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2021 State of the Environment Report Marine Chapter – Case Study - Marine biodiversity protection in Australia

Created 21/12/2025

Updated 21/12/2025

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The Marine chapter of the 2021 State of the Environment (SoE) report incorporates multiple expert templates developed from streams of marine data. This metadata record describes the Case Study "Management of shared marine biodiversity values". A PDF of the full Case Study, including figures and tables (where provided) is downloadable in the "On-line Resources" section of this record as "CASE STUDY 2021 – Management of shared marine biodiversity values"

DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE STUDY This synopsis describes arrangements for protecting marine biodiversity in accordance with Australia’s national responsibilities for the marine estate and as a party to international conventions including those for Biological Diversity, Migratory Species, World Heritage and Wetlands of International Importance.

ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE Threats to Australia’s marine biodiversity include increasing use of the marine domain, pollution, habitat modification or loss and climate change. Direct impacts include harvest (e.g., commercial, recreational and Indigenous fishing), bycatch, habitat disturbance and pollution, all of which may indirectly impact all ecosystem components. These pressures may act cumulatively to increase the overall impacts.

DATA STREAM(S) USED IN CASE STUDY Synthesis of literature published, and expert knowledge of the case study authors.

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Title 2021 State of the Environment Report Marine Chapter – Case Study - Marine biodiversity protection in Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0deb97b3-1b8a-4b76-9df2-01858a37d72c
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
info@aodn.org.au
Reference Period 03/09/2021
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "2021 State of the Environment Report Marine Chapter – Case Study - Marine biodiversity protection in Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/2021-state-of-the-environment-report-marine-chapter-case-study-marine-biodiversity-protection-i