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Biodiversity conservation on the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory : part 3. management and planning for biodiversity conservation

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Title

Biodiversity conservation on the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory : part 3. management and planning for biodiversity conservation,

Other title

John Woinarski, Kate Hadden, John Hicks and David McLeod,

Creator

Woinarski, John Casimir Zichy, Hadden, Kate, Hicks, John, McLeod, David,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT,

Date

2003-09-01,

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,

Notes

Date:2003-09,

Table of contents

SUMMARY -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Purpose of this report -- 1.2. Policy and legislative framework -- 2. DEFINITION OF CONSERVATION GOALS -- 2.1. Savanna health and NRM regional planning approach -- 2.2. National strategies, initiatives and agreements -- 2.3. Precedents in other Northern Territory regional planning -- 2.4. Conditions attached to environmental approval of plantation forestry -- 2.5. Biodiversity conservation targets for the Tiwi Islands -- 3. DISTRIBUTION OF CONSERVATION VALUES -- 3.1. Geographic location of sites of high conservation value -- 3.2. Habitat distribution of threatened species -- 3.3. Data bases for individual threatened species, and predictive modeling -- 4. SAFEGUARDING CONSERVATION VALUES WITHIN A DEVELOPMENT SETTING -- 4.1. Rationale -- 4.2. Planning for conservation and development -- 4.3. Prioritised steps for conservation planning -- 5. MANAGEMENT OF THREATENING PROCESSES -- 5.1. Fire -- 5.2. Weeds -- 5.3. Feral animals -- 6. MONITORING OF CONSERVATION VALUES -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Monitoring biodiversity impacts of plantation development background -- 6.3. Monitoring biodiversity impacts of plantation development specific programs -- 6.4. Monitoring of biodiversity, other than related to forestry -- 6.5. Costs of monitoring -- 7. OPTIONS FOR CONSERVATION LANDUSES -- 8. UNCERTAINTY AND SHORTCOMINGS -- 8.1. Additional targeted studies -- 8.2. “Preclearing” surveys -- 8.3. precautionary conservation planning -- 9. CONCLUSIONS -- 10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 11. REFERENCES.,

Language

English,

Subject

Biodiversity -- Northern Territory -- Melville Island, Conservation of natural resources -- Northern Territory -- Melville Island, Melville Island (N.T.),

Publisher name

Dept. of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment,

Place of publication

Darwin,

Format

v, 67 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf.,

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/213589,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/715004