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 Climate Change and the Environment.
Members of the Scientific Committee:
Dr Richard Major (Chairperson) - Australian Museum
Dr Tony Auld - DECC
Dr Linda Broadhurst - CSIRO
Dr Peter Clarke – University of New England
Dr Melissa Giese - DECC
Professor Geoffrey Gurr - Australian Entomological Society
Dr Rod Kavanagh - Department of Primary Industries
Dr Michelle Leishman – Macquarie University
Mr Bob Makinson - DECC (Botanic Gardens Trust)
Dr Andrea Wilson - Ecological Society of Australia
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.
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Page last updated: 03 April 2009
