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GLOSSARY, ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS

Term                             Definition


           Biodiversity           The variety of all life forms, the genes they contain and the ecosystems and
                                  ecological processes they are part of
          Connectivity            A behaviourally determined, species specific parameter, which depends on
                                  both landscape composition and movement ability and of animals; a
                                  parameter that measures the processes by which sub-populations in a
                                  landscape are interconnected
            Contiguous            Proximally close
                   C’wlth         Commonwealth
                      DEH         Department of Environment and Heritage (Commonwealth)
 Ecological Corridor              Retained and or restored systems of linear habitat, which at a minimum
                                  enhance the connectivity of wildlife populations and may help them
                                  overcome the main consequences of habitat fragmentation (Wilson &
                                  Lindenmeyer 1995); A defined area of contiguous habitat that facilitates
                                  the dispersal of subpopulations throughout the landscape. Corridors may
                                  be structural, being identifiable physical/spatial features of habitat, and
                                  functional being a measure of whether a species can move between
                                  habitat patches (Bennett 1990).
                      EPA         (Queensland) Environmental Protection Agency
               EPBC Act           Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (C’wlth) 1999
                   Exotic         An introduced species, especially one that is not of Australian origin
                     Feral        Wild exotic animal, usually a domesticated animal/animal species that has
                                  reverted to its wild form
                     Flora        The plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period (pl. floras or
                                  florae)
       Fragmentation              The division of natural areas by vegetation clearance for human land use,
                                  isolating the remnants and the species within them and limiting genetic
                                  flow
                       GIS        Geographic Information System; a computer information technology which
                                  stores, analyses and graphically displays geographic data
                      GPS         Global Positioning System; a portable or handheld receiver unit that
                                  receives signals from the orbiting satellites that allows the GPS unit to
                                  triangulate the data to determine the units exact location (typically in
                                  latitude and longitude), elevation, speed, and time of recording
     Differential GPS             A method of correcting for electronics errors and other natural accuracy-
                                  degrading effects. In its simplest a GPS base station is set up at a precisely
                                  known location. The base station receiver calculates its position based on
                                  satellite signals and compares this location to the known location. The
                                  difference is applied to the GPS data recorded by the roving GPS receiver to
                                  give a corrected (and more accurate) reading
                   MNES           Matter of National Environmental Significance
                  NC Act          Nature Conservation Act (Qld) 1992
   NC(W) Regulation               Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006
                     NRW          Department of Natural Resources and Water (Qld)
                       Qld        Queensland

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