Draft national recovery plan for the Proserpine rock-wallaby Petrogale persephone
The State of Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, 2009
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Summary
The Proserpine rock-wallaby Petrogale persephone is listed as ‘Endangered’ under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992.
Proserpine rock-wallabies are threatened by the following processes:
- Land clearing and habitat fragmentation (residential developments, quarrying, grazing and transport corridors)
- Introduced predators (feral dogs and cats)
- Introduced diseases (toxoplasmosis and hydatids)
- Roads and traffic
- Introduced toxic plants
Open for public comment
You are invited to comment on this draft recovery plan in accordance with the provisions of section 275 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
The public comment period closes 4 January 2010.
If you wish to comment on a draft recovery plan, please send your comments, quoting the title of the plan, to:
Email: recoveryplans@environment.gov.au
Mail:
Director
Recovery, Planning and Implementation Section
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Fax: 02 6274 1921
Draft recovery plans are available in hard copy from the Department's Community Information Unit
- Email: ciu@environment.gov.au
- Freecall: 1800 803 772
See also
- Proserpine rock-wallaby (Petrogale persephone) recovery plan 2000–2004
- Petrogale persephone - Proserpine rock-wallaby - SPRAT
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