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The pressures affecting Queensland's aquatic ecosystems vary depending on local conditions and land management use and practices.
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The annual volume and load of nitrogen and phosphorus released from coastal sewage treatment plants into waterways in Queensland has remained relatively constant since 2010, apart from a significant reduction in volume and some nutrient loads in 2014 and 2016.
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Rainfall was extremely low across large parts of Queensland in 3 of the last 5 years with many areas experiencing drought.
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Annual evaporation is typically much higher in inland parts of Queensland than in coastal and sub-coastal areas.
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El Niño conditions prevailed in 2015 and at the start of 2016, followed by ENSO-neutral conditions for much of 2017.
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Queensland experienced 2 cyclones between March 2015 and December 2017.
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Queensland’s sea levels are rising according to the historical tide gauge records.
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Storm tide inundations continue to impact the coast.
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Coastal erosion continues to impact the Queensland coast, with several major incidents at developed areas.
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The efficiency of the daily road network commute is marginally changing.
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The Queensland public transport sector is performing better than the target benchmarks, particularly in South East Queensland
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The use of major bikeways in South East Queensland increased between 2015 and 2017.
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There were almost 6 times the number of light commercial vehicles than heavy vehicles registered in 2017.
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Since 2012, one Queensland place has been entered in the National Heritage List. There are 12 Queensland places on the National Heritage List.
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The loss of remnant native vegetation in Queensland have been monitored since 1997 and reached a peak during 1999–2000 at which point 0.4% of the state's remnant vegetation was lost in one year.
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More than 96% of the pre-European settlement extent of estuarine wetlands in Queensland remained in 2013.
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More than 94% of the pre-European settlement extent of freshwater wetlands in Queensland remained in 2013. Changes in the extent of freshwater wetlands have been monitored in Queensland since 2001.
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The protected area estate increased by half a million hectares between 2015–2017 and now covers approximately 8.2% of Queensland
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Sediment, nutrients and chemicals, and the loss of riparian forests are the major catchment pressures that broadly impact Queensland’s freshwater rivers but vary in their relative importance between regions.
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The amount of domestic kerbside waste sent to landfill increased from about 1.21 million tonnes in 2014–2015 to about 1.26 million tonnes in 2016–2017.
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Between 2012–2013 and 2016–2017 the amounts of glass and plastic sent for recycling by councils increased by about 22,600t and 6,500t respectively, while the amount of steel cans sent for recycling declined by about 600t.
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Adjusting for population levels, Queensland households generated an average of 556kg of waste per capita in 2016 2017, ranging from 390kg in the Cairns region to 680kg in Remote Queensland.
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In 2016–2017, about 53,000t of household waste generated interstate was transported to Queensland for disposal.
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The 2.146 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste landfilled in 2016–2017 was about 261,000t more than the amount landfilled in the previous year, and about 1.297 million tonnes more than in 2011–2012.