REIMBURSING THE FUTURE:

An evaluation of motivational, voluntary, price-based, property-right, and regulatory incentives for the conservation of biodiversity

PART 2 - Appendices

A report by M.D. Young, N. Gunningham, J. Elix, J. Lambert, B. Howard, P. Grabosky and E. McCrone
Prepared by CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, the Australian Centre for Environmental Law, and Community Solutions
January 1996

Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 9
Biodiversity Unit

Table 2.6.3 Relative importance of threats to biota of the Wet Tropics

Threatening         Plants         T.Inv.       A.Inv.      Fish     Frogs    Reptiles   Birds  Mammals    
process                                                                                                    

Vegetation                                                                                                 
clearance                                                                                                  

- lowland           H              H            L           L        M        M          H      H          
rainforest                                                                                                 

- summit zones      H              H            L           L        M        H          L      H          

- riparian          H              H            H           M        M        H          M      M          

Infrastructure      H              L            H           M        M        M          M      M          

Fire                M              M            M           L        L        M          M      M          

Water management    M              L            H           H        L        L          L      L          

Feral species                                                                                              

- pigs              M              M            M           M        M        M          M      L          

- others            L              M            H           M        M        M          M      H          

Weeds               H              L            L           L        L        L          L      L          

Collection          M              L            M           M        L        L          L      L

T.Inv. = Terrestrial Invertebrates, A.Inv. = Aquatic Invertebrates

H = high, M = medium, L = low

Source: Nias et al., 1993, p.27