‘biodiversity’“biodiversity is the variety of all life forms: different plants, animals, the genes they contain and the

ecosystems in which they live”

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What does biodiversity include in relation to Sydney?

Plant Communities Fauna Ocean and Harbour Waterways & Tributaries Wetlands

Aboriginal Influence on Biodiversity

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• the use of fire and its effect on species diversity

European Influence on Biodiversity“the last 200 years”

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Source: Benson,D & Howell,J. 1990

Sydney Basin Bioregion

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Source: www.environment.nsw.gov.au

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Sydney Metropolitan Area

Source: www.metrostrategy.nsw.gov.au

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Source: Benson,D & Howell,J. 1990

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Source: Geosage.com

Biodiversity as a resource for Sydney?

Food

Water

Tourism

Industrial Goods

Building Materials

Medicinal Products

Ethics?

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Cumberland Plain Woodland

“a community under threat”

Source: www.forest.nsw.gov

North-West Development Sector

South-West Development Sector

From this... to this...?

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Source: Sydney Morning Herald, December 2008

Education and Awareness

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• 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?

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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