About the Report

About the Report

Overview

The annual Australia's Environment Report summarises a large amount of observations on the trajectory of our natural resources and ecosystems.

You can find details about the aims and background of Australia's Environment Report in the following short paper:

Van Dijk, A.I.J.M. and Rahman, J. (2019). Synthesising multiple observations into annual environmental condition reports: the OzWALD system and Australia's Environment Explorer. In Elsawah, S. (ed.) MODSIM2019, 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2019, pp. 884–890. ISBN: 978-0-9758400-9-2. https://doi.org/10.36334/modsim.2019.J5.vandijk

Latest reports

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Australia's Environment in 2025

A national snapshot of environmental conditions during 2025, including indicators for vegetation, water, fire, soils and biodiversity across regions.

Download the latest Australia's Environment Report
Cover: Australia's Environment in 2022

Australia's Environment Decadal Report 2025

This report summarises 25 years of change in Australia's environment based on national indicators. It shows persistent environmental pressures, limited national-scale improvement, and substantial regional variation.

Read more and Download the Decadal Report

Previous reports

Australia's Environment in 2024
Australia's Environment in 2023
Australia's Environment in 2022
Australia's Environment in 2021
Australia's Environment in 2020
Australia's Environment in 2019
Australia's Environment in 2018
Australia's Environment in 2017
Australia's Environment in 2016
Australia's Environment in 2015

Acknowledgements

Production of this report was made possible by the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and data published by Geoscience Australia, Bureau of Meteorology, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, European Commission, NASA, Japan Meteorological Agency, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US National Snow and Ice Data Center, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, CSIRO, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, NCRIS-enabled Atlas of Living Australia and Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), and Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

This report was authored by:

  • Prof. Albert van Dijk
  • Shoshana Rapley
  • Tayla Lawrie
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