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Impact of fires on Threatened Ecological Communities
On 19 February 2020, the Department released an initial list of threatened ecological communities which have more than 10% of their estimated distribution in areas affected by bushfires in southern and eastern Australia between 1 July 2019 and 11...
19
Feb
2020
National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset (NIAFED) released
The Department has released a National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset (NIAFED) on behalf of the Commonwealth Government that aggregates available fire extent data for the 2019/20 fire season, starting on 1 July 2019 and provides a...
13
Feb
2020
Bushfire impacts on natural and cultural heritage sites
The Minister for the Environment held a roundtable discussion today with ecologists, heritage experts, Indigenous land managers and community representatives at Parliament House to review bushfire impacts on natural and cultural heritage sites,...
13
Feb
2020
Provisional list of animal species identified as highest priority for intervention
The Department has released a provisional list of animal species that have been identified by experts as the highest priorities for urgent management intervention.
11
Feb
2020
Expert Panel 3rd communique
The wildlife and threatened species bushfire recovery Expert Panel has released a communique.
10
Feb
2020

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