Guidelines for carrying out a survey
The NPWS has published the following guidelines for people involved in biodiversity surveying:
Bat calls of NSW - region-based guide to the echolocation calls of Microchiropteran bats
Download this region-based identification guide to the search phase calls of insectivorous bats from NSW using the Anabat system.
Accreditation to undertake threatened species and biodiversity assessments - a discussion paper
Download this discussion paper, which proposes an accreditation scheme to raise the overall standard of threatened species and biodiversity surveys and assessments. On public exhibition to 18 February 2005.
Community Biodiversity Survey Manual
If you're planning to survey the plants and animals of your local area, you'll need this.
Threatened biodiversity survey draft guidelines
Download these draft guidelines, which explain the process involved in undertaking a threatened species assessment, set out the responsibilities of the people involved, and provide some general survey standards for flora and fauna surveys. The guidelines were on public exhibition to 30 April 2005.
Threatened species survey and assessment guidelines
These guidelines provide advice for ecological consultants who are surveying sites for the presence of threatened species. The Field survey methods for fauna guideline is now available. There is a general introductory section and a section providing detailed survey methods for amphibians.
Page last updated: 27 February 2011
