Loss
of climatic habitat caused by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse
gases is listed as a key threatening process
under the Environmental
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
T
here
is evidence that modification of the environment by humans may result
in future climate change. Human induced activities as a result of
energy use, industrial processes, solvent and other product use,
agriculture, land use change and forestry, and waste cause greenhouse
gas emissions. Human-caused climate change may occur at a faster rate
than has previously occurred naturally and may involve both changes
in average temperature conditions and changes to the frequency of
occurrence of extreme events.
Fire
is an integral part of the dynamics of many Australian ecosystems and
the risk of fire may increase in some areas as the climate changes
and decrease in others, with consequent changes to the species
composition and structure of ecological communities
Flatback
turtle (Natator
depressus)
(Brasher
& Pittock 1998; NSW Scientific Committee 2000).
Northern
bettong (Bettongia
tropica)
The
distribution of most species, populations and communities is
determined by climate and many species would be adversely affected
unless populations were able to m
ove
across the landscape.
Sooty
oystercatcher (Heamatopus fuliginosus)
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