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SoE themes

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity is one of the themes for national state of the environment reporting.

The biodiversity theme covers a range of environmental issues:

• Utilisation and value of biodiversity
• Pressures on biodiversity, including:
  • Clearing
  • Changed fire regimes
  • Total grazing pressure
  • Weeds and feral animals
• Condition of species, habitats and ecological communities
• Landscapes and their protection and management

Soe 2006 biodiversity related information

• Australia State of the Environment 2006: Chapter 5. Biodiversity
• Australia State of the Environment 2006 AT A GLANCE
• Biodiversity - Theme commentary
• An integrated approach to environment and heritage issues - Integrative commentary
• Changing the delivery of environmental stewardship in Australia - Integrative commentary
• Critical issues in regional natural resource management - Integrative commentary
• Indigenous involvement in environmental and heritage management - Integrative commentary
• Living in a land of fire - Integrative commentary
• Living in a variable climate - Integrative commentary
• Progress in accessing environmental data and information - Integrative commentary
• The suburbanisation of coastal Australia - Integrative commentary
• Birds of woodlands and grasslands - Current or emerging issues paper
• Freshwater protected areas in Australia - Current or emerging issues paper
• Genetically modified organisms - Current or emerging issues paper
• Groundwater fauna - Current or emerging issues paper
• Incentives for natural and cultural heritage conservation - Current or emerging issues paper
• Monitoring in the rangelands - Current or emerging issues paper
• Progress in restoring our environment - Current or emerging issues paper
• Property rights and the environment - Current or emerging issues paper
• Review of the EPBC Act - Current or emerging issues paper
• Species information partnerships: sharing knowledge on threatened species - Current or emerging issues paper
• Spring wetlands of the Great Artesian Basin - Current or emerging issues paper
• The dilemma of conflicting environmental outcomes - Current or emerging issues paper
• The disappearing frogs - Current or emerging issues paper
• Data Reporting System - Theme: Biodiversity

SoE 2001 biodiversity related information

• Australia State of the Environment 2001: Thematic findings - Biodiversity
• Key Findings Brochure
• Biodiversity Theme Report
• Australian Fire Regimes: Contemporary Patterns (April 1998 - March 2000) and Changes Since European Settlement - Technical paper
• The Interaction Between Habitat Conditions, Ecosystem Processes and Terrestrial Biodiversity - a Review - Technical paper
• Environmental indicators for national state of the environment reporting: Biodiversity

SoE 1996 biodiversity related information

• Australia State of the Environment 1996: Chapter 4 - Biodiversity
• Key Findings from the First Independent National Report
• Genetic Indicators for State of the Environment Reporting - Technical paper
• Evaluation of the Feasibility of Remote Sensing for Monitoring National State of the Environment Indicators - Technical paper