The Australian Government has a range of environmental policies to minimise the impact of government operations on the environment. There are also agency measures and targets for carbon emissions, energy, waste and resource use, as well as set mandatory environmental standards for incorporating sustainability into government procurements.

The toxic cane toad introduced to Australia in the 1930s is causing ripples through the ecosystem in ways rarely seen when invasive species spread. We know that toads poison their predators, but ...

Australian Immigration and Its Effects Australia is an island continent which is geographically isolated from the rest of the world.

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Impacts of Mining. Mining can impact local communities both positively and negatively. While positive impacts such as employment and community development projects are important, they do not off-set the potential negatives.

Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) and Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand (ARMCANZ) (2000), Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality, Volume 1, The Guidelines, accessed June 2007.

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Thousands of others suffer health effects like strokes, heart disease and asthma. Our laws fail to address problems in pollution hotspots – like the Latrobe Valley, the Hunter Valley and the NSW Central Coast – where polluters often exceed the limits for air pollution. ... Australia needs stronger laws to protect our health. Environmental ...

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The impact of deforestation on the environment and ecosystems includes loss of biodiversity, climate change and decline in soil fertility. Australia has lost almost 40 percent of its forests and some of the remaining forests are fragmented.

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The impact of the mining industry on the environment has been a public concern, with growing appreciation of the natural environment and increasing awareness of the possible harmful effects that the industry's activities can cause. The industry and government have responded with a number of ...

Attitudes & Actions: People and the environment The high rates of energy consumption in the more affluent industrially developed countries of the world, including Australia, are responsible for the highest rates of greenhouse gas.

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The paper provides a review of available information on the impact of recreation and tourism on environments, particularly on vegetation and soil, in Australia, with an emphasis on forests.

The impact of deforestation on the environment and ecosystems includes loss of biodiversity, climate change and decline in soil fertility. Australia has lost almost 40 percent of its forests and some of the remaining forests are fragmented. Most of Australia's forests are in …

Population v environment: the problems with a Big Australia. Australia's population growth is exacerbating problems with traffic congestion, water, waste disposal, queues for healthcare and easy ...

Mission 2016's plan will increase recycling efforts, greener mining and refining techniques, reduce the cost of environmental damage on the surrounding community, and increase government involvement in the regulation of dirty mining practices.

Dairy's impact on the environment A huge 2018 study from Oxford University published in the eminent journal 'Science' found that avoiding meat and dairy is the single biggest thing we can do to reduce impact on the earth. 4

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Environmental issues in Australia describes a number of environmental issues which affect the environment of Australia.There are a range of such issues, some of them relating to conservation in Australia while others, for example the deteriorating state of Murray-Darling Basin, have a direct and serious effect on human land use and the economy.. Many human activities including the use of ...

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Australia's human-environment interaction includes the burning of vegetation, the introduction of weeds and plants to the continent and the modification of the Murray River. Human-environment interaction describes how people use the environment, adapt to it and change it to suit their needs ...

Information about Australia's natural environment can be discovered on australia.gov.au.

Solar energy in Australia: health and environmental costs and benefits Australia has some of the best conditions in the world for producing solar energy, and new research suggests it is also the nation’s preferred future energy option.

The state of Australia’s environment is a real worry – and we have the report cards to prove it. For the past two decades, successive federal governments have received a series of independent ...

The worst drought in living memory is sweeping parts of eastern Australia, leaving farmers struggling to cope and asking questions about their future.

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Pastoralism was a common land use, and an impact with which the goldfields area continues to struggle. Large herds of cloven footed animals, such as sheep, cause wide-spread soil damage, which in turn affects many aspects of the fragile ecosystem.

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Impact of European settlement on flora and fauna, Mass migration, Becoming Australian, SOSE: History, Year 10, WA Introduction European settlement has had a vast impact on the flora and fauna of Australia. Early settlers throughout the 18th and 19th centuries believed that introduced species would 'improve' the 'barren' Australian landscape.