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The St Kilda saltfields brine spill is an ongoing environmental disaster occurring since late 2020 in St Kilda, South Australia, around 30 km (19 mi) north of Adelaide. Former salt production ponds have been leaking brine into adjacent wetlands causing death and distress to mangroves , the salt marsh , and intertidal ecological communities of ...
A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DIWA) is a list of wetlands of national importance to Australia published by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Intended to augment the list of wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention , it was formerly published in report form, but is now ...
Ramsar logo Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of wetlands in Australia that are designated by the Ramsar Convention as sites of international importance. Under the convention, the wetlands are considered as being of significant value not only for the Australian ...
Salinity in South Australia is a problem in all principal agricultural areas, with 370000 hectares of land and wetlands impacted. At current rates, this is expected to increase by 60% by 2050. [ 12 ] It is expected to cost the state around $47million per year in lost agricultural profit, and is expected to taint more than 20% of ground water to ...
Forms of environmental damage have been identified at the river and its wetlands, including: [5] Exotic weed infestation from Watsonia, blackberry and exotic grasses; Feral animals such as pigs and foxes; Water pollution from excess fertiliser loads added by local agricultural activity; Pathogens such as Phytophthora
‘Alteration to the natural flow regimes of rivers, streams and their floodplains and wetlands is listed as a Key Threatening Process under the Threatened Species Conservation Act’. [18] The expansion of roads within the Blue Mountains urban areas have increased both the volume and the velocities of which the associated runoff flowing into ...
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Meanwhile, Australia's coastlines will experience erosion and inundation from an estimated 8–88 centimetres (3.1–34.6 in) increase in global sea level. Australia's unique ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef and many animal species are also at risk.