Can Conservation Assessment Criteria Developed for Terrestrial Systems be Applied to Riverine Systems

摘要: Australia's aquatic ecosystems are of outstanding diversity and interest on a world scale. As one the world's driest continents, its water resources under growing pressure, yet there no systematic conservation efforts. Any moves towards biodiversity must be pursued within appropriate scientific, policy, management contexts. A key starting point is articulation values. Concepts criteria for well established in terrestrial Australia. They often framed legislation or derived through policy practice. If freshwater to conserved, then methods assessment need integrated with possible mechanisms protection. So it useful examine whether thresholds applied systems valid ecosystems. Two questions discussed: commonly conservati...