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Habitat fragmentation as a threatening process

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Subject: Habitat fragmentation as a threatening process
From: "Martin O'Brien"<>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 08:56:08 +1000
Niels Dreyer highlights the threats of land clearance to Australia's
biodiversity.  A related issue has recently been advertised in Victoria.

In Victoria "Habitat fragmentation as a threatening process for fauna in
Victoria" has been nominated as a Potentially Threatening Process under the
state's Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

The Scientific Advisory Committee has made a Preliminary Recommendation to
support this nomination and advertisements were placed in state newspapers
on 15 July.  The report mentions the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo and Rufous
Bristlebird as examples where habitat fragmentation has threatened the
conservation of these birds.

A 3 page report on this recommendation is available to interested parties
and a 30 day public consultation period now follows.  Please feel free to
ontact me if you're interested in a copy.

Martin O'Brien
Executive Scientific Officer
Scientific Advisory Committee
Threatened Species Program
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
4/250 Victoria Pde.,
East Melbourne,  3002
AUSTRALIA

tel: +61 3 9412 4567
fax: +61 3 9412 4586
e-mail: 
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