.... if Australians fully appreciated the seriousness of the planet's environmental problems and could understand that Australia was part of a global ecosystem, we would hear less about saving individual species or reserving small parcels of land as national parks and more about habitat conservation and ecosystem...

...Daniel Lunney © 1990 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1990 EDITORIAL Nature Conservation Debate: Bats; National Parks; and State of the Nation Daniel Lunney Editor, Australian Zoologist On February 28, 1989 I listened as John Whitehouse, then the Director of National Parks...

... in Australia State of the Nation Andrew A. Burbidge Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia Harry Recher's keynote address to the ACIUCN Threatened Species Conference, 1-4 December, 1989 at Taronga Zoo, Sydney provides a pessimistic view of the status of wildlife conservation...

...Tim Moore, MP © 1990 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1990 Wildlife conservation in Australia State of a Nation Tim Moore, MP Minister for the Environment, Level 20, Westfield Tower, 100 William Street, East Sydney 2011 Professor Recher raises a number of broad policy issues which...

...A.W. White; S. Travers ABSTRACT The long-term impacts of mining on frog communities have received scant attention in published literature. This study presents a 38-year survey of two sites bordering a sand mine at Bridge Hill in the Myall Lakes National Park, New South Wales (NSW). Mining occurred...

... threatened species), 40 reptile species (including 2 threatened species), 30 mammal species (including 6 threatened species) and over 100 bird species (including 5 threatened species). These data paved the way for the gazetting of 6,557 ha of Wallingat SF to become Wallingat National Park (NP...

...Tsuyoshi Kobayashi; Timothy J. Ralph; Jamie Lobb; Jan Miller; Gunther Theischinger; Simon J. Hunter; Stephen J. Jacobs ABSTRACT Fires are a common occurrence in Australian terrestrial ecosystems. A large fire occurred in January 2013 within and adjacent to the Warrumbungle National Park, near...

...Robin Warner ABSTRACT The increasing intensity and impacts of human activities in the global oceans pose significant threats to the extensive repository of marine species, habitats and ecosystems in the vast marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). This article examines the scope...

...Daniel Lunney ABSTRACT This paper a) gives an historical view of national parks and other protected areas since the 19th century, b) gives a history of national parks and nature reserves in NSW, c) shows how recent has been the recognition that fauna conservation depends upon protected areas, d...

...Michael J. Murphy A survey of the herpetofauna of Yarrigan National Park (NP), in the southern Pilliga forest in northern inland New South Wales, was done over the period 2011 to 2013. The total identified herpetofauna community comprised 11 frog species (three families) and 35 reptiles (10...

...Debbie Andrew; David Koffel; Glenn Harvey; Ken Griffiths; Michael Fleming At dusk on the 20 March 2012 bird watcher David Koffel observed a large gliding possum glide between trees at the southern end of Lady Carrington Drive in Royal National Park. David reported his observation to the Royal...

... to them being grouped into the same foraging guild. These four species occur in sympatry at Myall Lakes National Park, 300 km north of Sydney. Discriminant function analysis was used to test for any differential use of habitat between the four species. Malurus cyaneus was observed more often in open...

...A.S. Kutt; J.E. Kemp; K.R. McDonald; Y. Williams; S.E. Williams; H.B. Hines; J-M. Hero; G. Torr The patterns of composition and distribution of vertebrate fauna in Queensland's tropical savannas are poorly known. The sandstone landscapes of White Mountains National Park are considered...

... Southeastern Australia (Table 1). The observations were opportunistic, having been made by the authors during regular drives at night along the Boboyan Road through mixed montane Eucalyptus woodland in Namadgi National Park, ACT. Observations were made either within the headlight illumination...

...J. F. Whitehouse ADAMS, A. B. (ed), 1964. First World Conference on National Parks. US Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. First World Conference on National Parks ELLIOT, H. (ed), 1974. Second World Conference on National Parks: Yellowstone and Grand Teton National...