Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 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 almost 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 2017.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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Although a large proportion of pre-clear threatened flora habitat remained in Queensland in 2015, the proportion varied greatly among bioregions and among flora groups.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 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 almost 6 years ago
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Land use clearing for pasture is the greatest pressure on threatened flora pre-clear habitat.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 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 almost 6 years ago
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One new place has been recorded on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage register since July 2015.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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There is decreasing pressure on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage from the mining and resources sector.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 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 almost 6 years ago
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Since 2012, 93 Queensland Heritage Places have been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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Most local governments identify and protect local heritage places and areas through a planning scheme.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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Since 2012, 990 existing Queensland shipwreck entries were updated and 39 new Queensland shipwrecks entries, 52 new aircraft entries and 12 new relic entries were added to the Australian National Shipwreck Database.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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Since 2010, Open House events have been staged in 6 Queensland cities: beginning with Brisbane and expanding to Maryborough, Toowoomba, the Gold Coast, Bundaberg and, in 2017, the Sunshine Coast.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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No State Heritage Places were destroyed between 2012 and 2017, however 5 places destroyed prior to 2012 have been removed from the Queensland Heritage Register.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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The Great Barrier Reef meets all four World Heritage natural criteria
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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While the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Great Barrier Reef remains in good condition, the overall condition of some key attributes is poor and many have deteriorated since its World Heritage listing in 1981.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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The Wet Tropics of Queensland meets all four World Heritage natural criteria.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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The Riversleigh section of the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites meets two World Heritage natural criteria: major stages of earth's history and ongoing geological processes.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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Fraser Island meets three World Heritage natural criteria: natural phenomena and exceptional natural beauty; representing major stages of earth's history; and significant ongoing ecological and biological processes.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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Gondwana Rainforests of Australia meets three World Heritage natural criteria: representing major stages of earth's history; significant ongoing ecological and biological processes; and contain the most important and significant habitat.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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While ozone levels in Townsville and Gladstone have never exceeded air quality standards, South East Queensland experienced exceedances in 2011 and 2015.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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While the past decade has seen a downward trend in the number of days with reduced visibility throughout Queensland, significantly more days were affected in 2009 and 2011, and in Gladstone in 2015 and 2017, due to bushfires.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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Particle concentrations have exceeded National Environmental Protection Measures (NEPM) Air Quality Standards since monitoring began in 1986.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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Carbon monoxide levels have continued to decline over the past decade with levels in the last six years less than 20% of the National Environmental Protection Measure (NEPM) Air Quality Standard.
Published By Environment and Science
Issued almost 6 years ago
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Routine monitoring of lead in air is no longer undertaken in South East Queensland due to the low ambient concentrations following removal of lead in petrol.