Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Eight per cent of freshwater wetlands in Queensland are within protected areas.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Queensland's freshwater aquatic ecosystems vary significantly in condition.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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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.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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More than 96% of the pre-European settlement extent of estuarine wetlands in Queensland remained in 2013.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Thirty-six per cent of estuarine wetlands across Queensland are within an area of managed protection.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Queensland's estuarine aquatic ecosystems vary significantly in condition.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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About 17%—or 1.8 million hectares—of Queensland’s total marine wetlands are in highly protected marine park zones or a declared fish habitat area.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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At a reef-wide scale, most ecological processes are considered to be in good condition, however the inshore southern two-thirds of the region are in decline.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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The majority of Queensland's key fish stocks are considered sustainable.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Queensland's marine environments vary significantly in condition.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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The number of fauna species listed as threatened (vulnerable, endangered or extinct in the wild) in Queensland increased by 61 between 2007 and 2015.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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A large proportion of pre-clear threatened fauna habitat remained as remnant vegetation in Queensland in 2013.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Sixty-eight major threats have been identified that impact on Queensland threatened fauna.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Land use clearing for pasture is the greatest pressure on threatened fauna pre-clear habitat affecting the eastern coastal bioregions at a higher rate.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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The number of flora species listed as threatened (‘vulnerable’, ‘endangered’ or ‘extinct in the wild’) in Queensland increased by 275 between 2007 and 2015.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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A large proportion of pre-clear threatened flora habitat remained as remnant vegetation in Queensland in 2013.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Thirty-four major threats have been identified that impact on Queensland threatened flora.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Land use clearing for pasture is the greatest pressure on threatened flora pre-clear habitat affecting the eastern coastal bioregions at a higher rate, almost doubling since 2011-2012.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Artefact scatters are the most prevalent type of site location recorded on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage database.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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No new places have been recorded on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage register since 2009.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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There is decreasing pressure on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage from major resource and infrastructure projects.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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There is consistent pressure on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage from general land use activities.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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The majority of local governments identify and protect local heritage places and areas through a planning scheme.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Since 2010, Open House events have been staged in four Queensland cities: beginning with Brisbane and expanding to Maryborough, Toowoomba and, in 2015, the Gold Coast.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued over 6 years ago
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Since 2012, 1,112 Queensland shipwreck entries and 50 aircraft entries were updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database.