Land

Climate change–induced pressures

Our climate is changing.
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South East CoastMurray DarlingNorth East CoastTasmaniaLake Eyre
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Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Bushfire

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 ecosystem processes.
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Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Land clearing

Land clearing represents a fundamental pressure on the land environment, causing the loss and fragmentation of native vegetation. Depending on subsequent management, land clearing can also lead to a variety of impacts on soils, including erosion and loss of nutrients.
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Regional and landscape-scale pressures: Invasive species

Invasive species represent one of the most potent, persistent and widespread threats to the Australian environment.
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South East CoastSouth West CoastNorth East CoastTasmaniaGreater BrisbaneGreater AdelaideCocos ChristmasEast CoastMarine North
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Contemporary land-use pressures

Almost two-thirds of land in Australia has been modified for human uses, primarily grazing of natural vegetation.
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Murray DarlingNorth East CoastGreat Barrier ReefEast CoastGreater Sydney
Metcalfe D, Bui E (2016). Land: Topics. In: Australia state of the environment 2016, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra, https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/land/topics?framework=106, DOI 10.4226/94/58b6585f94911