State of the Environment 2011 (SoE 2011)
State of the Environment 2011 Committee. Australia state of the environment 2011.
Independent report to
the Australian Government Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
Canberra: DSEWPaC, 2011.
1 Approach
3.2 Pressures
What are the pressures affecting the environment and how are they impacting upon the state of the environment?
Each theme chapter examines the pressures that arise from the three main drivers of environmental change discussed in Chapter 2: Drivers—climate change, a growing population and associated demands for economic growth. The legacy impacts of pressures that were more intensive in the past, such as water diversion and land clearing at large scales, are also examined.
Pressures are described and assessed according to their level of impact. Results of the assessments are summarised in the same type of format as the assessments for state in the previous section. Pressures are reported on a scale of four grades of impact (very low impact, low impact, high impact, very high impact) and a scale of three grades of trend over time (improving, stable, deteriorating). Again, the definitions of each grade are theme specific and described in each assessment summary.
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