Biodiversity

Threatened species

Draft national recovery plan for the spectacled flying fox Pteropus conspicillatus

Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, 2009

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Summary

The spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) includes general restrictions relevant to genus Pteropus.

Known threats to the spectacled flying fox include loss of habitat, conflict with humans and/or man-made obstacles, entanglement in nets, illegal shooting, electrocution on powerlines, entanglement in barbed wire fencing and backyard drape netting, tick paralysis, genetic disorders (e.g. cleft palate syndrome), agricultural pesticide residue poisoning and vehicle-related mortality.

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

See also

Cover page of recovery plan

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