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Acting to conserve
our biodiversity - Spheres of Action Our interactions with the natural environment help shape the future of our biodiversity, either directly or indirectly. All sorts of opportunities arise to provide leadership and direction – as individuals or as members of organisations.
If we make smart use of increasingly accessible information, if market signals better incorporate environmental costs, and if we pay conscious attention to sustaining ecosystems, we can assure a richer future.
We will know we are heading in the right direction when we see the following outcomes.
More details on each of these outcomes are provided on the following pages.
Sustaining our natural wealth is an ongoing job. It is not a task which can be adequately defined by a set list of actions, or a fixed set of priorities. Consequently, this strategy does not prescribe detailed actions or priorities for government, industry or the community. Rather, it outlines in general terms – as a set of desired actions – what we could expect to see, as people become more aware of the need to conserve biodiversity. This includes obligations for government as well as actions desired of other parts of the community.
Ecosystems are dynamic, forever adjusting and readjusting to change. Likewise, ecosystem management needs to have a dynamic, continuously adapting base.
We will have to regularly revisit and review our actions to ensure that the biodiversity outcomes we want really are being achieved.
We will have to learn continuously about the best way to conserve biodiversity, and flexibility in achieving the suggested outcomes is the corollary.
Flexibility has to be allied with greater accountability so that we can be sure that the outcomes we are seeking are attained.
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ictoria has extensive policy, legislative and regulatory mechanisms for conserving biodiversity. This section summarises the actions we can take to encourage and inform individuals and organisations so that we can all contribute positively to conserving biodiversity whenever we encounter or make use of it.