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Biodiversity publications

Listed below are publications that relate specifically to the biodiversity activities of the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources. Hard copies of some of these publications are available free of charge from the Community Information Unit.

Biodiversity - general

Books, reports and series

• Algae of Australia series
• A synthesis of outcomes from pilot projects on national monitoring and evaluation indicators on native vegetation condition in Australia - May 2007
• Australian flora and fauna series
• Australian terrestrial biodiversity assessment 2002
• Australia's National Report to the Fourth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  • First report - 1998
  • Second report - 2001
  • Third report - 2004
• Biodiversity conservation research in a changing climate - workshop report - 2007
• Biodiversity conservation research: Australia's priorities - 2001
• Biodiversity series - Information about the conservation of Australia's biodiversity
  • Paper No. 1 - Biodiversity and its value - 1993
  • Paper No. 2 - Australia's biodiversity: an overview of selected significant components - 1994
  • Paper No. 3 - Country in flames: Proceedings of the 1994 symposium on biodiversity and fire in north Australia - 1995
  • Paper No. 4 - Refugia for biological diversity in arid and semi-arid Australia - 1995
  • Paper No. 5 - Two way track - biodiversity conservation and ecotourism: an investigation of linkages, mutual benefits and future opportunities - 1995
  • Paper No. 6 - Native vegetation clearance, habitat loss and biodiversity decline: an overview of recent native vegetation clearance in Australia and its implications for biodiversity - 1995
  • Paper No. 7 - Landcover disturbance over the Australian continent: a contemporary assessment - 1996
  • Paper No. 8 - Fire and biodiversity: the effects and effectiveness of fire management - 1996
  • Paper No. 9 - Reimbursing the future: an evaluation of motivational, voluntary, price-based, property-right, and regulatory incentives for the conservation of biodiversity - 1996
  • Paper No. 10 - Approaches to bioregional planning - 1996
• Biodiversity technical paper series
  • Paper No 1 - Australia's biodiversity: responses to fire: plants, birds and invertebrates - 1999
  • Paper No 2 - Landscape planning for biodiversity conservation in agricultural regions - 1999
  • Paper No 3 - The effects of artificial sources of water on rangeland biodiversity - 1997
  • An evaluation of the effectiveness of environmental surrogates and modelling techniques in predicting the distribution of biological diversity - 1997
• Climate Change and Invasive Species – A review of interactions - 2008
• Climate change impacts on biodiversity in Australia: outcomes of a workshop sponsored by the Biological Diversity Advisory Committee, 1-2 October 2002 - August 2003
• Commonwealth public inquiry into access to biological resources in Commonwealth areas - 2000
• Developing a national biodiversity and climate change action plan: consultation paper - September 2003
• The economic value of biodiversity: a scoping paper - October 2003
• Ecosystem Services and Australian Natural Resource Management (NRM) Futures - August 2007
• Encouraging Environmental Philanthropy - 2007
• Fauna of Australia series
• Financing long term conservation action - November 2005
• Flora of Australia series
• Flora of Australia supplementary series
• Fungi of Australia series
• Gifts that keep on giving: a landholder's guide to and land protection and conservation options
• Making economic valuation work for biodiversity conservation - May 2005
• Managing access to Australia's biological resources: developing a nationally consistent approach - October 1996
• National biodiversity and climate change action plan 2004-2007 - 2004
• National koala conservation strategy - January 1998
• National objectives and targets for biodiversity conservation 2001-2005 - 2001
• National strategy for the conservation of Australia's biological diversity - 1996
• Natural temperate grassland - May 2003
• Review of the conservation values of Commonwealth land in western Sydney - 2004
• Review of the national strategy for the conservation of Australia's biological diversity - 2001
• The state of Australia's birds 2003 - December 2003
• The state of Australia's birds 2004 - December 2004
• The state of Australia's birds 2005 - December 2005
• The state of Australia's birds 2006 - December 2006
• The state of Australia's birds 2007 - December 2007
• State of the Environment reporting - biodiversity
• Zoological catalogue of Australia

Brochures, fact sheets and case studies

• Be smart with seed - 2004
• Biodiversity: nature's variety, our heritage, our future - a guide to using and protecting Australia's biodiversity - 1998 (Revised 2001)
• National biodiversity and climate change action plan - summary brochure - 2004
• Tax incentives for conservation - fact sheet - October 2007
• Popular articles on biodiversity - 1991-1995
• What the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) means for Norfolk Island - June 2004

Magazines and newsletters

• Bush - seeds a growing industry - January 2004
• Bush - working together on weeds - May 2004
• Bush - rot, rust and smut, stream-side vegetation, hatches, matches and dispatches - November 2004
• Communities for communities newsletter

Posters

• Biodiversity - nature's variety, our heritage, our future - poster

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Access to genetic resources

Books, reports and series

• Commonwealth public inquiry into access to biological resources in Commonwealth areas - 2000
• National strategy for the conservation of Australia's biological diversity - 1996
• Nationally consistent approach for access to and the utilisation of Australia's native genetic and biochemical resources - 2002
• Queensland Biodiscovery Collaboration - The Griffith University AstraZeneca Partnership for Natural Product Discovery - UNU-IAS Report - 2008

Brochures, fact sheets and case studies

• Biological resources access agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Craig J. Venter Institute - 2004
• Genetic resources management in Commonwealth areas - Sustainable access > shared benefits - 2005
  A guide to understanding the new Australian regulations for access to genetic and biochemical resources found in native species in Commonwealth areas
• Understanding the Nationally consistent approach for access to and the utilisation of Australia's native genetic and biochemical resources (NCA) - 2002

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Biodiversity conservation in regional planning

Books, reports and series

• Proceedings of the National Conservation Incentives Forum - July 2005
• Australian terrestrial biodiversity assessment 2002  - December 2002
• Integrating biodiversity into regional planning: the Wimmera Catchment Management Authority pilot project - 2003
• Integration of biodiversity into regional NRM planning - case studies - 2003
• Integration of biodiversity conservation in regional NRM planning: peri-urban case study - 2004
• Integration of biodiversity conservation in regional NRM planning: rural case study - 2004
• Mechanisms for improved integration of biodiversity conservation in regional NRM planning (PDF - 1,440 KB)  - 2003
• Plants, people and planning: integrating national botanical information and regional vegetation planning and management - 2003

Brochures, fact sheets and case studies

• Biodiversity conservation in regional NRM planning - factsheet (PDF - 323 KB)  - September 2003
• Tax incentives for conservation - factsheet - July 2004

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Invasive species

In this section

General

Books, reports and series

• Australian Government response to the Turning back the tide - the invasive species challenge Senate Committee report - September 2007
• Review of progress on invasive species - April 2005

Brochures, fact sheets and case studies

• Invasive species in Australia - 2004
• Rabbits are weeds too!
• Weeds and ferals on the loose! - 2002

Magazines and newsletters

• Bush - seeds a growing industry - January 2004
• Bush - working together on weeds - May 2004
• Bush - rot, rust and smut, stream-side vegetation, hatches, matches and dispatches - November 2004
• Bush - on-farm conservation and local government - April 2005

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Diseases, fungi and parasites

Books, reports and series

• Management of Phytophthora cinnamomi for biodiversity conservation in Australia - 2006
• Hygiene protocols for the prevention and control of diseases (particularly beak and feather disease) in Australian birds - 2006
• A report on Mundulla Yellows in Australia - May 2004
• Mundulla Yellows in Eucalyptus - August 2004

Brochures, fact sheets and case studies

• Chytridiomycosis (amphibian chytrid fungus disease) - 2004
• Phytophthora root rot - 2004
• Beak and feather disease (psittacine circoviral disease) - 2004

Posters, postcards, stickers and fridge magnets

• Beak and feather disease poster - 2005
• Chytrid fungus disease poster - 2005
• Root rot fungus poster - 2005

Plans

• Threat abatement plans

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Feral animals

Books, reports and series

• An overview of the impacts of introduced ornamental fish species that have established wild populations in Australia - January 2008
• Australian pest animal strategy - A national strategy for the management of vertebrate pest animals in Australia - August 2007
• Cost effective feral animal exclusion fencing for areas of high conservation value in Australia - 2004
• Developing a cane toad biological control - workshop report - 2004
• Development of a model code of practice and standard operating procedures for the humane capture, handling or destruction of feral animals in Australia
• Easter Bilby - Storybook - 2006**
• Easter Bilby's secret - Storybook - 2006**
• Easter Bilby - Teacher's kit - 2006**
• Experimental trials to determine effective feral cat and fox exclusion fence designs - 2006
• Feral pig management plan Flinders Island, Tasmania
• Impact of fox baiting on Tiger Quoll populations, project ID: 00016505 - final report
• Improving the development of effective and humane trapping systems as a control method for feral goats in Australia - 2004
• Interactions between feral cats, foxes, native carnivores, and rabbits in Australia - 2004
• Introduced mammals on Western Australian islands: improving Australia's ability to protect its island habitats from feral animals - 2004
• Maximising the conservation benefits of the commercial goat industry in Australia - 2004
• Overview of the impact of feral cats on Australian native fauna - May 1996
• Overview of the impacts of introduced salmonids on Australian native fauna - May 1996
• Review of impacts of displaced/introduced fauna associated with inland waters, Australia: State of the Environment technical paper series (inland waters), series 1 - 1997
• Review of the project: the development of a cane toad biological control (February 2003) - August 2003

Brochures, fact sheets and case studies

• Australian pest animal strategy brochure - August 2007
• Bounceback - Flinders Ranges
• European red fox (Vulpes vulpes) - 2004
• European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) - 2004
• Feral horse (Equus caballus) and feral donkey (Equus asinus) - 2004
• The feral camel (Camelus dromedarius) - 2004
• The feral cane toad (Bufo marinus) - 2004
• The feral cat (Felis catus) - 2004
• The feral goat (Capra hircus) - 2004
• The feral pig (Sus scrofa) - 2004
• The feral water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - 2004
• Managing invasive species in Australia - success stories
  • Bounceback - 2004
  • Removing cats from Macquarie Island - 2004

Plans

• Threat abatement plans

Posters, postcards, stickers and fridge magnets

• A great battle - poster - 2007
• That feral cat - poster - 2004
• Feral map - poster - 2004

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Insects and other invertebrates

Books, reports and series

• Overview of feral and managed honeybees in Australia: distribution, abundance, extent of interactions with native biota, evidence of impacts and future research - May 1996

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Weeds

Books, reports and series

• Australian weeds strategy  - September 2007
• Community involvement in off-reserve and on-reserve management of environmental weeds  - May 1997
• Impact of environmental weeds on biodiversity: a review and development of a methodology  - April 1998
• Potential environmental weeds in Australia: candidate species for preventative control  - January 1998

Brochures, fact sheets and case studies

• Biological control of Mimosa pigra and integration with other control options, final report: October 2001 to December 2002  - 2003
• Managing invasive species in Australia - success stories
  • Alligator weed  - 2004
  • Biological control of mimosa  - 2004
  • Weed Warriors  - 2004
• Research project to investigate floating booms for containing Alligator weed following treatment  - September 2002
• Students become Weed Warriors  - in Natural heritage - the journal of the Natural Heritage Trust - 2004

Guidelines, manuals, standards and labels

• Alert list for environmental weeds - weed management guides
  • Barleria or porcupine flower (Barleria prionitis)  - 2003
  • Chinese violet (Asystasia gangetica ssp. micrantha)  - 2003
  • Cutch tree (Acacia catechu var. sundra)  - 2003
  • False yellowhead (Dittrichia viscosa)  - 2003
  • Karroo thorn (Acacia karroo)  - 2003
  • Kochia (Bassia scoparia) (weedy form)  - 2003
  • Orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)  - 2003
  • Senegal tea plant (Gymnocoronis spilanthoides)  - 2003
  • White weeping broom (Retama raetam)  - 2003
• Weeds of national significance - weed management guides
  • Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) 
  • Athel pine or tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) 
  • Bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata) 
  • Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera) 
  • Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus aggregate) 
  • Bridal creeper (Asparagus asparagoides) 
  • Cabomba (Cabomba caroliniana) 
  • Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana) 
  • Gorse (Ulex europaeus) 
  • Hymenachne or Olive hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis) 
  • Lantana (Lantana camara) 
  • Mesquite (Prosopis species) 
  • Mimosa (Mimosa pigra) 
  • Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata) 
  • Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus) 
  • Pond apple (Annona glabra) 
  • Prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica) 
  • Rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora) 
  • Salvinia (Salvinia molesta) 
  • Serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma) 
  • Willow (Salix spp.) 

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Migratory waterbirds

Books, reports and series

• Australia's national report for the tenth JAMBA and fourth CAMBA consultative meetings, 1999 - 1999

Brochures, fact sheets and case studies

• Safe landings: conservation of migratory shorebirds in the east Asian-Australasian flyway - 2002
• Wings across the water: migratory shorebirds in the east Asian-Australasian flyway - 2002

Posters, postcards, stickers and fridge magnets

• Shorebirds, networking the flyway poster - 2002

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