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Degradation of native riparian vegetation along NSW water courses

Fisheries Primefact
Primefact Number: 12    Edition: First edition    Released/reviewed: 01 Jun 2005

In November 2001, the degradation of native riparian vegetation along NSW water courses was listed as a key threatening process (KTP) under the Fisheries Management Act 1994. The contents of this process include information on the following:

  • What is 'riparian vegetation'?
  • Why is riparian vegetation important to aquatic systems and native fish?
  • How is riparian vegetation degraded?
  • What threatened fish are affected by this KTP?
  • What happens after a KTP is listed?
  • How are threat abatement plans implemented?
  • Reducing the impacts of this KTP
  • Bibliography and further reading.
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