Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 10

10 Meaning of biological diversity

(1)
"Biological diversity" is the natural diversity of native wildlife, together with the environmental conditions necessary for their survival, and includes—

(a) regional diversity, that is, the diversity of the landscape components of a region, and the functional relationships that affect environmental conditions within ecosystems; and

(b) ecosystem diversity, that is, the diversity of the different types of communities formed by living organisms and the relations between them; and

(c) species diversity, that is, the diversity of species; and

(d) genetic diversity, that is, the diversity of genes within each species.

(2) In subsection (1) —

"landscape components" includes landforms, soils, water, climate, wildlife and land uses.