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... in forestry reform and the implications for conservation of forest fauna in north-east New South Wales. Pp. 222-225 in Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna (2nd ed.) edited by D. Lunney. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW. Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna 222 225...

... reforms while necessary actions that address key habitat conservation were absent. Examples of poor management of, and policies for, Leadbeater s Possum and its Mountain Ash habitat We have selected seven examples to highlight how Leadbeater s Possum and the Mountain Ash forests are being poorly managed...

... and the recommendations of the Drought Review Policy Task Force; determining the role of land and water regulations and administrative arrangements in problem solution; and deciding if reforms to chemical use includ- ing recent Commonwealth legislation, have brought us up to where we should be. Concurrently...

... the understorey, and increasing wind incursion (Buckley and Cornish 1991; Forestry Tasmania 2001). We argue that the high level of ecological damage that comes as a result of salvage logging burned forest after wildfires cannot be justified. Third, there is a need for greatly expanded riparian buffers...

... environmental groups and the New South Wales Forestry Commission (as the state government forest management agency was then named). On 26 October 1982, after an all day Cabinet meeting the New South Wales Government attempted to resolve the issue by making the Rainforest Decision by which a number of rainforest...

... of importance as potential sources of recolonisation. The study area was largely burnt and consisted primarily of remnant vegetation interspersed with a smaller amount of farming and forestry. Rainfall is concentrated in winter and ranges from about 600 mm to over 800 mm in parts of the 480 AuZstoraolilaongist...

... Glider in the Jervis Bay area, Corramy RP, Conjola NP, Meroo NP and Murramarang NP is not assured as they may be isolated because of urban developments, clearing for agriculture, private forestry, roads and electricity easements. The increased risk of wildfire due to climate change threatens...

.... Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW, Australia. Duffey, E. 1974. Nature Reserves and Wildlife. Heinemann Educational Books. London, UK. Flint, C., Pugh, D. and Beaver, D. 2004. The good, the bad and the ugly: science, process and politics in forestry reform and the implications...

... from Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council, Rohan Bilney and Peter Kambouris from the Forestry Corporation of NSW, Karrie Rose and Jane Hall from the Taronga Conservation Society Australia, the Australian Government Threatened Species Commissioner and many volunteers. Comments by two anonymous...

... condition expressed as total stock of soil organic carbon; and persistent green vegetation (a surrogate for tree cover). Current vegetation type was also added as a more detailed indicator of plant species composition and the extent of vegetation clearing for agriculture, forestry, urban development...

... of forestry insect pests. Negative sentiments included the species role as an agricultural or urban nuisance or pest, or references to its ecological impacts. Neutral sentiments generally appeared in factual accounts of the species or its behaviour, without any indication of an underlying sentiment towards...

... forest stands, given that it too can promote fire proneness by elevating fuel loads, drying the understorey, and increasing wind incursion (Buckley and Cornish 1991; Forestry Tasmania 2001). We argue that the high level of ecological damage that comes as a result of salvage logging burned forest after...

... of nature. Disagreements on mining, land clearing and water reform are really debates on what is politically possible while addressing the differing aspirations of stakeholders . This is exacerbated by the constraints imposed by party politics. These constraints are not exclusive to the environment...

... habitats of at-risk species. They also inform wider landscape scale forest management and forestry and agricultural policy when it comes to vegetation management. 5. Long-term monitoring programs in important unburned and fire-prone conservation sites that enables adaptive management is essential to A) B...

...). Three species (Underwoodisaurus milii, Ctenotus taeniolatus and Liopholis whitii) found only in the south-east forest have localised distributions associated with litho-refugia. Differences in forest structure resulting from silvicultural and forestry management have also been reported to influence...