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	Tasmania - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Tasmania was once inhabited only by an indigenous population, the Tasmanian Aborigines, and evidence indicates their presence in the territory, later to become an island, at least 35 000 years ago (rising sea levels cut Tasmania off from mainland Australia about 10,000 years ago).
		Tasmania is a rugged island of temperate climate, so similar in some ways to pre-industrial England that it was referred to by some English colonists as 'a Southern England'.
		Tasmania's rail network consists of narrow gauge lines to all four major population centers and to mining or forestry operations on the west coast and north-west.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Tasmania (2715 words)

	ooBdoo
		The island of Tasmania, an Australian state, is located 200 km south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait.
		Rail transport in Tasmania consists of narrow gauge lines to all four major population centres and to mining or forestry operations on the west coast and in the northwest.
		Tasmania's small population and low sponsorship potential results in the state not being represented in national football (soccer) (see Football (soccer) in Tasmania) and netball leagues.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/index.php?title=Tasmania (2959 words)

	Protected areas of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Protected areas of Australia are maintained by the Department of the Environment and Heritage, with the exception of the Great Barrier Reef, which is managed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, a body within the department.
		The following list is only a small portion of the protected areas in Australia.
		Each state is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the areas within its boundaries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Protected_areas_of_Australia (181 words)

	Managing our Marine Nature Reserves
		Tasmania’s marine environment is unique because of its high biological diversity, a result of influences from ocean currents, varying climate and geographical position.
		Tasmania is surrounded by islands and cut by a myriad of bays and estuaries which play a fundamental role in the maintenance of coastal ecosystems.
		An area of land or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means (International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 1994).
	www.parks.tas.gov.au /marine/manage/manage.html (714 words)

	Protected Areas -- WWF-Australia
		Protected areas include national parks, wilderness areas, Indigenous Protected Areas, and private land that is legally protected for conservation.
		A nationally coordinated approach to declaring and managing protected areas - in addition to water resource management and land use planning - is needed to protect these valuable but threatened assets.
		The majority of 'very high' and 'high priority' bioregions, required for expansion of the protected area network, occur in the north (see the Directions for the National Reserve System - A Partnership Approach).
	www.wwf.org.au /ourwork/land/protectedareas (246 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The Environment Protection and Management Ordinance, 1987 prohibits entry to the Territory without a permit, and prohibits a wide range of activities which would be potentially harmful to natural and cultural environments.
		The nominated area includes an extensive marine area in order to ensure ecological integrity as virtually all species which inhabit the island are dependant on the marine environment for their survival.
		It outlines protective measures that are in force which prohibit entry to the island without a permit, and prohibits activities which would be potentially harmful to the natural and cultural environment.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/wh/himi.html (3017 words)

	Natural Heritage Trust Annual Report 2000-01 - Part B: Program Performance Reports (Continued) - Biodiversity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Protected areas where such projects were funded included Witjira National Park, South Australia; Shannon and D'Entrecasteux National Parks and the Gibson Desert Nature Reserve, Western Australia; and the Arthur Pieman Protected Area, Tasmania.
		In Tasmania the Protected Areas on Private Land project continued to explore conservation options with the finalisation of ten covenants on highly significant land for conservation (206 hectares) and a further 35 covenants being negotiated for an additional 1 346 hectares.
		The Grassy Box Woodlands Protected Area Network project is a nationally recognised model for the conservation of highly fragmented ecosystems which are unlikely to be adequately represented in a conventional reserve network.
	www.nht.gov.au /publications/annrpt0001/biodiversity.html (3677 words)

	Overview of the Conservation of Australian Marine Invertebrates
		Tasmania's marine fauna is cool temperate with many taxa shared with the rest of the southern coast of Australia.
		In 1969 and 1973 Australia proclaimed the Coral Sea Islands Territory which applies to all islands within an area limited by the GBR to the west, by the 157º 10 meridian to the east and the 12º latitude to the north and 24º latitude to the south, this being an area of 350,000 km2.
		It is concerned with sovereignty and maritime boundaries in the areas between the two countries and the protection of the way of life and livelihood of traditional inhabitants and the marine environment.
	www.amonline.net.au /invertebrates/marine_overview/chapt2mn.html (8342 words)

	PBS: The Living Edens: Tasmania: Featured Creatures
		In Tasmania, the wombat is widespread and found from sea level to alpine areas, but shows a preference for heathland, coastal scrub and open forest, where soils favor their burrowing habits.
		In many areas of the mainland, the clearing of bushland, creation of improved pasture and provision of farm dams has upset the natural balance in favor of increased macropod numbers.
		In Tasmania, however, the population was reduced to 15 percent of its previous level in the 1950s and 60s.
	www.pbs.org /edens/tasmania/featured.html (3846 words)

	Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study: Status, Trends And Future Scenarios For Forest Conservation Including ...
		Areas of particular importance are the Himalayan forests and forests of North-east India.
		Nepal has an adequately large protected areas network, but there is a bias towards high mountain reserves and tropical terai reserves with a gap in the temperate middle hills.
		A protected area is defined in the new Guidelines for Protected Area Management Categories as: An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/003/W5475E/W5475E08.htm (2816 words)

	Natural Heritage Trust - Annual Report 1999-2000 - Part B: Program Performance Reports - BIODIVERSITY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Protected areas where such projects were funded included Witjira National Park, South Australia; Wilson’s Promontory National Park; Victoria; the Gibson Desert Nature Reserve in Western Australia; and the Arthur Pieman Protected Area, Tasmania.
		For example, the Grassy Box Woodlands Protected Area Network project will provide a new, nationally recognised model for the conservation of highly fragmented ecosystems which are unlikely to be adequately represented in a conventional reserve network.
		Almost $200 000 was provided to protect the eastern bristlebird in the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia), the Lord Howe Island woodhen and the Shark Bay dugong, and to continue the reintroduction to Shark Bay of species previously extinct in the area.
	www.nht.gov.au /publications/annrpt9900/biod.html (3003 words)

	Australia Allows Industry in New Marine Protected Areas
		Announcing the new protected zones Friday, Minister for the Environment and Heritage Senator Ian Campbell said about one-third of the world's marine protected areas are now in Australian waters.
		The rest of the protected area is designated as multiple use zones where oil and gas exploration, development and associated activities such as laying of pipelines.
		All or part of five of the Marine Protected Areas are zoned Multi-Use Zone B which permits mining exploration and development activities, recreational and charter fishing, shipping and general transit, scientific research and commercial tourism, but not commercial fishing.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/may2006/2006-05-08-02.asp (1257 words)

	Protected Areas on Private Land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		PAPL's aim is to protect coastal areas, grassland, heathland, saltmarsh, threatened species and their habitat on private land by using conservation covenants.
		Wetlands are under-reserved in Tasmania, and PAPL had been actively contacting the owners of wetlands and saltmarsh to discuss protection opportunities.
		Protecting the areas will ensure that they will remain a safe place for the birds to return to following migration.
	www.papl.tas.gov.au /r_migratorybirds.html (411 words)

	Biodiversity In The Balance: Approaces To Setting Geographic Conservation
		The ecological functions of the area are vital to the health of ecosystems beyond its boundaries (e.g., habitat for migratory species, an important attachment area for lowland irrigation systems, protection of the coast against typhoons, etc.).
		Thus, those areas with twice as many birds as expected are classified as very important (3), those with less than the expected number are classified as least important (1), and those with approximately the expected number are classified as of importance (2).
		This score is based on the amount of natural habitat remaining, the current extent of protected areas as a percent of land area, and the potential "scope" or opportunities for establishing new protected areas.
	www.worldwildlife.org /bsp/publications/bsp/bio_in_balance/balance4.html (11280 words)

	Iterative Approaches To Reserve Selection In Australia
		Once the first protected area or sen of protected areas is in place, the challenge is no identify which sites should be added next.
		In other words, if an area is too costly no acquire or is unsuitable for some other reason, the procedure takes this into account and calculates the next most efficient outcome no achieve desired conservation goals.
		The extent of representation is stated explicitly as a fixed area of each feature or a fixed percentage of the total extent of each feature.
	newsroom.wri.org /mediakits_text.cfm?ContentID=2833 (1673 words)

	Mark Schulman, Logging in Tasmania threatens old-growth forests
		Of Tasmania's original 99,900 hectares of E. regnans, only 13 percent remain as old growth forest and less than half of that is protected.
		He added that under a regional forest agreement between Tasmania and the Australian Commonwealth more than 400,000 hectares of new national parks and conservation areas were created, with 86 percent of Tasmania's old growth forests on public land now protected.
		The Wilderness Society continues its campaign to raise public awareness of the plight of the Styx and to prevent the logging that is destroying this magnificent old growth forest.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/24/181.html (624 words)

	Mountain and Alpine Areas, Tasmania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Tasmania is Australia's most mountainous state, therefore it is hardly surprising that mountain areas take up a large proportion of the states area.
		Weather is very changeable and snow has fallen in the middle of summer on the higher areas.
		On the other hand areas that are protected from west winds are rainshadowed and may receive as little as 700mm (28ins).
	home.iprimus.com.au /ozthunder/oz/mounttas.html (298 words)

	DPIW - Marine Protected Areas Strategy
		The State Government is committed to ensuring the long-term ecological viability of Tasmania's marine environment, and the protection of its biodiversity.
		The Marine Protected Areas Strategy was developed through an extensive period of consultation.
		To assist with the preparation of the strategy the Department, in conjunction with the Marine and Marine Industries Council, prepared a Background Report.
	www.dpiw.tas.gov.au /inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-54983Z?open (240 words)

	IUCN - World Commission on Protected Areas
		The paper concludes that while the extension of models is essential these efforts should support, not replace or erode public protected areas.
		The award honours her “service to the environment and nature conservation through contributions to environmental organisations, public authorities and policy development in biodiversity conservation, protected areas and sustainable tourism”.
		On the 2nd February, fires are still burning in remote areas to the south of Canberra in Victoria (near Kosciuszko National Park) and to the north near a small town called Wee Jasper.
	www.iucn.org /themes/wcpa/region/anz/anz.html (1660 words)

	Protected Areas on Private Land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Coles Bay locals Kip and Diana Nunn were one of the first landowners to sign a Protected Areas on Private Land conservation covenant.
		The area is also habitat for many native animals and birds, and also important for the rare New Holland Mouse (Pseudomys novaehollandiae).
		PAPL are now contacting people owning land with native vegetation in the Freycinet area to encourage them to protect their important natural values with a conservation covenant.
	www.papl.tas.gov.au /r_nunn.html (292 words)

	Australia Now - Australia's protected areas
		Australia is considered to be a world leader in joint management of protected areas with the land’s indigenous traditional owners.
		Australia’s protected areas are not only concentrated on dry land - with such significant natural treasures as the Great Barrier Reef, there is a need to extend protection into the sea as well.
		The Greater Blue Mountains Area is an area of breathtaking views, rugged tablelands, sheer cliffs, deep, inaccessible valleys and swamps teeming with life.
	www.dfat.gov.au /facts/protected_area.html (2383 words)

	DPIW - Managing our Marine Reserves
		Tasmania has approximately 5,400 kilometres of coastline straddling the cool temperate climate zone.
		In carefully developing the framework, members of the Council took into consideration Commonwealth initiatives on conservation and sustainable use of marine ecosystems and the agreement to develop a national representative system of Marine Protected Areas together with assessing progress in other states and around the world.
		is undertaking the identification and selection of new marine protected areas following a defined 12 step process defined in the strategy which involves extensive public consultation.
	www.dpiw.tas.gov.au /inter.nsf/WebPages/RLIG-536855?open (514 words)

	The Wilderness Society - Native title in protected areas
		The legal nexus between native title and the dedication of lands and waters by the State for the protection of natural and cultural values is a staging post for the historical conundrum presented by the relationship between indigenous 'first nations' and a colonial settler society.
		And two, there is a public interest, and in fact, an international agenda, in the protection of natural and cultural values that overlays but doesn't automatically square with indigenous rights and interests in the land, either broadly or specific to the judicial and legislative backing for native title.
		It turns attention from the assumption that any country not in protected areas is therefore 'unprotected' and subject to resource and economic exploitation regardless of the environmental consequences.
	www.wilderness.org.au /projects/Queensland/nattitle.html (769 words)

	TFGA-Protected Areas - FAQ
		Tasmania's public reserve system alone will not guarantee the protection of these natural values.
		The conditions in a conservation covenant are negotiated with the landowner and arc designed to protect the natural values of the land.
		You will also gain peace of mind as you will be protecting your land for future generations and contributing to nature conservation in Australia.
	www.tfga.com.au /pages/environment/protected_areas_faq.htm (283 words)

	Protected areas of Tasmania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tasmania may be the smallest state in Australia, but it contains no fewer than 495 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 22,034 km² (land area: 22,020 km² – 32.23% of the state’s area).
		19 of these are National parks, totalling 14,308 km² (20.94% of the state’s area).
		This page was last modified 01:19, 19 July 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Protected_areas_of_Tasmania_(Australia) (90 words)

	TAS Country Hour - 07/06/2005: New MPAs proposed for east coast
		The fishing industry has welcomed plans to establish a new marine protected area in the state's south east.
		There are seven marine protected areas around Tasmania, ranging from 45 hectares at Tinderbox to nearly 80 thousand hectares at Macquarie Island.
		He says any plan which has a limited impact on fishing areas will be embraced by the fishing industry, but also pointed to moves within the State Government toward a structural adjustment (compensation) plan for fishers who do lose income through loss of fishing area.
	www.abc.net.au /rural/tas/stories/s1386654.htm (184 words)

	Northern Territory marine protected areas
		The Government is working to establish a network of marine protected areas in Commonwealth waters as part of the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas.
		He said identifying the need for marine protected areas was a major component of Australia's Oceans Policy.
		The first Marine Protected Areas under consideration by the Australian Government were in the Murray Canyons and Zeehan regions between the South Australian border and the west coast of Tasmania, in the South-east Regional Marine Planning process, and have had comprehensive engagement with the fishing industry.
	www.mffc.gov.au /releases/2005/05019mj.html (329 words)

	Protected Areas on Private Land Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The Protected Areas on Private Lands Program is a partnership between the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers, The Australian Bush Heritage Fund and the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.
		Even though large areas of Tasmania are protected in public reserves, there are many species, vegetation communities, habitat types and landforms that are not well reserved.
		The aim of the Program is to promote and facilitate voluntary conservation agreements between the Tasmanian Government and private landowners who have important natural values on their properties.
	www.rpdc.tas.gov.au /soer/copy/43/index.php (231 words)

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