Ecosystem Conservation - Nature Conservation Strategy

• Public release of No Species Loss - A Nature Conservation Strategy for South Australia 2007-2017
• A summary of the Government's response to feedback received during public consultation on No Species Loss - February 2007

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Public release of No Species Loss - A Nature Conservation Strategy for South Australia 2007-2017

On 10 July 2007 the South Australian Government released No Species Loss-A Nature Conservation Strategy for South Australia 2007-2017.

No Species Loss is the first statewide nature conservation strategy for South Australia. As its name suggests, the aim of the No Species Loss Strategy is to lose no more species in South Australia, whether they be on land, in rivers, creeks, lakes and estuaries or the sea. No Species Loss defines what is required within the next ten years to protect the State's wide array of ecosystems - the native plants and animals, and the environments in which they live. The Strategy also recognises that some of the damage we have done to our ecosystems may take hundreds of years to repair.

The vision of No Species Loss is a bold and aspirational one:

the people of South Australia actively supporting their native plants, animals and ecosystems to survive, evolve and adapt to environmental change.

Lose no species is one of the targets of the South Australian Strategic Plan and the No Species Loss Strategy is a direct, whole of government partnership response to South Australia's Strategic Plan targets:

T3.1 lose no known native species as a result of human impacts;
T3.2 by 2010 have five well established biodiversity corridors aimed at maximising ecological outcomes particularly in the face of climate change; and
T3.4 by 2010 create 19 marine parks aimed at maximising ecological outcomes.

Implementation of the No species Loss Strategy will commence in 2007/2008 and responsibility for delivery of the targets within the Strategy is spread across 13 Government agencies. The Natural Resources Management Council will be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the contribution off No Species Loss to the State Natural Resources Management Plan.

See the No Species Loss Nature Conservation Strategy (7.4Mb PDF).

See Overview (2.3Mb PDF) of the No Species Loss Strategy.

See Community document (600Kb PDF) on the No Species Loss Strategy.

Printed copies of No Species Loss

Printed copies of No Species Loss - A Nature Conservation Strategy for South Australia 2007-2017 are available at a cost of $7.50 from the Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH) Information Line on (61 8) 8204 1910 or refer to the White Pages for your local regional DEH office.

A summary of the Government's response to feedback received during public consultation on No Species Loss - February 2007

The Department for Environment and Heritage collated the information collected during the No Species Loss public consultation period and redrafted No Species Loss. All information was considered in the preparation of the final strategy.

A summary of the government's response to public feedback on No Species Loss can be viewed and downloaded from the location below.

See Government's response to public feedback on No Species Loss - February 2007 (250Kb PDF).