7.1 Native vegetation

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Vegetation extent
• Vegetation condition
• Pressures
• Vegetation extent and condition
• Vegetation condition
• Responses
• Native Vegetation Act and property vegetation plans
• Future directions

7.2 Native fauna and flora

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Native fauna
• Native flora
• Threatened species
• Pressures
• Listed key threatening processes
• Responses
• Legislative and policy frameworks
• On-ground programs and management
• Future directions

7.3 Reserves and conservation

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Terrestrial reserve system
• Private land conservation
• Conservation on other tenures
• Marine reserve system
• Pressures
• Threats to values in terrestrial reserves
• Threats to conservation on private land
• Threats to marine protected areas
• Responses
• Terrestrial reserve system
• Private land conservation
• Marine protected areas
• Future directions

7.4 Invasive species

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Extent of the issue
• Distribution of pest animals in NSW
• Distribution of environmental weeds in NSW
• Distribution of aquatic pests
• Environmental impacts of invasive species
• Pressures
• Habitat disturbance
• Greater mobility and trade
• Changes in distribution
• Climate change
• Lack of information
• Responses
• Legislation
• Invasive Species Plan
• Management of invasive species
• Future directions

7.5 Fire

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Incidence of fire
• Fire ecology
• Fire management
• Pressures
• Causes of fire
• Fire and climate change
• Responses
• Fire protection and management
• Community education and prevention
• Knowledge and information
• Future directions

7.6 Fisheries

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Fish stocks
• Freshwater fish and fisheries
• Pressures
• Commercial fisheries catch
• Recreational fisheries catch
• Shark Meshing (Bather Protection) Program
• Responses
• Fish stock status
• Harvesting
• Shark meshing
• Future directions

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