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Australia’s heritage remains vulnerable to both natural and anthropogenic threats
2016 Key Finding Australia’s heritage remains vulnerable to both natural and anthropogenic threats
Climate change poses a ...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Threatened species lists
2016 Report Content... species category, and 4 new species were assessed as vulnerable ( see Box BIO6 ). Two species were delisted (northern and southern ... (
Pedionomus torquatus
) was uplisted from vulnerable to critically endangered. Although the number of listed amphibian ...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content... and riparian ecosystems are also likely to be highly vulnerable to the effects of the current phase of rapid anthropogenic climate ... as nationally threatened (listed as conservation dependent, vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered or extinct under the EPBC Act ). ...
Biodiversity: Threatened species
2016 Report Content... uses the threatened (critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable) species listed as at January 2016 under the
Environment ...
Figure BIO27 Distribution of (a) currently listed freshwater fish, (b) species identified as potentially vulnerable, (c) river condition and (d) freshwater fish research effort across Australia
2016 Map... freshwater fish, (b) species identified as potentially vulnerable, (c) river condition and (d) freshwater fish research effort ... freshwater fish, (b) species identified as potentially vulnerable, (c) river condition and (d) freshwater fish research effort across ...
Biodiversity: Habitat-forming species
2016 Report Content... in some South Australian mangrove habitats, which are also vulnerable to sea level rise, and degradation in Darwin Harbour is linked to ... the east coast of Queensland are recovering, but remain in a vulnerable condition ( McKenzie et al. 2015b ). Other examples of declining ...
Pest species and pathogens
2016 Report Content... Chlamydogobius squamigenus
—endangered in Queensland, vulnerable in Australia). These 2 fish species are also threatened by feral ...
Coastal and marine species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content... and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh (2013) was listed as vulnerable. The primary threats affecting the Giant Kelp Marine Forests are the ...
Biodiversity: Species groups
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts State and trends South East Coast Murray Darling North East Coast Tasmania Timor Sea...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Birds
2016 Report Content... 20 as critically endangered, 60 as endangered, 68 as vulnerable and 63 as near threatened (as at 31 December 2010).
The state ... has remained stable, the number of critically endangered and vulnerable taxa has increased, and the number of endangered taxa has decreased. ...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Mammals
2016 Report Content... ( Lindenmayer et al. 2015 ) and has been listed as vulnerable under the EPBC Act . Some species face imminent extinction. The ... 2012
also recommended retrospectively adding 8 extinct (species) that were previously not described or recognised as species under the ...
State and trends of species and taxa groups
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... or biologically significant areas (EBSAs) and FAO’s Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) criteria and processes. In: Garcia SM, Rice ...
Figure BIO14 Number of fauna species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, 2011 and 2015
2016 Graph... fauna species in 2011 and 2015 Mammal Conservation dependent Vulnerable Endangered Critically endangered 2011 0 55 35 4 2015 0 58 38 6 Bird Conservation dependent Vulnerable Endangered Critically endangered 2011 0 60 43 6 2015 0 65 46 13 ...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Reptiles and amphibians
2016 Report Content... data are insufficient to assume a decline ; it is listed as vulnerable under the EPBC Act . Captive breeding programs have been successful ...
State and trends of marine biodiversity: Species Groups
2016 Report Content... (
Thymichthys politus
) has been uplisted from vulnerable to critically endangered. Recent assessments of species currently ... nesting on only 1 island, has declined and is listed as vulnerable under the EPBC Act ( Tirtaningtyas & Hennicke 2015 ). Also endemic ...
Box BIO18 Western Australian islands—safe havens for threatened species
2016 Case Study... of the species to the point where it was downlisted from vulnerable to conservation dependent in November 2015. All 3 species are now ... of the species to the point where it was downlisted from vulnerable to conservation dependent in November 2015. All 3 species are now ...
Figure BIO15 Number of plant species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, 2011 and 2015
2016 Graph... 2011 2015 Critically Endangered 112 143 Endangered 528 522 Vulnerable 650 587 Source: Species Profile and Threats Database, Australian ...
Figure COA13 Number of threatened species that occur within 50 kilometres of the coast
2016 Map... uses the threatened (critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable) species listed as at January 2016 under the
Environment ...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Plant species and fungi
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends South East Coast South Australian Gulf North East Coast Greater Sydney Gulf of...
Genetic and species diversity
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Greater Darwin Photo by David Westcott Hibiscus harlequin bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus) nymph feeding on a beach almond (...
Pests and invasive species
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Pressures Murray Darling Tasmania Timor Sea Lake Eyre SoE 2011 provided information on the pressure of...
Ecological processes and species populations
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water State and trends South East Coast South West Coast Murray Darling North East Coast South Western...
Spatial distribution of pressures
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures There has been no updated overall synthesis of the spatial distribution of pressures affecting biodiversity in the past 5 years. A 2015 publication (Lee et al. 2015) assessed the spatial...
State and trends of species populations and groups
2016 Assessment summaryCoasts State and trends Biodiversity: Threatened species Year...
Terrestrial plant and animal species: Invertebrates
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity State and trends Tasmania Marine Temperate East Lake Eyre Invertebrates Most of Australia’s estimated 500,000 species are...
Pressures affecting Antarctic marine species
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAntarctic environment Pressures Pressures on the marine environment Year...
Overview of resilience of the antarctic environment
2016 Report Content... these changes in the short term, but many species may be vulnerable because their capacity to adapt operates at a much slower rate than ...
Figure BIO5 Threatened species richness across Australia
2016 MapInteract with mapDownload as pngDownload dataset Note: Urban areas are outlined in black. Cities shown in greater detail in boxes are (a) Perth, (b) Brisbane and (c) Melbourne. Source: Dr Pia Lentini, University of Melbourne, used under CC BY NC using data supplied by the...
Adequacy of protection of nationally threatened species, 2010
2016 GraphAdequacy of protection of nationally threatened species, 2010 Adequacy of protection of nationally threatened species, 2010 Attained in strict protected areasAttained in any form of protected areaPartly attained (in any form of protected area)No habitat...
State and trends of quality of habitat-forming species
2016 Assessment summaryCoasts State and trends Biodiversity: Habitat-forming speciesCoastal waterways Year...
