Listed below are policies that relate to the biodiversity activities of the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources.
Biodiversity Hotspots: identified in Australia and around the world. These hotspots are areas of great biodiversity that are under immediate threat. They have been identified to raise public awareness about their plight and to promote the need for action to conserve them.
National Approach to Firewood Collection and Use in Australia: aims to ensure all firewood collection, including commercial cutting, is ecologically sustainable and not a major cause of loss and degradation of remnant and woodland ecosystems or the habitats of threatened species.
National Objectives and Targets for Biodiversity Conservation: produced to augment the National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity. It sets objectives and targets for ten priority outcomes for the Australian Government, States and Territories to achieve.
National Principles and Guidelines for Rangeland Management (armcanz-may28.pdf): establishes a framework for rangeland communities, in partnership with governments and in consultation with the broader community, to undertake regional planning to address the diverse social, cultural, environmental and economic issues facing their communities.
National Water Quality Management Strategy: a joint initiative between the Australian Government and state and territory governments to protect and enhance the quality of water resources while maintaining economic and social development.
National Weeds Strategy: provides the mechanism to reduce the impact of weeds on the sustainability of Australia's productive capacity and natural ecosystems.
Regional Forest Agreements: 20-year plans for the conservation and sustainable management of Australia's native forests.
