In principle, AFSA supports the development of an online tool to enable a simple assessment of the potential impacts of animal industries to determine permit requirements, acknowledging the complexity of information needed to make such an assessment (water supply catchments,
significant native vegetation, soil type, rainfall, proximity to settlements...).
Not exact matches
For some time conservationists have made aware of the fact that the rapidly growing number of brown Spanish slugs is replacing the
native black slug in Central Europe as well as inflicting
significant damage on natural
vegetation and agricultural products.
World famous for the Twelve Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge and historic shipwrecks, the Twelve Apostles Marine National Park encompasses
significant vegetation and fauna
native to south - western Victoria.
The reasons for the declines remain speculative but
vegetation succession, climatic fluctuations, predation by
native and exotic species, competition from other frog species, and water pollution caused by pesticides and / or other chemicals associated with agriculture are possibly
significant (Harding 1997, Lannoo 1998, Hammerson 1999, Hammerson and Livo 1999).