| COASTAL, ESTUARINE AND MARINE Priorities:
‘Threatened' species and communities Habitat loss, fragmentation or modification Marine and estuarine water quality decline
For estuarine and marine areas, the causes of degradation include:
- Inadequate representation and protection of marine regions
- Poorly co-ordinated and integrated catchment management
- Catchment land use affecting water quality and quantity
- Sedimentation and drainage of acid sulphate soils from agricultural production
- Nutrients from intensive grazing farming systems, sewage, fertilisers and marine farms
- Urban and industrial pollution, including stormwater
- Heavy metal pollution in Macquarie Harbor
- Marine debris and pollution
- Modification of water flow by dams and weirs
- Reduced environmental flow regimes due to agricultural and industry use of water resources via river
extraction - Impacts of marine pests.
| On our coasts the main causes of degradation are: - Increasing residential and other development on unique coastal habitats
- Weeds, grazing and pest animals
- Recreation and tourism access impacts
- Erosion and interference with natural coastal processes
- Lack of protection for cultural heritage sites
- Climate change and sea level rise
- Planning and jurisdictional issues
- Off-road vehicles on coastal landforms.
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