Science and Research

Biodiversity Conservation Research: Australia's Priorities

Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council and
Biological Diversity Advisory Committee
Commonwealth of Australia, 2001
ISBN 064 254 742 4

Contents

• Executive Summary
• Preface
• Background
• Acknowledgements
• Objective
• Biodiversity Issues
• A. What is Australia's Biodiversity?
• B. How does our Biodiversity Function?
• C. What is the value of Biodiversity Conservation?
• D. What is Changing and Why?
• E. What are the Management Options?
• F. Management Action and Institutional Change
• Appendix 1 - Workshop Participants and Advisors
• Appendix 2 - Public Consultation
• Appendix 3 - Definitions
• Appendix 4 - Principles for Selecting Research
• Appendix 5 - References