Collection: Tech Book

The conference was an integral part of the process of deriving a Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for New South Wales, the state with the longest history of occupation by Europeans on the Australian continent. The impetus behind both the conference and the Strategy was to evaluate threats to bi...

In Conserving Forest Biodiversity, David B. Lindenmayer and Jerry F. Franklin argue that the conservation of forest biodiversity requires a comprehensive and multiscaled approach that includes both reserve and nonreserve areas. They lay the foundations for such a strategy, bringing together the l...

A study on the general climate of opinion in local government and the management measures currently used by Councils to conserve the biodiversity in NSW and to protect the habitat of species and rare plant and animal communities.

This report how container deposit legislation can play a vital role in reducing waste, and more widely, in our quest for a responsible and sustainable society.

Details a comprehensive planning approach that will form the basis for best practice management of contaminated land in planning and development in New South Wales.

Toxic chemicals contaminate land and groundwater at hundreds of thousands of sites in industrialised nations and many economically developing countries. Past practices as well as spills, leaks and illegal disposal have all contributed to this widely publicised problem. This book presents internat...