The Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges region is one of Australia’s 15 National Biodiversity Hotspots (along with Kangaroo Island). It contains nationally significant vegetation communities and over 90 fauna species and nearly 300 flora species, many listed as threatened at a State or National level and some species or sub-species that are endemic to the region. The region is also home to over one million people residing in both urban and rural areas. The new report ‘Informing Biodiversity Conservation for the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Region South Australia’ sets conservation targets and actions at a variety of biological and spatial scales, based on a series of analyses using the best available data. To download the report and associated maps and fact sheets visit Informing Biodiversity Conservation for the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Region South Australia.
Decision Point is the monthly magazine of the Applied Environmental Decision Analysis research hub (AEDA) and presents articles, views and ideas on environmental decision making, biodiversity, conservation planning and monitoring. The July 2010 issue of Decision Point is now available and it promises to provoke a bit of discussion on our National Reserve System. Should we trade in the bits that aren’t performing that well? Does it adequately protect our wilderness? Read the rest of this entry »
The 2002 Southern Queensland Biodiversity Conference addressed the themes of biodiversity planning, weed threats to biodiversity, conservation and restoration efforts, and people and biodiversity and was followed by a biodiversity skills course. Read the rest of this entry »
I prepared a Land and Environmental Management Plan (LEMP) for the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (S.S.A.A.) Lockyer Branch Inc. to support their development application for a Shooting Range in Gatton Shire. Read the rest of this entry »
The ‘Holistic Natural Resource Management of Crows Nest Shire Project’, which I coordinated in 2001-2, saw Queensland’s Crows Nest Shire become one of the first rural local governments in Australia to implement an incentive-based NRM program that included an environmental levy and rate rebates for native vegetation conservation agreements. The Project was later renamed ‘Crows Nest Shire Project Green Nest’. Read the rest of this entry »
How do we maximise the ability of Regional Vegetation Management Plans (RVMPs) process, the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAPSWQ), Natural Heritage Trust Stage Two (NHT2) and other key processes and initiatives to deliver biodiversity conservation outcomes? How do we make sure the science is right? What gaps still exist? Who will fill these gaps, and how and when? These were the questions asked by the 2001 Southern Queensland Biodiversity Recovery Conference, which brought together over 100 key biodiversity decision-makers at local, regional, State and National level. Read the rest of this entry »
I initiated, organised and convened the 2000 South-East Queensland Biodiversity Recovery Conference, which had the theme Taking Biodiversity Conservation “From Vision to Reality”. Held at the University of Queensland Gatton Campus from 21-26 October 2000, the conference brought together almost 100 participants with the common objective of saving South-East Queensland’s declining biodiversity. Presentations covered the full spectrum of biodiversity conservation activities and issues in South-East Queensland, from regional-level planning to on-ground action on individual properties. Read the rest of this entry »
I prepared the Gatton Shire Biodiversity Strategy in 2000 as a component of the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) funded Gatton Shire Vegetation Assessment and Conservation Project. The Strategy advanced innovative win-win solutions to benefit both biodiversity and the landholders and community of Gatton Shire. Read the rest of this entry »