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Australian Government Sites

Natural Heritage Trust
This site is no longer being updated
http://www.nht.gov.au/index.html

Natural Resource Management
http://www.nrm.gov.au/index.html

National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality
This site is no longer being updated                          http://www.napswq.gov.au/index.html

Department of the Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts
http://www.deh.gov.au/index.html

NSW Department of Primary Industries
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/

Land and Water Australia
http://www.lwa.gov.au/       

Australian Legislation

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
This is the starting point to work through the EPBC Act.  http://www.deh.gov.au/epbc/about/index.html

Heritage laws
Provides a good overview of the objectives of the law with links to current legislation.
http://www.deh.gov.au/heritage/laws/index.html

Ask First
A guide to respecting Indigenous heritage places and values www.ahc.gov.au/publications/ indigenousheritage/pubs/askfirst.pdf

Catchment Management Authorities

NSW Catchment Management Authorities
http://www.cma.nsw.gov.au/index.html

Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority
http://www.southern.cma.nsw.gov.au/index.html

Landcare

Landcare Australia
http://www.landcareaustralia.com.au

Landcare NSW
http://www.landcarensw.org/

EPA Greendates
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/greendates/index.htm

Other Bodies

Australian Conservation Foundation
http://www.acfonline.org.au/

Greening Australia
http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/GA/NAT/

Conservation Volunteers Australia
http://www.conservationvolunteers.com.au/

Mapping tools

Community Access to Natural Resource Information (CANRI) 
CANRI is a New South Wales Government program harnessing the power of the Internet to provide access to the State's environmental maps and data for the widest audience at minimal expense to the government and community.
http://www.canri.nsw.gov.au/

Community Landcare Information Online
Good overview of landcare in NSW but some of the information is out of date.
http://clio.dnr.nsw.gov.au/

Physical geography sites

Understanding river landscapes
http://www.rivers.gov.au/model/index.htm

OzEstuaries                                                                           http://www.ozestuaries.org/

Threatened Species

Threatened species and ecological communities
This web site has information on all Nationally listed threatened species and ecological communities.  This page also contains links to State Threatened Species lists.
http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/index.html

NSW Threatened Species
http://www.threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/index.aspx

Miscellaneous

AANRO - Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online
An integrated knowledge discovery tool for agriculture and natural resources
Funded by Australian Commonwealth and State Governments
http://www.aanro.net/page/home.html

Seashells of NSW by Des Beechey
http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/index.htm

Plants

Australia's Virtual Herbarium
http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/avh/index.html

Weeds

Weeds Australia
http://www.weeds.org.au/

CRC for Australian Weed Management
http://www.weeds.crc.org.au/index_flash.html

Environmental Weeds in Australia
Developed by the Australian National Botanic Gardens
http://www.anbg.gov.au/weeds/weeds.html

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