Report on the operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Covering the period 16 July 2000 to 30 June 2001
Environment Australia, 2001
ISBN 0 6425 4770 X
Appendix 3: Functions and membership of advisory committees established under the Act
- Threatened Species Scientific Committee
- Biological Diversity Advisory Committee
- Indigenous Advisory Committee
Threatened Species Scientific Committee
The functions of the Threatened Species Scientific Committee are:
- to advise the Minister in accordance with Division 5 of Part 13 in relation to the making of recovery plans and threat abatement plans; and
- to advise the Minister (on the Minister's request or on the Committee's initiative) on the amendment and updating of the lists established under Part 13; and
- to advise the Minister, at his or her request, on matters relating to the administration of this Act; and
- to give the Minister such other advice as is provided for in this Act; and
- to perform such other functions as are conferred on the Committee by this Act.
| Name | Area of expertise |
|---|---|
| Associate Professor Bob Beeton (Chair) | Environmental problem solving |
| Dr Sue Briggs | Ecological communities |
| Dr Alan Butler | Marine ecology |
| Dr Dean Graetz | Extinction processes |
| Professor Gordon Grigg | Animals |
| Dr Jill Landsberg | Landscape ecology |
| Dr Libby Mattiske | Plants |
| Dr Pamela Parker | Landscape recovery |
| Mr Michael Sutherland | Rural science |
Biological Diversity Advisory Committee
Under Section 505 of the Act the functions of the Biological Diversity Advisory Committee are:
- to advise the Minister, at his or her request, on matters relating to the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of biological diversity; and
- to perform such other functions as are conferred on the Committee by the Act or the regulations.
The terms of reference for the Committee as provided by the Minister on 7 July 2000 are to advise:
- the Minister for the Environment and Heritage on the performance of Commonwealth programs in promoting biodiversity conservation and the means to promote biodiversity conservation through improved business practices; and
- the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council on priorities for action under the National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity.
| Name | Group represented |
|---|---|
| Professor Hugh Possingham (Chair) | Scientific community |
| Dr Nancy Bray | Scientific community |
| Dr Wendy Craik | Scientific community |
| Ms Anne Jensen | Scientific community |
| Ms Imogen Zethoven | Scientific community |
| Mr Les Ahoy | Indigenous peoples |
| Cr Jenny Bonfield | Local government |
| Mr John Cobb | Rural community |
| Mr Alistair Graham | Conservation organisations |
| Mr Keiran McNamara | Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council |
| Ms Christine Schweizer | Commonwealth |
| Mr Nigel Scullion | Fishing industry |
| Mr Ross Turnbull | Business community |
Indigenous Advisory Committee
The function of the Indigenous Advisory Committee is to advise the Minister on the operation of the Act, taking into account the significance of Indigenous people's knowledge of the management of land and the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| Mr Gatjil Djerrkura (Chair) | |
| Mr Leon Atkinson | Victoria |
| Mr Robert Carroll | New South Wales |
| Mr John Chester | South Australia |
| Mr Glen Kelly | Western Australia |
| Ms Francine McCarthy | Northern Territory |
| Ms Darcel Moyle | Queensland |
| Mr Rocky Sainty | Tasmania |
| Mr Mark Sutton | New South Wales |
| Ms Rita Tingey | Northern Territory |
| Mr Kevin Walley | Western Australia |