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Queen of Ants - Commercial export of native Australian Queen Ants - 2020 - Victoria

Due to the impacts of coronavirus on working arrangements, stakeholders are requested to contact the Wildlife Trade Sections via email rather than telephone. Please email wps@awe.gov.au with any questions about applying for a permit or for queries relating to existing permit applications. If you have an existing application, please include your application reference number in your email. We will respond to your query as soon as possible.

Declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, October 2020

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Wildlife Trade Operation Proposal – Queen of Ants (PDF - 445.73 KB)
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About the wildlife trade operation

Approval of this wildlife trade operation (WTO) allows the commercial export of native Australian Queen ants harvested by Queen of Ants and subject to conditions. The proposal satisfies the requirements of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The small–scale WTO was registered on 22 October 2020 and will be in force from 22 October 2020 to 22 October 2023.