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Approved wildlife trade management plans

About Wildlife Trade Management Plans

Approved wildlife trade management plans replace the former category of Approved management programs. Approval of a management program made under subsection 10(2) of the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 is recognised as an approved wildlife trade management plan under the transitional arrangements of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act). These plans will continue in force until the date on which the original declaration is due to cease.

Commercial exports may be permitted for specimens taken in accordance with the provisions of an approved wildlife trade management plan. Wildlife trade management plans must meet the requirements specified in section 303FO of the Act in order to be approved. Wildlife trade management plans may be approved for a period of up to five years.

Approval of a wildlife management plan is made through an instrument signed by the Minister and published in the Gazette. The Minister may specify the period, the circumstances or conditions under which accreditation will occur in the declaration (subsection 303FT(4)). A declaration may be varied by specifying additional or new conditions or revoking or varying existing conditions by a subsequent instrument published in the Gazette (subsection 303FT(7)). A declaration must be revoked if the Minister is satisfied that a condition of the declaration has been contravened (subsection 303FT(9)). A declaration may be revoked at any time.

The approved wildlife trade management plans that are currently approved under the EPBC Act are listed below.

Conditions of approval, additional to the species covered and period of approval, are specified in the individual declarations. The declarations published on this web site are electronic copies of the original declarations published in the Commonwealth Gazette. They are reproduced, including typographical errors where present, as close as possible to the original document.

Approved Wildlife Trade Management Plans

State	Program name	Species	Organisation	Approval period
				From	To
New South Wales	NSW Cut-flower Management Plan	Protected plants	Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW	14 January 2009	31 December 2012
New South Wales	Kangaroo	Macropus rufus Macropus fuliginosus Macropus giganteus Macropus robustus robustus Macropus robustus erubescens	New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation	1 January 2007	31 December 2011
Northern Territory	Management program for cycads in the Northern Territory of Australia, 2009–2014	Cycas spp.	Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport	14 October 2009	13 October 2014
Northern Territory	Management program for the saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory of Australia, 2009–2014	Crocodylus porosus	Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport	29 September 2009	30 June 2014
Queensland	Wildlife Trade Management Plan for Export - Commercially Harvested Macropods	Macropus rufus Macropus giganteus Macropus robustus	Queensland Environmental Protection Authority	1 January 2008	31 December 2012
Queensland	Approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan for flora in Queensland	Protected plants	Queensland Environmental Protection Agency	1 January 2006	31 December 2010
South Australia	The Kangaroo Conservation and Management Plan for South Australia	Macropus rufus Macropus fuliginosus Macropus robustus	Department for Environment and Heritage	1 January 2008	31 December 2012
Tasmania	Flinders and King Island Wallaby Management Plans	Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) Tasmanian Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii)* *Tasmanian Pademelons are approved for Flinders Island only	Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment	1 December 2005	30 June 2010
Tasmania	Tree Fern Management Plan for the Sustainable Harvesting, Transporting or Trading of Dicksonia antarctica in Tasmania	Dicksonia antarctica	Tasmanian Forest Practices Authority	25th July 2007	24th July 2012
Western Australia	Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest and Farming of Crocodiles in Western Australia	Crocodylus porosus, C. johnstoni	Department of Environment and Conservation	1 January 2009	31 December 2013
Western Australia	Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in Western Australia	Macropus rufus Macropus fuliginosus (Note: Euros are covered under a Wildlife Trade Operation)	Department of Conservation and Land Management	1 January 2008	31 December 2012
Western Australia	Western Australia Flora	See Plan	Department of Environment and Conservation	2 July 2008	30 June 2013