...Vera Weisbecker Book Review Book Review Opossums An Adaptive Radiation of New World Marsupials by Robert Voss and Sharon Jansa John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA $96.00 DOI: httpsdoi.org/10.7882/AZ.2023.009 Published: 14 March 2023 The marsupial radiation...

... and other world heritage values remain unknown. Here, we summarise the 2019/20 wildfire impacts on key sites set aside for, or identified as being important for, biodiversity, with specific reference to nationally designated protected areas, World Heritage Listings, and Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). We...

...Melinda J. Laidlaw; Harry B. Hines; Rhonda I. Melzer; Tracey B. Churchill ABSTRACT Bushfire severity mapping and analysis for Queensland’s Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area properties following wildfires in 2019/20 was found to under-predict the ecological impact within closed-canopy...

...Peter Smith; Judy Smith ABSTRACT We have investigated the impact of the unprecedented drought, heatwaves and fires of 2019–20 on a threatened arboreal marsupial, the Greater Glider ( Petauroides volans ), in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, an area of over one million hectares...

...Daniel J. Bickel The Invertebrate World of Australia's Subtropical Rainforests Geoff Williams Hardback| September 2020 | $A 195.00 ISBN: 978|4863|2917 | 392 pages | 270 x 210 mm Publisher: CSIRO Publishing Book Review The Invertebrate World of Australia s Subtropical Rainforests Geoff...

... in the north (Figures 1 and 2), with the remainder currently dominated by oceanic rainforest (Keith 2004). The Lord Howe Island Group of islands, comprising the main island and small outliers, was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Register in 1982 (DECC 2007). Removing a threatened apex predator from...

...Paul Adam ABSTRACT The thirtieth anniversary of the nomination of New South Wales rainforests for World Heritage listing provided an opportunity to reflect on the process by which the nomination came about. I discuss the development of ideas about ‘heritage’, as it applies to the natural...

... the growing human population of the world, there is a corresponding adverse impact on the native animal life of the planet. For example, the UK Government s Foresight report (UK 2011) on The Future of Food and Farming: Challenges and Choices for Global Sustainability recognises the importance of food...

...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...

...G. L. Blackwell Terrestrial mammals are a geologically recent addition to New Zealand ecosystems. However, in a very short space of time, they have become a significant feature of the environment. Introduced mammals form the basis of the country's economy, they provide world-recognised sporting...

... Assessment, Elura Base Metal Project, Cobar, New South Wales TIDEMANN, C. R., 1985. The mammal fauna of the Willandra Lakes World Heritage area of New South Wales. Unpublished report to the Dept. of Environment and Planning. New South Wales. WAKEFIELD, N. A., 1966. Mammals of the Blandowski...

... cities. G. holbrooki flourished, but no reports were made of any apparent ecological problems arising from its introduction. World War II and the advent of the war in the Pacific resulted in heavy Allied troop movements between mainland Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Malaria began to take...

... with the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, west of Sydney, was surveyed on foot two to four days a week, typically soon after dawn. Over the period a total of 86 reptiles that represented 20 species: 38% of the lizard and 56% of snake species known from the area were collected as road kills due...

... to understand the threat this invasion may pose to the unique biodiversity of this World Heritage Area and attempt to mitigate the threat. cane toad Bufo marinus Border Ranges World Heritage rainforest frog Alford, R.A., L. Schwarzkopf, G. Brown, B. Phillips, and Shine, R. 2006...

.... Gordonc, Mitchell Lyonsa, Anna Feita, Aodan Wilkinsona, & Mike Letnica,b a Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Sydney, 2052, Australia b Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, 2052, Australia c Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark...

... to be taken. The reef, as demonstrated by its World Heritage status, should be protected and managed for time immemorial. ACRS supports the context and recommen- dations of the Whitehouse report on GBRMPA and recognizes that steps have been taken to implement a number of the recommendations and to review...