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1	What the people want - Population Growth Attention Queenslanders! A survey is being conducted for the Local Government Association of Queensland which has been inquiring into population growth in Queensland. See Link	33
2	NSW State of the Environment 2006 New South Wales Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water State of the Environment Report for 2006.	192
3	Our Environment: Its a living thing. Our environment - it's a living thing is the overarching environmental education program of the NSW Government. This state-wide initiative motivates and encourages people to adopt environmentally sustainable lifestyles.	195
4	Community Access to Natural Resource Information (CANRI) Is a New South Wales Government program harnessing the power of the Internet to provide access to the State's environmental maps and data for the widest audience at minimal expense to the government and community.	211
5	New South Wales Planning State Government Planning Department website.	183
6	Environment and Resources (QLD) The department plays a critical role in the stewardship of Queensland's natural resources, manages and allocates the state's land and water resources, and manages native vegetation and the use and sale of native forest resources.	187
7	Department of Environment and Heritage (SA) The Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH) is responsible for South Australia's nature conservation, heritage conservation and animal welfare.	223
8	Planning in South Australia This is the South Australian Government's Department of Planning and Local Government site for information about the State's planning and development system and associated services, including the building rules.	210
9	WA Department of Environment and Conservation The department has the lead responsibility for protecting and conserving the State’s environment on behalf of the people of Western Australia. This includes managing the State’s national parks, marine parks, conservation parks, State forests and timber reserves, nature reserves, marine nature reserves and marine management areas.	263
10	New body to tackle state's growing pains Queensland will today get a new agency charged with managing the state's population growing pains. Premier Anna Bligh will be in Mackay this morning to unveil Growth Management Queensland, a body charged with ensuring a regional approach to population growth. - another example of the increase in costs in supporting surging population growth.	61

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"Australia's population size will be determine by how we manage this old flat and salty land. Population growth is one of the main drivers of increasing greenhouse gas emissions, along with energy consumption, economic growth and land use," he said.-Barry Pittock, retired scientist with the CSIRO's division of Atmospheric Research speaking at a conference titled "Food, Energy, and Population" held in Adelaide at the University of South Australia in July of 2002

Media Release - 28th June, 2010

Gillard on population: An outbreak of commonsense?

Sustainable Population Australia, the nation’s only environment group campaigning on reducing human population, is greatly encouraged by the comments of incoming Prime Minister Gillard about reducing immigration.

National President of SPA, Sandra Kanck, says that after more than two decades of hammering away at this issue and the spectacular population growth, which took place under the auspices of former PM Rudd, it appears Australia now might be on the brink of an outbreak of commonsense. Full Release

Discover biodiversity - every day

Biodiversity is the backbone of all life on earth, and its conservation lies at the very core of IUCN’s work. ‘Species of the Day’ has been launched as part of IUCN’s involvement in the International Year of Biodiversity.

With mounting scientific evidence of a serious extinction crisis, it’s time to take action. “The latest analysis of the IUCN Red List shows the 2010 target to reduce biodiversity loss will not be met,” says Jane Smart, Director of IUCN’s Biodiversity Conservation Group. “It’s time for governments to get serious about saving species and make sure it’s high on their agendas for next year, as we’re rapidly running out of time.”

Each day of 2010 will see a different species featured on the IUCN website, with information on the threats it faces. The 365 species selected represent the entire range of taxonomic groups and cover all regions. We have started by featuring some better known species, including the Polar Bear and will move on to cover plants, fungi, invertebrates and more. Both charismatic and obscure species will be featured, providing an insight into the astonishing level of biodiversity that exists.

If you would like to access the archived list of species go to www.iucnredlist.org/species-of-the-day/archives

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