About the NSW Scientific Committee
The NSW Scientific Committee is established under the Threatened Species Conservation Act. It is an independent committee of scientists appointed by the Minister for the Environment.
Members of the Scientific Committee:
Dr Michelle Leishman (Chairperson) - Macquarie University
Dr Tony Auld - Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)
Dr Tina Bell - University of Sydney
Mr Doug Binns - Department of Primary Industries
Dr Linda Broadhurst - CSIRO
Dr Mark Eldridge - Australian Museum
Dr Melissa Giese - OEH
Professor Geoffrey Gurr - Australian Entomological Society
Associate Professor Charles Morris - University of Western Sydney
Dr Andrea Wilson - Ecological Society of Australia
Dr Peter Wilson - Botanic Gardens Trust
The committee's main functions include:
- deciding which species should be listed as critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or presumed extinct in NSW
- deciding which populations should be listed as endangered in NSW
- deciding which ecological communities should be listed as critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable
- deciding which threats to native plants and animals should be declared key threatening processes under the Act
- reviewing and updating the lists of threatened species, populations and communities and key threatening processes in the schedules of the Act.
The NSW Scientific Committee does not make decisions about threatened fish and marine plants. This is the responsibility of the NSW Fisheries Scientific Committee.
Contact Details
The Committee can be contacted via the Committee's Executive Officer, Suzanne Chate as follows:
NSW Scientific Committee
PO Box 1967
HURSTVILLE BC NSW 1481
Street Address
43 Bridge Street Hurstville
Telephone 02 9585 6940
Facsimile 02 9585 6606
Email: scientific.committee@environment.nsw.gov.au
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Page last updated: 07 June 2013
