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Over the past two hundred years Europeans have had a negative impact on Cumberland Plain Woodland Forest. This presentation discusses the coexistence of biodiversity and built environments of the Sydney Basin Bioregion and solutions for the future.
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‘biodiversity’“biodiversity is the variety of all life forms: different plants, animals, the genes they contain and the
ecosystems in which they live”
Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo
What does biodiversity include in relation to Sydney?
Plant Communities Fauna Ocean and Harbour Waterways & Tributaries Wetlands
Aboriginal Influence on Biodiversity
Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo
• the use of fire and its effect on species diversity
European Influence on Biodiversity“the last 200 years”
Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo
Source: Benson,D & Howell,J. 1990
Sydney Basin Bioregion
Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo
Source: www.environment.nsw.gov.au
Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo
Sydney Metropolitan Area
Source: www.metrostrategy.nsw.gov.au
Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo
Source: Benson,D & Howell,J. 1990
Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo
Source: Geosage.com
Biodiversity as a resource for Sydney?
Food
Water
Tourism
Industrial Goods
Building Materials
Medicinal Products
Ethics?
Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo
Cumberland Plain Woodland
“a community under threat”
Source: www.forest.nsw.gov
North-West Development Sector
South-West Development Sector
From this... to this...?
Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, December 2008
Education and Awareness
Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo
• Can we reverse the damage now or into the future?
• Can their be a sustainable co-existence between Biodiversity and the Built Environment of Sydney?
• Are the laws and planning framework sufficient?
Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo
Bibliography
Benson, D.H. 2009, 14th January. Personal Phone Interview. Senior Plant Ecologist of Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney. Benson, D.H. & Howell, J. 1990, Taken for granted, Kangaroo Press in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Flannery, T. 2003. ‘Beautiful lies - population and environment in Australia’, Quarterly Essay,
Black Inc., Melbourne. Flannery, T. 1994, The future eaters, Reed New Holland, Sydney.
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/bioregions/SydneyBasin-Biodiversity.htm
https://www.wilderness.org.au/articles/cycle
http://www.metrostrategy.nsw.gov.au/dev/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=81&languageId=1&contentId=557
http://sydney.cma.nsw.gov.au/
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/
http://www.anra.gov.au/
Nature Conservation Council of NSW, viewed 13th January 2009 http://nccnsw.org.au/index.php