Over the past two hundred years Europeans have had a negative impact on Cumberland Plain Woodland Forest. This presentation discusses the coexistence of biodiversity and built environments of the Sydney Basin Bioregion and solutions for the future.

1. ‘biodiversity’ “biodiversity is the variety of all life forms: different plants, animals, the genes they contain and the ecosystems in which they live”

3. Fauna

4. Ocean and Harbour

5. Waterways & Tributaries

7. Sydney Basin Bioregion Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo Source: www.environment.nsw.gov.au

8. Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo Sydney Metropolitan Area Source: www.metrostrategy.nsw.gov.au

9. Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo Source: Benson,D & Howell,J. 1990

11. Water

12. Tourism

13. Industrial Goods

14. Building Materials

15. Medicinal Products

16. Ethics?Source: Geosage.com

17. Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo Cumberland Plain Woodland“a community under threat” North-West Development Sector From this... to this...? South-West Development Sector Source: www.forest.nsw.gov

18. Biodiversity by Geoff Duggan and Mark Santangelo Education and Awareness Source: Sydney Morning Herald, December 2008

20. Can their be a sustainable co-existence between Biodiversity and the Built Environment of Sydney?