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Figure 3. Extent of bioregions included in conservation reserves of the Australian Alps and the Great Escarpment of Eastern Australia conservation corridors. 112 Celebrating Mountains – An International Year of Mountains Conference Jindabyne, New South Wales, Australia
Biodiversity conservation sampling for the conservation corridors Australia is a mega-biodiverse country. National surveys undertaken through the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) (Environment Australia 2000) have determined that there are 85 discreet bioregions for the nation. The Australian Alps conservation corridor includes nearly 80% of the Australian Alps Bioregion while the southern section of the Great Escarpment of Eastern Australia conservation corridor protected areas (to the Hunter Valley) sample a significant proportion of three bioregions in NSW and Victoria (Figure 3, Table 2). Table 2. Area of IBRA* Bioregions included in protected areas in the Australian Alps and Great Escarpment of Eastern Australia conservation corridors IBRA* Bioregion Area of bioregion (ha) Area (ha) of conservation reserves in each bioregion Percent of IBRA bioregion in conservation reserves AUSTRALIAN ALPS 787,432 629,399 79.9% Australian Alps GREAT ESCARPMENT 8,573,975 1,431,209 16.7% South Eastern Highlands Sydney Basin 3,607,502 1,678,326 46.5% South East Corner 2,703,706 753,816 27.9% IBRA – Interim Bioregionalisation of Australia (Thackway & Cresswell, 1995) The Greater Blue Mountains National Parks located at the northern end of the Great Escarpment conservation corridor were inscribed on the World Heritage list in 2000. The Greater Blue Mountains Area provides outstanding examples representing on-going ecological and biological processes significant in the evolution of Australia's highly diverse ecosystems and communities of plants and animals, particularly eucalypt-dominated ecosystems. Ninety one Eucalypt taxa are represented in this area (NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 2000) Table 3 compares the number of Eucalypt taxa in the Great Escarpment conservation corridor and Australian Alps and provides an an indication as to the comparative richness and importance of the biodiversity of these conservation corridors. Celebrating Mountains – An International Year of Mountains Conference Jindabyne, New South Wales, Australia 113
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Page 3 and 4: Conservation corridors globally are
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Page 11 and 12: In response to a rural environment
Page 13 and 14: National benefits of a continental
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Page 19 and 20: Management Of Tourism In The Kosciu
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Why are there no Yaitmathang today?
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Alps Mining - Did We Really Get Ove
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A Chinese Presence Barry McGowan Th
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