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Includes: biodiversity, climate, greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, energy consumption, water consumption and recycling, waste, and environmental indicators affecting land. Detailed statistics are available in 1338.1 NSW in Focus - Environment - 2007 (19 Kb, xls).
Environment, NSW Summary table |
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| | | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
Biodiversity(a) | |
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| 1. Threatened species - Animals(b) | no. | na | 291 | 296 | 302 | 326 | 316 | 317 | |
| 2. Threatened species - Plants(b) | no. | na | 539 | 573 | 587 | 615 | 608 | 609 | |
| 3. Endangered ecological communities | no. | na | 47 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 80 | 81 | |
Air | |
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| 4. Mean minimum temperature - Sydney | oC | 14.5 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.7 | |
| 5. Mean maximum temperature - Sydney | oC | 22.7 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 22.7 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 23.1 | |
| Days NEPM standards exceeded - Sydney | | | | | | | | | |
| 6. Photochemical oxidants as ozone - 4 hours | days | 12 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 12 | nya | |
| 7. Particulate concentrations PM10 - 10 microns | days | 4 | 8 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 11 | nya | |
| 8. Net greenhouse gas emissions CO2-e | Mt | na | na | 161 | na | 159 | na | na | |
Land | |
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| 9. Establishments with agricultural activity(c) | '000 ha | 62 093 | 61 007 | 63 386 | 65 126 | 63 581 | 64 356 | nya | |
| 10. Forest stock(d) | '000 ha | na | na | na | 26 981 | na | na | na | |
| 11. Native forest protected(d) | '000 ha | na | na | na | 9 398 | na | na | na | |
| 12. Land approved to be cleared(d) | '000 ha | r78 | r92 | r58 | r64 | r74 | r45 | na | |
| 13. Land showing signs of salinity(d) | '000 ha | na | na | 124 | na | na | na | na | |
Water | |
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| 14. Annual total rainfall - Sydney | mm | 822 | 1 359 | 860 | 1 200 | 995 | 816 | 994 | |
| 15. Total consumption(e) | GL | na | r8 783 | na | na | na | na | 5 922 | |
| 16. Agricultural use(e) | % | na | r77.4 | na | na | na | na | 69.8 | |
| 17. Household use(e) | % | na | r7.7 | na | na | na | na | 9.7 | |
| 18. Household use per capita | kL/capita | na | r97 | na | na | na | na | 84 | |
Energy | |
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| 19. Black coal | PJ | 713.6 | 737.5 | 743.5 | 758.6 | 793.5 | 805.1 | na | |
| 20. Natural gas | PJ | 143.2 | 146.1 | 144.2 | 144.3 | 144.8 | 143.1 | na | |
| 21. Petroleum products | PJ | 531.6 | 542.1 | 543.2 | 556.9 | 557.9 | 563.1 | na | |
| 22. Electricity | PJ | 249.1 | 257.4 | 259.2 | 265.1 | 277.0 | 284.6 | na | |
| 23. Total energy consumption | PJ | 1 426.3 | 1 455.6 | 1 451.1 | 1 480.1 | 1 520.0 | 1 541.3 | na | |
| Energy generation | | | | | | | | | |
| 24. Renewable electricity generation(d) | PJ | na | na | na | na | na | 17.1 | 19.5 | |
Waste disposal | |
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| 25. Municipal per capita(d)(f) | '000 tonnes | 358 | 353 | r349 | r336 | 324 | 299 | nya | |
| 26. Commercial and industrial per capita(d)(f) | '000 tonnes | 565 | 500 | r455 | r475 | 510 | 519 | nya | |
| 27. Construction and demolition per capita(d)(f) | '000 tonnes | 278 | 207 | r254 | r284 | 317 | 315 | nya | |
| 28. Households that recycle waste(g) | % | 93.6 | na | na | 94.5 | na | na | 97.5 | |
| 29. Total waste recycled(d)(f) | % | na | na | na | 49 | na | na | nya | |
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| na not available |
| nya not yet available |
| r revised |
| (a) Data at end of each calendar year. |
| (b) Sum of presumed extinct species, endangered species and vulnerable species. |
| (c) Data is at 30 March. |
| (d) Year end 30 June. |
| (e) Includes ACT. |
| (f) Greater Sydney Region: encompasses Sydney metropolitan, Hunter, Central Coast and Illawarra regions. |
| (g) Data are at March. |
| SOURCES: |
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| Data in this table are compiled from multiple sources. Information on these sources is available below. | Summary table indicators | |
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| Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), Australian Energy Consumption and Production, 1974-75 to 2004-05 | 19-23 | |
| Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), <http://www.abareconomics.com/interactive/energy_dec06/excel/ELEC06_aus.xls> | 24 | |
| Australian Bureau of Meteorology | . . | |
| Australian Bureau of Meteorology web site <http://www.bom.gov.au> | 4-5; 14 | |
Australian Greenhouse Office, Department of the Environment and Heritage, National Carbon Accounting System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Use Change in Australia:
Results of the National Carbon Accounting System 1988-2003 | . . | |
| Australian Greenhouse Office, Department of the Environment and Heritage, New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2004 | 8 | |
| Agricultural Commodities, Australia (ABS cat. no. 7121.0) | 9 | |
| Department of Natural Resources, Public Register of Clearing Applications, Draft Native Vegetation Regulation 2004: Regulatory Impact Statement | 12 | |
| Environmental Issues: People's Views and Practices (ABS cat. no. 4602.0) | 28 | |
| National Forest Inventory, Australia's State of the Forests Report, 2003, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra | 10-11 | |
| National Plantation Inventory, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra | . . | |
| NSW Department of Environment and Conservation | 6-7; 25-27 | |
| NSW Department of Environment and Conservation, Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery NSW-A Progress Report 2004 | 29 | |
| Salinity on Australian Farms (ABS cat. no. 4615.0) | 13 | |
| Schedules 1 & 2: Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 No. 101, and Schedules 4 & 5: Fisheries Management Act 1994 No. 38 | 1-3 | |
| Water Account, Australia (ABS cat. no. 4610.0) | 15-18 | |
| Water Use on Australian Farms (ABS cat. no. 4618.0) | . . | |
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| . . not applicable |
For links to the ABS publications cited above, see Related Information.
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