Endnotes

1. Victorian Catchment and Land Protection Council (1996)
   Annual Report 1995-96. Melbourne, Australia, p. 24 and elsewhere.

2. Victorian Coastal Council (1997) Victorian Coastal Strategy. Melbourne, Australia, p. 12.
3. See for example Victorian Catchment and Land Protection Council (1996)
   Annual Report 1995-96. Melbourne, Australia, p. 39 for a discussion of priorities assessment.
4. Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, s.17(2).
5. Australia is classed as one of the 12 ‘megadiverse’ nations of the world, which together harbour between 60 and 70 percent of all known species (Beattie, A. J. (ed.) (1995) Australia’s Biodiversity: Living Wealth. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: Reed Books. - Preface).
6. ‘Capitalising on Victoria’s natural assets while protecting the environment’ is stated as one of 12 key issues in Tourism Victoria’s Strategic Business Plan 1997–2001 (Tourism Victoria (1997) Strategic Business Plan 1997–2001: Building Partnerships. Melbourne, Australia, p. 28).
7. Tourism Victoria (1997) Strategic Business Plan 1997–2001: Building Partnerships. Melbourne, Australia, p. 114.
8. The National Strategy on biodiversity identifies key criteria for protected area systems as 'comprehensive, adequate and representative' (Commonwealth of Australia (1996) The National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia’s Biological Diversity. Canberra, Australia, p. 9).
9. Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment (1992) Agreement between the Commonwealth, States and Territories and the Australian Local Government Association, pp. 13–14.
10. Beattie, A. J. (ed.) (1995) Australia’s Biodiversity: Living Wealth. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: Reed Books.
11. World Resources Institute (1995) in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Conservation Union (IUCN). National Biodiversity Planning. Baltimore, USA: WRI Publications, p. xii.
12. ISO 14001 is the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) environmental management specification, part of the ISO 14000 series of standards and guidance documents. ISO 14000 was finalised in November 1996.
13. The Code specifically requires, for public land native forests, that Forest Management Plans consider how to enhance conservation values and biodiversity: see Department of Natural Resources and Environment (1996) Code of Forest Practices for Timber Production. Melbourne, Australia, p. 23. Note that the Code is consistent with the National Forest Policy Statement to which Victoria is a signatory. In the National Forest Policy Statement, conservation of biodiversity is specifically mentioned as one of the goals. See Commonwealth of Australia (1992a) National Forest Policy Statement: A New Focus for Australia’s Forests. Canberra, Australia, pp. 5 and 8.
14. Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment (1992) Agreement between the Commonwealth, States and Territories and the Australian Local Government Association, p. 14.
15. Commonwealth of Australia (1992a) National Forest Policy Statement: A New Focus for Australia’s Forests. Canberra, Australia, pp. 5 and 8.
16. Office of Regulation Reform (1996) Principles of Good Regulation. Melbourne, Australia.