Biodiversity Theme Report
Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 (Theme Report)
Prepared by: Dr Jann Williams, RMIT University, Authors
Published by CSIRO on behalf of the Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2001
ISBN 0 643 06749 3
Please Note
This report was written to provide source material for Australian State of the Environment Committee's purposes. Independent contract authors prepared the seven supporting theme reports that the Committee considered during preparation of the 2001 SoE Report. The opinions in the theme reports are those of the authors, not of the Committee.
PDF files
- Biodiversity - full report (PDF - 7242 KB)
- Part 1 - Contents, Acronyms and Abbreviations, Acknowledgments, Executive Summary and Introduction (PDF - 79 KB)
- Part 2 - The meaning, significance and implications of biodiversity (PDF - 681 KB)
- Part 3 - Biodiversity status, trends and indicators (PDF - 158 KB)
- Part 4 - Institutions and policies (PDF - 62 KB)
- Part 5a - Biodiversity issues and challenges (PDF - 1992 KB)
- Part 5b - Biodiversity issues and challenges (continued) (PDF - 1842 KB)
- Part 5c - Biodiversity issues and challenges (continued) (PDF - 1993 KB)
- Part 6 - Increase in the knowledge of biodiversity (PDF - 207 KB)
- Part 7 - Roles and responsibilities (PDF - 285 KB)
- Part 8 - Conclusions, Glossary, References and Index (PDF - 106 KB)
Contents
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- The meaning, significance and implications of biodiversity
- Biodiversity status, trends and indicators
- Institutions and policies
- Biodiversity issues and challenges
- Increase in the knowledge of biodiversity
- Roles and responsibilities
- Conclusions: shaping the future - safe-guarding Australia's biodiversity heritage
- Glossary
- References
- Case studies
- Environmental Indicators
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
Prepared by
Dr Jann Williams, RMIT University
Ms Cassia Read, RMIT University
Professor Tony Norton, RMIT University
Dr Steve Dovers, The Australian National University
Associate Professor Mark Burgman, University of Melbourne
Ms Wendy Proctor, Australian National University
Ms Heather Anderson, RMIT University
Theme coordinator
Gary Whatman, State of the Environment Reporting Section, Environment Australia, Department of the Environment and Heritage
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