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2016 SoE Marine Chapter - Pressures - Marine mining

Created 13/03/2025

Updated 13/03/2025

The Marine chapter of the 2016 State of the Environment (SoE) report incorporates multiple expert templates developed from streams of marine data. This metadata record describes the Expert Assessment "Pressures on the marine environment associated with marine mining". The full Expert Assessment, including figures and tables (where provided), is attached to this record. Where available, the Data Stream(s) used to generate this Expert Assessment are accessible through the "On-line Resources" section of this record.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESSURE A wide variety of mineral resources exist within Australia’s maritime jurisdiction (see Table 1 in attached Expert Assessment). Mining of those resources however, remains an 'emerging industry'. DATA STREAM(S) USED IN EXPERT ASSESSMENT Published papers and reports. Assessment has been completed by literature review.

2016 SOE ASSESSMENT SUMMARY [see attached Expert Assessment for full details] • 2016 • Assessment grade: Low impact Assessment trend: Unclear Confidence grade: Limited evidence or limited consensus Confidence trend: Evidence and consensus too low to make an assessment Comparability: Grade and trend are somewhat comparable to the 2011 assessment • 2011 • Assessment grade: Very good Assessment trend: Stable Confidence grade: Limited evidence or limited consensus Confidence trend: Limited evidence or limited consensus

CHANGES SINCE 2011 SOE ASSESSMENT Climate and system variability as a pressure on the marine environment was not assessed in 2011.

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Title 2016 SoE Marine Chapter - Pressures - Marine mining
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/74e53407-b1fa-4c5b-bf21-879d7832b56e
Contact Point
CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
joanna.parr@csiro.au
Reference Period 08/09/2016
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[102.65625000000001, -47.4609375], [162.421875, -47.4609375], [162.421875, -7.207031249999999], [102.65625000000001, -7.207031249999999], [102.65625000000001, -47.4609375]]]}
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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "2016 SoE Marine Chapter - Pressures - Marine mining". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/2016-soe-marine-chapter-pressures-marine-mining

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