List of Tables
Air and atmosphere
Air quality
- Table A1.1: National Environment Protection (Ambient Air Quality) Measure standards
- Table A1.2: Current legislation and policies relevant to air quality in NSW
- Table A1.3: Air quality indicators
- Table A1.4: Concern about air pollution in NSW, March 2021 to March 2024
- Table A1.5: Sources of air pollution of concern in local area, March 2021 to March 2024
- Table A1.6: Actions taken by people the last time they experienced a day with poor air quality, March 2021 to March 2024
Greenhouse gas emissions
Biodiversity
Animals
- Table B2.2: Animals indicators
- Table B2.3: Numbers of threatened animals listed in the Biodiversity Conservation Act and Fisheries Management Act in 2020 and 2024
- Table B2.4: NSW residents’ awareness of risks to native animals
- Table B2.5: NSW bird species needing immediate management actions after the 2019–20 bushfires
Plants
- Table B1.1: Current key legislation and policies relevant to native vegetation in NSW
- Table B1.2: Plant indicators
- Table B1.3: Vegetation classes with more than 70% of vegetation cleared
- Table B1.4: Ecological carrying capacity (%) of NSW native vegetation formations
- Table B1.5: NSW residents’ awareness of risks to native plant biodiversity
- Table B1.6: Top 20 widespread weeds threatening native animals and plants in NSW
Climate
Climate change
Extreme climate and weather
Net Zero Plan Stage 1: 2020–2030
- Table C3.10: Government-related initiatives and implementation status
- Table C3.1: NSW greenhouse gas emissions projections under the ‘abatement as currently tracking’ scenario summarised by sector
- Table C3.2: Definitions of ‘business-as-usual’, ‘abatement as originally designed’ and ‘abatement as currently tracking’ scenarios
- Table C3.3: Energy-related initiatives and implementation status
- Table C3.4: Transport-related initiatives and implementation status
- Table C3.5: Industry-related initiatives and implementation status
- Table C3.6: Waste-related initiatives and implementation status
- Table C3.7: Land use-related initiatives and implementation status
- Table C3.8: Agriculture-related initiatives and implementation status
- Table C3.9: Built environment-related initiatives and implementation status
Drivers
Economic activity and the environment
Land
Protected areas and conservation
- Table L2.1: Current key legislation and policies relevant to protected areas
- Table L2.2: Protected areas and conservation indicators
- Table L2.3: Contribution of additions to the CAR reserve system
- Table L2.4: Indigenous Protected Areas in NSW
- Table L2.5: Private land conservation agreements and area in NSW (administered by the BCT)
- Table L2.6: Travelling stock reserves in NSW managed by Local Land Services
- Table L2.7: Survey of national park visits in the last 12 months
Soil condition
- Table L1.1: Concern about pesticides and soil pollution in NSW (March 2021 to March 2024)
- Table L1.3: Soil condition indicator status and trends
- Table L1.4: Indicators of soil condition and associated degradation processes
- Table L1.5: Modelled mean hillslope erosion (t/ha/yr) by region and the changes
- Table L1.6: Modelled changes in mean pH levels, between 2006 and 2020
- Table L1.7: Change in NSW soil organic carbon levels, between 2006 and 2020
- Table L1.8 Key Local Land Services metrics for improving soil condition through the Saving our Soils During Drought project
People and industry
Contaminated sites
Energy consumption
Transport
Waste and recycling
Waters
Coastal and marine
- Table W3.1: Current legislation and policies relevant to coastal and marine ecosystems
- Table W3.2: Coastal and marine indicators
- Table W3.3 Concern about water pollution in NSW, March 2021 to September 2024
- Table W3.4: Satisfied or very satisfied with the water quality and cleanliness in NSW, March 2021 to September 2024
Groundwater
Rivers and wetlands
- Table W1.1: Current legislation and policies for rivers and wetlands in NSW
- Table W1.2: NSW indicators (rivers)
- Table W1.3: NSW indicators (wetlands)
- Table W1.4: Comparison of salinity ratings across State of the Environment reporting periods
- Table W1.5: Extent of inland (west of the Great Dividing Range) wetland types and their inclusion in NSW protected areas in 2024
- Table W1.6: Extent of coastal (east of the Great Dividing Range) wetland types and their inclusion in NSW protected areas in 2024
- Table W1.7: Freshwater turtle population status before and during reporting period, 2024