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Figure 31 Clockwise from top left: red crab; scale insect; parasitic wasp
Figure 32 Dust monitoring station, Wentworth
Figure 33 O’Kanes Swamp, Victoria, before and after watering
Figure 34 Australian Government funding for environmental objectives
Column graph showing that National Landcare funding has been falling since 2014–15, and that if not for an injection of money attached to bushfire recovery and another for natural resource management, the decrease in total funding since 2014–15 would have

CERF = Commonwealth Environmental Research Facilities; NERP = National Environmental Research Program; NESP = National Environmental Science Program; NHT = Natural Heritage Trust; NLP = National Landcare Program; NRM = natural resource management

Note: Excludes funding for Antarctica, which is funded under a different objective; energy funding, which has since been transferred to a different portfolio; and the core funding for meteorology, given that its core function is to support non-environmental objectives of society (noting that it does also support Australia’s research effort in climate).

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Figure 35 Monitoring locations for TERN and IMOS, overlaid on species record density by region from the ALA, 2016–20
Map showing that species are concentrated on the east coast and Tasmania, with pockets in the southwest Western Australia and coastal Northern Territory. TERN monitoring locations are densest in Tasmania and southeast South Australia. IMOS monitoring occu

ALA = Atlas of Living Australia; IBRA = Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia; IMCRA = Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation for Australia; IMOS = Integrated Marine Observing System; km2 = square kilometre; TERN = Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Source: Based on an image from the EcoAssets project using data from TERN, the ALA and IMOS.

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Figure 36 Outcomes from 2-way monitoring of threatened species on Indigenous land
Figure 37 The DigiVol platform allows anyone with access to a computer and the internet to contribute to science
Figure 38 Links between drivers, pressures, the environment, human wellbeing, outlook and management
Table 1 Some results against species trajectory targets of the Threatened Species Strategy 2015–20

5-year target

Overall result

Summary

Species trajectory targets

20 priority birds have improved trajectories

Not met

21 bird species were listed as priority species. Over the strategy period:

  • 6 species improved
  • 6 deteriorated
  • 4 were reasonably stable
  • 5 had trajectories that may have changed but not significantly so.

Following the 2019–20 bushfires, 3 of the 21 priority bird species –regent honeyeater, eastern bristlebird and western ground parrot – were identified as priorities for urgent management intervention by the Wildlife and Threatened Species Bushfire Recovery Expert Panel. These species are now receiving targeted support for recovery

20 priority mammals have improved trajectories

Not met

20 mammal species were listed as priority species. Over the strategy period:

  • 8 species improved
  • 5 deteriorated
  • 1 was reasonably stable
  • 6 had trajectories that may have changed but not significantly so.

On-ground recovery actions to protect Australia’s mammals include monitoring, habitat restoration, and reducing the impact of predators such as feral cats and red foxes. Where threats in the wild are too great for threatened mammals to persevere, establishing ex situ populations in predator-free safe havens has been supported through funding for captive breeding and translocation programs

30 priority plant species have improved trajectories

Not met

30 plant species were listed as priority species. Over the strategy period:

  • 10 species improved
  • 4 deteriorated
  • 16 were reasonably stable or had a nonsignificant change in trajectory.

Increasing monitoring efforts over 2015–20 led to discoveries of new populations for some plants, revealing them to be more common than originally assessed (e.g. Fitzgerald’s mulla mulla, which has subsequently been delisted under the EPBC Act, and the purple wattle).

For 4 of the 30 priority plant species – Banksia vincentia, blue-top sun-orchid, silver daisy bush and scaly-leaved featherflower – considerable doubts were raised about their taxonomic validity over the course of the strategy

100% of Australia’s known threatened plant species are stored in one or more of Australia’s conservation seed banks

Not met

Approximately 67% of Australia’s listed threatened plant species (930 of 1,373 species) are now stored in conservation seed banks. Recent research suggests that some of the remaining species may not be amenable to traditional seed-banking methods.

Although some threatened species are represented by multiple collections of suitable size, many species are represented by collections of fewer than 500 seeds

Recovery actions are underway for at least 50 plants

Met

Recovery actions are underway for all 30 targeted plant species under the strategy. The 5-year report notes that hundreds of other listed plant species also have recovery actions underway through a range of government and nongovernment programs and initiatives

Recovery actions are underway for at least 60 threatened ecological communities

Met

Recovery actions are underway for more than 60 threatened ecological communities via programs such as 20 Million Trees (at least 54 sites), Regional Land Partnerships (32 different communities) and bushfire recovery programs (16 priority threatened ecological communities)

Source: Australian Government (2015)

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Table 2 Overview of major national environmental assessment, monitoring and data infrastructure investment through NCRIS since 2013

Year

NCRIS project

Atlas of Living Australia

Bioplatforms Australia

Integrated Marine Observing System

Marine National Facility

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

2013–14

2,536,556

13,070,473

11,513,351

26,649,000

3,596,340

2014–15

3,228,348

8,258,442

6,859,017

29,107,000

4,577,160

2015–16

4,603,000

25,380,203

13,963,000

30,439,000

5,925,000

2016–17

4,696,000

4,114,200

15,573,697

31,690,000

6,044,000

2017–18

5,293,400

45,930,745

27,512,792

32,760,000

9,895,100

2018–19

4,933,735

19,817,161

17,667,424

40,883,000

6,954,178

2019–20

5,057,078

20,470,066

19,534,172

43,773,000

6,508,727

2020–21

5,696,889

26,849,484

20,622,396

41,495,000

8,326,928

2021–22

6,387,457

16,855,472

21,161,885

42,403,000

8,482,665

2022–23

7,864,437

34,867,085

24,124,615

42,752,224

12,962,691

Total investment

50,296,900

215,613,331

178,532,349

361,951,224

73,272,789

NCRIS = National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy

Note: This does not include Australian Research Data Commons funding, which also includes environmentally focused data initiatives such as the Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory, EcoCommons and many shorter-term initiatives linked to NCRIS.

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