Describing and listing threatened ecological communities under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (NSW): Part 2 - The role of supplementary descriptors and the listing process

Environmental and Planning Law Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 372-390

  Preston, Brian J S C ^a   Adam, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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25. Act No 78, 2.10.2002, s 3 and Sch 1.
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