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Nature reserves remain an important means of conserving biodiversity in the face of a range of threats, including vegetation clearing . However, less than 4% of the Burdekin basin is included within National Parks (NLWRA 2002). The proportion of regional ecosystems of the three main bioregions of the Region included in national parks ranges from 43% Desert Uplands, to 57% Einasleigh Uplands and 67% Brigalow Belt (Sattler and Williams 1999). For more information on regional ecosystems of interest to you, search the see Regional Ecosystem Description Database (REDD) .
The BDTNRM has six major collaborative projects underway to protect significant habitats:
Desert Uplands Committee
EPAs website - nature conservation
EPA Nature Refuges web site
Nature Refuge Landholders Association Queensland Inc web site
Assessment of Biodiversity Condition in a Rangelands Environment Using Remote Sensing
Australian Fire Regimes: Contemporary Patterns (April 1998 - March 2000) and Changes Since European Settlement - 2002
Australia's Biodiversity - Responses to Fire: Plants, Birds and Invertebrates - 1999
Country in Flames - Proceedings of the 1994 Symposium on Biodiversity & Fire in North Australia - 1995
Desert Uplands Strategic Land Resource Assessment
Dryland Salinity in Australia: A summary of the National Land and Water Resources Audit's Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000 - 2001
Fire and Biodiversity: The Effects and Effectiveness of Fire Management - Proceedings of the Conference held 8-9 October 1994, Footscray, Melbourne - 1996
Fire management - managing for biodiversity in the rangelands - 2004
Northern Brigalow Belt: Priorities for remnant vegetation protection (project no: NHT972132)
Rangelands - Tracking Changes
Report on the Condition of Estuarine, Coastal and Marine Resources of the Burdekin Dry Tropics Region
Wetland Management Profile: Inland non-arid lakes
Principles for riparian lands management NEW