for decision-making; a more strategic focus on planning for a...
Figure MAR30 Trajectory of spawning stock biomass for southern bluefin tuna under the base case of the operating model used under the management procedure, 1930–2040
2016 Graph... SSB = spawning stock biomass Note: The red line with the pink region shows the median and 90% intervals of the current base case of biomass. The dotted line demarcates the boundary between the observation-based estimates of biomass ...
Box BLT14 Infrastructure Priority List: capital-city public transport initiatives
2016 Case Study... is proposing to deliver a new 30 kilometre metro-style rail line, from the Metro North West Line at Chatswood under Sydney Harbour through the Sydney central business ...
Box LAN15 Developing the north
2016 Case Study... Interact with map Download as png Download dataset figure_34_bottom_map_rs.png Interact with map Download as png Download dataset Source: ... Bureau of Statistics for the northern Australia boundary line). Supplied under CC BY Attribution 3.0 Figure LAN34 Indigenous land and ...
Box ATM7 West Arnhem Land Fire Abatement project
2016 , Case Study... 1990–2011, derived principally from Landsat imagery; (bottom) resultant calculated savanna burning emissions in pre-project baseline ...
Drivers of environmental change
2016 Report Content... and services. Globally, economic output is projected to triple between 2010 and 2050 ( Ward 2011 ). Rapid global economic growth has ... decoupling of the Australian economy from the environment. Line graph showing selected socio-economic and environmental measures 1996-97 ...
Figure MAR39 Schematic of different types of cumulative impacts
2016 GraphAm image showing a representation of different types of activities, indicated by horizontal bars of 3 different colours, and the total impact of those activities, indicated by a vertical black line. The top part of the image shows activities that have no cumulative impact, in which...
Anthropogenic noise
2016 Report Content... producing high levels of noise are seismic surveys of sub-bottom strata (usually using air-gun arrays), active sonars (military, ...
Figure ANT8 Annual average estimated cumulative ice mass loss and sea level equivalent
2016 Graph... cumulative ice mass loss and sea level equivalent
A line graph showing that Antarctica’s annual average cumulative loss of ice ...
Figure LAN33 Density distribution of feral camels across their range in Australia, with aerial survey areas marked by hatching, 2013
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Note. Hatching indicates aerial survey areas Source: © Northern Territory Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, all rights reserved, as published in McGregor et al. (2013) Figure LAN33 Density distribution of...
Figure BIO19 Cumulative historical extinctions of Australian mammal species
2016 Graph... historical extinctions of Australian mammal species
A line graph showing the cumulative increase in the number of extinct Australian mammal species from 1790 to the present. From zero, the line begins to rise around 1830, reaching about 27 in 2015.
Cumulative ...
Figure COA7 Regional distributions of sea level change (4 emissions scenarios) for the period centred on 2090 compared with 1986–2005
2016 MapDownload as png RCP = Representative Concentration Pathway Note: The projections (shadings) and uncertainties (solid lines) represent the contributions from thermal expansion, changes in terrestrial ice and ocean dynamics, gravitational response of the ocean to these changes, and...
State and trends of marine biodiversity: Quality of habitats and communities
2016 Report Content... in other regions, such as those associated with fishing by bottom trawlers on shelf and slope communities ( Pitcher et al. 2016b ). ... in the Great Barrier Reef is provided in GBRMPA (2014a) . A line graph showing the decreasing trend in Great Barrier Reef hard coral cover, ...
The physical environment: The Southern Ocean
2016 Report Content... 2008 , Helm et al. 2010 ). In recent decades, Antarctic bottom water (see Global importance of Antarctica ) has warmed, freshened and ... contributed to the increase in atmospheric CO 2 . A line graph showing the increase in surface atmospheric carbon dioxide ...
The physical environment: The atmosphere—climate and weather patterns
2016 Report Content... which is most significant in summer ( Box ANT2 ). A line graph showing the average maximum and minimum temperatures over the past ... Rintoul SR (2007). Rapid freshening of Antarctic bottom water formed in the Indian and Pacific oceans. Geophysical Research ... SG & Johnson GC (2012). Global contraction of Antarctic bottom water between the 1980s and 2000s. Journal of Climate ...
Figure HER28 Membership of Australia ICOMOS, 2005–06 to 2015–16
2016 Graph... Membership of Australia ICOMOS, 2005–06 to 2015–16
A line graph showing the increasing trend in membership of Australia’s ...
Outlook for the land environment 2016
2016 At a glance... Interact with map Download as png Download dataset figure_34_bottom_map_rs.png Interact with map Download as png Download dataset Source: ... Bureau of Statistics for the northern Australia boundary line). Supplied under CC BY Attribution 3.0 Figure LAN34 Indigenous land and ...
Sustainability and sector management
2016 Report Content... Policy on Fisheries Bycatch ( DAFF 2000 ) and in line with requirements under the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity ... Collection of information on traditional catch requires bottom-up consensus, commitment and capacity, and is unlikely to be effective ...
State and trends of marine biodiversity: Species Groups
2016 Report Content... for all species pooled are identified by a solid trend line. Source: Data from the Reef Life Survey , the Long-Term Temperate Reef ... NJ, Brodie P & Schlacher-Hoenlinger MA (2009). Impacts of bottom trawling on deep-coral ecosystems of seamounts are long-lasting. Marine ...
Pressures on historic heritage
2016 Report Content... of applications for protection orders. Box HER13 The Goods Line, Sydney A former disused rail corridor between Central Station and Darling ... most densely populated area. The original railway goods line, part of Sydney’s first railway opened in 1855, ran from the Sydney Yard ...
Land–water interface
2016 Report Content... and infrastructure are exposed, and inundation increasing in line with sea level. In the long term, climate-driven sea level rise is ... In addition to sediment input, increased resuspension of bottom sediments can have significant ecological impacts ( Knott et al. 2009 ...
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