Threatened Species and threatened ecological communities
The establishment of the Threatened Species Scientific Committee is provided for under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The EPBC Act also sets out the functions of the Committee. These include advising the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts on the amendment and updating of lists for threatened species, threatened ecological communities, and key threatening processes together with the making or adoption of recovery plans and threat abatement plans.
Also see:
Threatened Species Scientific Committee
C/- The Director
Species Listing Section
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Tel: 61 2 6274 2238
Fax: 61 2 6274 2214
Email: epbc.nominations@environment.gov.au
For details on how to nominate a native species, ecological community or key threatening process for listing, please read more about nominations
