Observations on the potential loss of threatened species in urbanising Western Sydney: Death by a thousand cuts

Danny Wotherspoon; Shelley Burgin

doi:10.7882/FS.2010.023

Observations on the potential loss of threatened species in urbanising Western Sydney: Death by a thousand cuts

Danny Wotherspoon, Shelley Burgin

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Despite international concern for biodiversity loss, as urban pressure increases on the Cumberland Plain of Western Sydney, the native vegetation continues to be lost despite being
classified as an 'endangered ecological community' under both state and federal legislation. While substantial sized remnants may evoke public attention, small developments are often
approved without adequate attention to the long term impact on even the threatened species of the Plain. In this paper we provide examples of the way in which remnants that may be only a single housing lot in size, can be habitat for protected species. The on-going loss of these, often tiny reservoirs, is undoubtedly resulting in the loss of native biodiversity by '1000 cuts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The natural history of Sydney
Editors	Daniel Lunney, Pat Hutchings, Dieter Hochuli
Place of Publication	New South Wales, Australia
Publisher	Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Pages	277-281
Number of pages	5
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9780980327236
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7882/FS.2010.023
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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The natural history of Sydney. ed. / Daniel Lunney; Pat Hutchings; Dieter Hochuli. 1. ed. New South Wales, Australia: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 2010. p. 277-281.

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