Conservation management references - Native species
General information on native species
Websites
Australian Department of the Environment and Conservation - Biodiversity Library CatalogueHosted by the Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Community Biodiversity Network
The Australian Community Biodiversity Network is a non-government, community-based network of organisations acting to increase community understanding of biodiversity and its value, provide easier access to biodiversity related information and promote community involvement in biodiversity conservation.
Environmental Legislation in NSW
Hosted by the NSW Department of Environment and Conservation.
Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association
IFFA is dedicated to the future of the Australian flora and fauna, whether in habitats of world heritage quality or in the urban back yard.
Atlas of NSW Wildlife
This atlas contains recorded sightings of plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and endangered invertebrates in New South Wales. It does not contain records of fish.
WWF Australia
WWF Australia, the conservation organisation formerly known as World Wildlife Fund and World Wide Fund For Nature, has been working globally since 1961, and locally since 1978.
Books
Burnum Burnum's Wild Things (Revised Edition)
A pocket-size book which has photos and descriptions of native flora and fauna, fungi and weeds in Eastern New South Wales.
Produced by: Sainty, G., Hosking, J., Abell, P., Jacobs, S., and Dalby-Ball, M. (2000) Sainty & Associates
Rare and threatened species
Websites
Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage - Threatened Species and CommunitiesIncludes educational resources and information about Australia's threatened plants and animals.
NPWS - Threatened Species
| Search the list of threatened plants and animals in NSW. Find out about recovery planning, critical habitat protection, key threatening processes and more. |
Threatened Species NetworkWWF Australia's Threatened Species Network has people on the ground across Australia working with community groups and other conservation partners to help stop the declining numbers of our native plants and animals, particularly those listed by Australia's state and federal governments as threatened.
Books
A Guide to Threatened Fauna of the Northern Central Tablelands
Produced by: NPWS (2000)
A Guide to Threatened Fauna of the Upper Hunter
Produced by: NPWS (2000)
A Landholder's Guide to Threatened Species: Tips for saving threatened species in New England
Produced by: NPWS (1999)
Australasian Marsupials and Monotremes: An Action Plan for Their Conservation
Produced by: Kennedy, M. (1992) IUCN, Switzerland.
Extinct and Endangered Plants of Australia
Produced by: Leigh, J. Boden, R. Briggs, J.D. (1984) MacMillan, Melbourne.
Management of Endangered Plants
Produced by: Cropper, S. (1993) CSIRO, Canberra.
Rare or Threatened Australian Plants
Produced by: Briggs, J. and Leigh, J. (1995, 2nd edition) CSIRO, Canberra.
The Future of the Fauna of Western New South Wales
Produced by: Lunney, D. et al. (eds.) (1994) Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney.
Threatened and Extinct Birds of Australia RAOU Report No 82
Produced by: Garnett, S. (ed.) (1993) Moonee Ponds, Victoria.
Threatened fauna of the Shoalhaven
Produced by: NPWS and Shoalhaven Catchment Management Committee (2000)
Threatened Species of the Lower North Coast of NSW
Produced by: NPWS (2000)
Threatened species of the Macquarie Marshes
Produced by: NPWS (1999)
Threatened Species of the New England Tablelands and North West Slopes of NSW
Produced by: NPWS (2003)
Threatened species of the South-eastern NSW: Region 1:Riverina Highlands
Produced by: NPWS (1999)
Threatened Species of the Upper North Coast of NSW: Fauna
Produced by: NPWS (2002)
Threatened Species of the Upper North Coast of NSW: Flora
Produced by: NPWS (2002)
Threatened Species of Western New South Wales
Produced by: Ayers, D., Nash, S. and Baggett, K. (1996) NPWS, Sydney.
Threatened Species: A Landholders Guide, how to save threatened species in Central West NSW
Produced by: NPWS (2001)
Periodicals
Green Consumer Guide to Endangered Species
Available from: Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra.
Threatened Australian Plants
Available from: Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra.
Threatened Species and Ecological Communities in Australia
Available from: Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra.
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