Terrestrial Biodiversity Adaptation Research Network

The release of this Discussion Paper was the first step towards developing a new Biodiversity Strategy for New South Wales. The NSW Government anticipates a draft NSW Biodiversity Strategy will be released for public exhibition in 2010

A New Biodiversity Strategy for New South Wales: discussion paper 1Mb

About the First Strategy 1999-2003:

"The first NSW Biodiversity Strategy was released by the state government in 1999. It created a framework for a range of government agencies to work together, over a period of 4 years, to conserve biodiversity in NSW.

The first NSW Biodiversity Strategy enabled government, local communities, researchers and industry to work together to increase our knowledge and capacity to conserve biodiversity across NSW. Guided by the goal “to protect the biodiversity of NSW”, the Strategy presented a series of objectives..."

Outcomes of the first strategy