Conservation Links

Australian governmental agencies with conservation responsibilities

New South Wales

• NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
• Dept of Land & Water Conservation
• Environment Protection Authority
• NSW State Forests
• NSW Agriculture
• NSW Fisheries
• NSW State of the Environment Report 2000
• Sydney Catchment Authority
• Dept of Local Government
• Australian Local Government Association (ALGA)
• LandCare New South Wales
• Murray-Darling Basin Commission
• The Australian Museum

Commonwealth & national

• Environment in Government Directory
• Australian Environment Portal
• Environment Australia
• Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
• ANZECC
• Australian Heritage Commission
• EnviroNet (Environment Businesses Directory)
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
• Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
• Dept of Agriculture Fisheries & Forestry (AFFA)
• National Landcare Program
• Australian Local Government Association (ALGA)
• Land & Water Australia (previously LWRRDC)
• Nation-wide Catchment Management LINKS directory (DLWC NSW)
• CSIRO Land & Water
• CSIRO Plant Industry
• CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (formerly Wildlife & Ecology)
• CSIRO Entomology
• CSIRO Forestry & Forest Products
• Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation
• Environs Australia (local government environment network)
• Australian Greenhouse Office

Other states

Queensland

• Parks and Wildlife Service
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Dept Primary Industry - Forestry

Australian Capital Territory

• Environment ACT

Victoria

• Government Land & Environment gateway
• Department of Natural Resources & Environment (NRE)
• Environment Protection Authority

Tasmania

• Parks & Wildlife Service
• Dept of Primary Industry, Water & Environment

South Australia

• SA Parks & Wildlife
• Dept of Environment & Heritage
• SA Environment Protection gateway

Western Australia

• Dept of Conservation & Land Management
• WA Botanic Gardens & Parks Authority

Northern Territory

• Parks & Wildlife Commission
• NT Government gateway

Flora permits & legislation

New South Wales legislation

• New South Wales Consolidated Legislation directory
• Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
• Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997

Commonwealth & other states legislation

• Environment Australia national directory of legislation
• The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
• WWF/Humane Society International EPBC Unit
• Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exportsand Imports) Act 1982

Permits to collect native flora in New South Wales

• NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
• NSW State Forests

Permits to collect native flora in other states

• National Permit Guidelines Directory

Permits to export Australian plants

• Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982
• Environment Australia Wildlife Approvals

Permits to import exotic plants to Australia

• Australian Quarantine & Inspection Service
• Biosecurity Australia

International documents on plant conservation and/or trade in species

• Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species (CITES)
• The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
• The Darwin Declaration
• The Manila Protocol
• The Global Taxonomy Initiative
• The International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation
• The Darwin Technical Manual for Botanic Gardens
• Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (CSPC) and select COP 6, Decision VI/9
• Principles on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing for participating institutions
• International Botanic Gardens & Herbaria]
• Explanatory text for same
• ANPC Guidelines for Translocation
• ANPC Guidelines for Germ-plasm Storage

Government strategies & government information resources for biodiversity conservation

New South Wales

• New South Wales Biodiversity Strategy
• Biodiversity of New South Wales gateway
• Threatened Species & Communities Conservation (incl. lists)
• Community Access to Natural Resources Information (CANRI)
• NSW State of the Enviroment Report (SOE)
• DLWC Natural Resource Management Links

Commonwealth & other states/territories

• Environment in Government Directory
• Australian Environment Portal [under development]
• Infoterra Australis (Guide to Australian Environmental Resources)
• ANZECC
• Commonwealth Endangered Species Program
• ANBG Threatened Australian Plants Info & Photo Gallery
• National Weeds Program
• Weeds Australia
• National Wetlands Program
• National Reserve Systems Program

General botanical & plant biodiversity information (Australian & international)

• PlantNet [Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney]
• Centre for Plant Biodiversitry Research (Canberra) homepage
• Florabase (Dept of CALM, Western Australia)
• Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) - Flora of Australia
• Australian Biodiversity Information Facility (ABIF)
• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
• Australian Botanic Gardens Forum
• Council of Heads of Australian Botanic Gardens (CHABG)
• Directory of major Australian Botanic Gardens, Herbaria & Arboreta
• Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH)
• Herbarium Interchange Standards Committee (HISCOM)
• Threatened Species in Australia - a selected bibliography
• Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)
• International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• Global Biodiversity Forum (GBF)
• Index Herbariorum (international directory of herbaria)
• International Plant Names Project
• Plant Taxonomists On-line

Threatened species, populations & communities lists

New South Wales

• Threatened species & communities: listing process
• Threatened Species Conservation Act Schedule 1 (Endangered taxa & communities)
• Threatened Species Conservation Act Schedule 2 (Vulnerable taxa & communities)
• Threatened NSW plant species profiles
• Threatened species, communities, threat processes: NSW Scientific Committee
• NSW Fisheries Threatened Species (incl. marine plants)

Commonwealth

• Nationally threatened species and ecological communities
• Threatened Species in Australia - a selected bibliography

World

• IUCN Red Lists

Threat processes

New South Wales

• Key threatening processes & threat abatement plans
• New South Wales Biodiversity Strategy
• NSW Salinity Strategy (pdf file)
• Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997

Commonwealth & national

• National key threatening processes
• Weeds Australia
• National Weeds Strategy
• Cooperative Research Centre for Weed Management Systems (Weeds CRC)
• Council of Australian Weed Science Societies
• Weedbusters
• National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality
• Land & Water Australia (previously LWRRDC)
• Ecological Society of Australia: position statement on Vegetation Clearance
• Native vegetation clearance, habitat loss and biodiversity decline (EA Overview)

International

• IUCN 1994 Red List Categories (conservation status assessment criteria and guidelines)
• International Environmental Weed Foundation

Plant conservation NGOs

New South Wales & Australia

• Australian Network for Plant Conservation
• Internet Directory of Plant Conservation Resources (at ANPC)
• Greening Australia (NSW) Inc.
• Florabank
• Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR)
• Australian Conservation Councils
• Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales
• Conservation Council of the South-east Region [NSW] and Canberra
• National Parks Association of New South Wales (NPA NSW)
• Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF)
• The Wilderness Society (Australia)
• World-wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
• Threatened Species Network (TSN)
• Conservation Volunteers Australia
• Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers
• Community Biodiversity Network (CBN)
• Seed Savers Network (Australia)
• Environs Australia (local government environment network)
• Australian Wildlife Conservancy

International

• Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)
• Centre for Plant Conservation, Missouri Botanic Garden, USA
• Humane Society International
• Earthwatch

Other relevant NGOs & resource directories

Australia

• Ecological Society of Australia Inc.
• Green Net Australia
• South Australia Central - Biodiversity gateway
• Total Environment Centre
• National Environmental Defenders Office Network
• Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES) NSW Inc.
• Wetland Care Australia

International

• International, regional and national networks of botanic gardens
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• Worldwide Fund for Nature [International Home Page]
• Plantlife [UK]
• The Ecology WWW Page
• The Millenium Seedbank project [RBG Kew, UK]
• Conservation links from RBG Kew, UK
• DIVERSITAS
• The Eden Project
• National Parks Worldwide - Directory by continents / countries
• Friends of the Earth (FOE) [International Home Page]
• Greenpeace [International Home Page]
• Sierra Club
• The Wilderness Society (USA)
• Global Invasive Species Program
• Fauna & Flora International

Forest issues in Australia

• NSW State Forests
• National Forest Policy Statement (Commonwealth Government)
• Bureau of Rural Science (Commonwealth - AFFA)
• National Forests Inventory (Bureau of Rural Science)
• CSIRO Forestry & Forest Products
• Institute of Wood Science
• International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO)
• WA: Dept of Conservation & Land Management
• Victoria: Dept of Natural Resources & Environment (NRE)
• Rainforests Info Centre: Forest Links
• Western Australian Forest Alliance
• NCC (NSW) Forests Campaign
• Native Forest Network
• Forest Conservation Links [international]
• Timber Communities Australia (TCA)
• Forest Protection Society (FPS)
• National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI)
• Institute of Foresters of Australia
• Australian Forestry Standard

Australian native plant societies

• Australian Plants Society NSW (formerly SGAP NSW)
• Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP - national body)
• ANBG Directory of Australian Plant grower contacts

Conservation research centres (Australia)

• Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology (ARCUE)
• Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Canberra (CPBR)
• Institute of Conservation Biology (Univ. of Wollongong)
• Ecosystem Management Unit (Univ. of New England)
• Johnstone Centre (Charles Sturt Univ.)
• Farrer Centre (Conservation Farming - Charles Sturt Univ.)
• Centre for Resource & Environmental Studies (CRES) - ANU
• Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics (Southern Cross Univ.)
• Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodioversity (Adelaide)