... The paper examines the Commonwealth and New South Wales threatened species legislation from the perspective of local communities and a local government seeking to protect threatened species. Both the Commonwealth and State legislation are identified potentially to be useful tools, providing...

... There is growing recognition of the crucial role councils may play in biodiversity conservation. Various problems serve to thwart Local Government’s potential, including fiscal constraints, fragmentation of jurisdiction and outdated values. To date, much attention has focused on development...

... of Melbourne at the time of European settlement in 1856 was diverse, with 50 species recorded. A broad measure of change in distribution found that 16 species were recorded in fewer local government areas in the last 20 years than in the preceding years to 1856; the majority were small ground-dwelling mammals...

... by restricting development around camp perimeters (buffers). In coastal NSW, only 27% of camps and 16% of buffers are in conservation reserves. A high percentage of sites are on privately owned land where land use is regulated through the zoning and land use controls prescribed by local government. Protection...

... regulated under the Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 , primarily due to a problematic exemption for PNF. It was infrequently regulated by local government under Local Environment Plans. The safety net mechanism of licensing under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 was not often applied...

... the buffer zone; 3) that the authorities responsible for managing other flying-fox colonies undertake ongoing programs of community education and consultation; 4) that other Local Government Authorities conduct community surveys to establish the distance needed for buffer zones around flying-fox camps...

... to map koala habitat in a Local Government Area. Our study examined the value of using multiple independent data sets, generated from different methods, to establish the location of koalas in the Campbelltown area, and beyond, and derive a more reliable distribution map than those currently available...

... The squirrel glider Petaurus norfolcensis is listed as a vulnerable species across New South Wales. The population in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area was considered to be at a higher level of threat ( i.e. in immediate danger of extinction) and was classified as an endangered population...

... Bat surveys were conducted during 2006 and 2007 in the Willoughby Local Government Area (LGA) in the northern suburbs of Sydney to determine the occurrence and movement of microbats. Based on the frequency of bat detections and the direction of bat movements, two major and five minor bat flyways...

... The Ku-ring-gai local government area is a veritable hot bed of biological diversity as the area is peppered with numerous habitat types that support over 800 plant, at least 170 fungi and over 690 fauna species. The area plays and important part in Australia's cultural and natural history...

... by 1.1 km (approximately 95 ha) in the local government area (LGA) of Marrickville, but when other scattered records are included, come from an 8.5 km x 6 km area in the LGAs of Ashfield, Canada Bay, Canterbury, and Leichhardt. A pilot radio-tracking study of two adult females found that they foraged...

... In the past two decades the management of flying-fox camps in New South Wales has shifted from a largely unregulated process controlled by local communities to a highly restrictive process regulated by government agencies. At the same time the human population in coastal areas inhabited...