Reducing the impacts of development on wildlife

Introduction

Potential impacts of development on flora and fauna

Selecting measures to reduce impacts of development on wildlife - why an understanding of ecology is fundamental

Avoiding impacts on flora and fauna

Modifying human behaviour to reduce impacts of development on flora and fauna

Measures to reduce direct fauna and flora mortality during land clearance

Measures to exclude or deter fauna from a development site

Measures to promote safe movement of fauna around and through a development site

Measures to minimise habitat degradation near a development site

Measures to provide additional habitat for flora and fauna impacted by development

Ex situ measures for conservation of flora and fauna

Environmental offsets

Monitoring

Adaptive management

Concluding remarks.