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SoE2017: Agriculture sector greenhouse gas emissions
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Emissions from the agriculture sector decreased 6% between 2005 and 2016, mainly due to a decline in livestock numbers. -
SoE2020: Soil and land resources availability and capability
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
The majority of the Queensland’s land resource (71% or 1,234,099km2) is mainly suitable for grazing. Only 9% (or 157,696km2) is Class A land, suitable for intensive high-... -
SoE2015: Fragmentation of remnant vegetation
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Southeastern bioregions are the most heavily fragmented and prone to further degradation being in close proximity to cleared land. -
SoE2017: Ozone concentrations
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
While ozone levels in Townsville and Gladstone have never exceeded air quality standards, South East Queensland experienced exceedances in 2011 and 2015. -
SoE2020: Queensland places in the National Heritage List
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
One new place — Quinkan Country, Cape York Peninsula — was entered in the National Heritage List 2018, bringing to 13 the number of Queensland places held on the... -
SoE2015: Industrial processes sector greenhouse gas emissions
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Emissions from the industrial processes sector increased 11% between 2005 and 2014 due largely to increased use of replacements for ozone-depleting substances. -
SoE2020: Interstate construction and demolition waste received
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
While about 794,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste generated interstate was transported to Queensland landfills for disposal, Queensland recyclers received a... -
SoE2015: Number of registered vehicles
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
The total number of registered motor vehicles shows continued and sustained growth over time. -
SoE2017: Historic shipwrecks, aircraft wrecks and relics
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
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... -
SoE2020: Efficiency of the daily commute
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
The efficiency of the daily road network commute is marginally changing. Road network performance is unchanged when taking population growth, traffic and economic development... -
SoE2017: Sea level
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Queensland’s sea levels are rising according to the historical tide gauge records. -
SoE2015: Great Barrier Reef World Heritage natural criteria
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
The Great Barrier Reef meets all four World Heritage natural criteria -
SoE2020: Extent and rate of change of freshwater wetland systems
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
More than 94% of the pre-European settlement extent of freshwater wetlands in Queensland remained in 2017. Changes in the extent of freshwater wetlands have been monitored in... -
SoE2015: Threatened flora species habitat
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
A large proportion of pre-clear threatened flora habitat remained as remnant vegetation in Queensland in 2013. -
SoE2015: Queensland heritage places
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Since 2012, 66 Queensland Heritage Places have been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register. -
SoE2020: Fragmentation of remnant vegetation
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
In the most recent 2015–2017 period, the New England Tablelands has experienced the greatest patch density increase (13.4%) and greatest remnant core areas density loss... -
SoE2020: Cultural heritage site locations
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Artefact scatters are the most prevalent type of site location recorded on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage database. -
SoE2017: Condition of ecological processes
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
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. -
SoE2015: Sea level
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
A trend of mean sea level rise to the present time is discernible in the historical tide gauge record in Queensland however seasonal trends dominated changes in the 2012-2015... -
SoE2020: Land clearing impact on threatened fauna habitat
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
While the clearing of threatened fauna pre-clear habitat within woody vegetation has slowed, it remains 3 times higher than in 2009–2010.