Publications

• Introduction
• Draft State Biosecurity Strategy
• No Species Loss - A Nature Conservation Strategy for South Australia 2007-2017
• Biodiversity Plans
• Implications of Salinity for Biodiversity Management
• Contact

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Introduction

Biological research is only useful if it is made widely available to the people who need it, and this is done through publication. Publications can range from books and scientific papers to popular articles. All serve to help the cause of conservation through making our hard won knowledge more widely available.

Here you will find lists of biological work published by this Department. You can access summaries and, in some cases, copies of the complete documents.

See Biosurveys webpage.

The State Library of South Australia also have access to reports to assist you with your research.

Draft State Biosecurity Strategy

South Australia faces a growing number of challenges from invasive pests, weeds and diseases. Biosecurity success depends on Government, industry and the community having a clear understanding, commitment and integrated approach to biosecurity issues and programs.

Department of Primary Industries and Resources SA, the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation, and the Department for Environment and Heritage are working with other government agencies, industry and the community to develop a revised biosecurity strategy for South Australia . The strategy will cover threats in all biosecurity sectors, including animal health, aquatic animal health, aquatic pests, plant health, public health, social amenity pests and diseases, terrestrial vertebrate pests, weeds, wildlife health and other terrestrial environmental pests and diseases. This strategy will provide guidance to meet challenges of the future and deliver the level of biosecurity appropriate to protect South Australia's people, natural environments and primary industries.

You are encouraged to read the Draft SA Biosecurity Strategy. Your ideas and views are welcomed and will be used to inform the development of the strategy. The public consultation period commences on Friday 15 August and will close on Friday 26 September. A copy of the draft strategy may be downloaded from the Primary Industries and Resources SA website: www.pir.sa.gov.au/biosecuritystrategy

No Species Loss - A Nature Conservation Strategy for South Australia 2007-2017

No Species Loss is the first statewide nature conservation strategy for South Australia. As its name suggests, the aim of the No Species Loss Strategy is to lose no more species in South Australia, whether they be on land, in rivers, creeks, lakes and estuaries or the sea. No Species Loss defines what is required within the next ten years to protect the State's wide array of ecosystems - the native plants and animals, and the environments in which they live. The Strategy also recognises that some of the damage we have done to our ecosystems may take hundreds of years to repair.

See the No Species Loss Nature Conservation Strategy (7.4Mb PDF).

See Overview (2.3Mb PDF) of the No Species Loss Strategy.

See Community document (600Kb PDF) on the No Species Loss Strategy.

Printed copies of No Species Loss - A Nature Conservation Strategy for South Australia 2007-2017 are available are from the Department for Environment and Heritage Information Line on (61 8) 8204 1910 at a cost of $7.50.

Biodiversity Plans

Regional Biodiversity Plans provide biodiversity information for a region including threatened species, threatened plant communities, threats, significant habitats and key biodiversity areas. They are developed in consultation with the community and are a strategic framework for conservation of biodiversity in a region with priorities, actions, targets and outcomes. Plans have been published in South Australia for the South East, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, Kangaroo Island and Northern Agricultural Districts.

• South East - out of print
• Murray-Darling Basin - $25.00
• Kangaroo Island - $25.00
• Northern Agricultural districts - $25.00
• Eyre Peninsula - $25.00

Prices include GST

For further information please phone (61 8) 8222 9329.

Implications of Salinity for Biodiversity Conservation and Management

See Report (1Mb PDF)

Background

Deteriorating water quality and reduced agricultural productivity resulting from increasing salinity across the Australian landscape have now been a focus of concern for some time.

It has only been more recently that the impact of salt-affected land and water on biodiversity has received wider attention.

Recognising that little information had been assembled on this issue the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) established a Task Force to investigate the state of knowledge and provide a basis for incorporating biodiversity conservation aims into salinity management plans.

A report, Implications of Salinity for Biodiversity Conservation and Management (850Kb PDF), has now been published. It provides an overview of current knowledge, makes recommendations for on-ground actions and institutional change and identifies key research needs.

The report aims to raise awareness and demonstrate how, if appropriately designed, actions to mitigate salinity can at the same time contribute to biodiversity conservation outcomes.

Further Information

If you require any further information on this report, please email Manager, Strategic Services or phone (61 8) 8124 4721.

Contact

Email: A. Lambert