... The NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 provides for the listing on schedules of threatened species, populations, ecological communities and of key threatening processes. The definitions of these concepts are discussed. The implicit component parts of the definition of species...

... use of the term, biodiversity, in ecology and conservation biology has led many people to assume that there is broad scientific support for this concept. There are problems, however, with the definition of biodiversity, hypotheses about the consequences of changes in biodiversity, and the evidence...

.... The strength of the draft report is that it presents the most comprehensive account to date of the state of the forest resource and timber industry in Australia. Its weaknesses include a failure to incorporate the concept of “restoration” into the Inquiry’s definition of “conservation”; this precluded...

... is fundamental to the legislation; (ii) changing the definition of population to make it consistent with IUCN terminology; (iii) simplifying Section 11; (iv) better resourcing for faster preparation of plans and their implementation; and (v) including population monitoring in all recovery plans. The process...