Biodiversity Assessment - Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields

Threatened Ecosystems

Table: Provisional list of threatened ecosystems in each subregion: their threatening processes
Ecosystem name	Threatening processes	Threatening processes notes
SSD2
5.3.20	Grazing pressure	Natural watering points for extensive grazing
5.3.5	Grazing pressure	No data
SSD4
SA0041	Changed hydrology - other	Threatened by a reduction in flow due to excessive extraction of artesian groundwater from the Great Artesian Basin.
SA0041	Grazing pressure	Impact of grazing unclear
SA0041	Other - describe	Tourism is a possible threat.
SA0042	Changed hydrology - other	Threatened by a reduction in flow due to excessive extraction of artesian groundwater from the Great Artesian Basin.
SA0042	Grazing pressure	Grazing and trampling by stock.
SA0042	Other - describe	Tourism is a possible threat.
SSD5
SA0034	Changed fire regimes	Threatened by extensive fires in good seasons.
SA0034	Feral animals	Inhibited regeneration after fire due to rabbit grazing.
SA0034	Other - describe	Poorly conserved in the reserve system.
SA0040	Grazing pressure	Rabbit and stock grazing
SSD7
6.3.13	Grazing pressure	No data

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