IV BURDEKIN DRY TROPICS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016-2026
ANZECC Water Quality Guidelines
Basin
BDT
Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality( ANZECC Water Quality Guidelines) provide guideline values( numbers) or descriptive statements for different indicators to protect aquatic ecosystems and human uses of waters( e. g. primary recreation, human drinking water, agriculture, stock watering).
The portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries where surface water channels to a hydrological network( i. e. river, stream, creek) and discharges at a single point. A basin can also be referred to as a catchment( or a watershed) but tends to be used when discussing a whole of river system.
Burdekin Dry Tropics
Biodiversity The term given to the variety of life on Earth. It is the variety within and between all species of plants, animals and micro-organisms and the ecosystems within which they live and interact.
Biogeochemical The flow of chemical elements between living organisms and the environment. cycling
Biogeographic The distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through( geological) time. Bioregion
Relatively large land areas characterised by broad, landscape-scale natural features and environmental processes that influence the functions of entire ecosystems. They capture the large-scale geophysical patterns across Australia. These patterns in the landscape are linked to fauna and flora assemblages and processes at the ecosystem scale, thus providing a useful means for simplifying and reporting on more complex patterns of biodiversity.
Carbon dioxide equivalent
A quantity that describes, for a given mixture of greenhouse gases, the amount of carbon dioxide that would have the same global warming potential.
Carbon exchange |
The movement of carbon between organic compounds and the atmosphere. |
Catchment |
See‘ Basin’ |
Coal fugitive |
Emissions released from equipment leaks, emissions from the bulk handling, extraction or processing |
of raw materials, and other industrial processes. |
Community |
Appropriate services and facilities to support identified community needs. |
infrastructure |
Diffuse pollution |
Pollution from widespread activities with no one discrete source. |
Ecological processes |
The physical, chemical and biological actions or events that link organisms and their environment. |
El Niño Southern Oscillation
An irregularly periodical climate change caused by variations in sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, affecting much of the tropics and subtropics. The warming phase is known as El Niño and the cooling phase as La Niña.
Endemism Ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
Environmental values( EV)
Ecological relevant qualities of waterways that need to be protected from the effects of pollution, waste discharges and other threats to ensure aquatic ecosystems are healthy and waterways are safe for community use.
Ephemeral Lasting for a short time.
GLOSSARY
Essential habitat |
The vegetation in which a species that is Endangered or Vulnerable under the Nature Conservation Act |
1992 has been known to occur. |
Eutrophication |
Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to run-off from the |
land, which causes a dense growth of plant life. |
Fertigation |
Fertigation is the practice of applying fertiliser in a liquid form to a crop via the irrigation system. |
Friable |
Easily crumbled. |
GBR |
Great Barrier Reef |
High biodiversity areas
JAMBA and CAMBA agreements
The biodiversity value of an area is assessed on an extensive set of attributes such as relative size or condition, whether it is habitat for threatened species, or if it provides connectivity across the landscape. https:// www. qld. gov. au / environment / plants-animals / biodiversity / assessing /
Agreements that list terrestrial, water and shorebird species which migrate between Australia and the respective countries. Both agreements require the parties to protect migratory birds by: limiting the circumstances under which migratory birds are taken or traded; protecting and conserving important habitats; exchanging information; and building cooperative relationships.
Landcare Landcare is a social movement where people address environmental issues at the local level.