Biodiversity conservation
The EPBC Act contains an extensive regime for the conservation of biodiversity including provisions dealing with:
- identifying and monitoring biodiversity, and preparing bioregional plans
- listing of nationally threatened species and ecological communities, migratory species and marine species
- preparing conservation advice and/or national recovery plans and wildlife conservation plans for listed species and additional protection for listed species in Commonwealth areas
- identifying key threatening processes and the preparing threat abatement plans for such processes (if required)
- establishment of the Australian Whale Sanctuary in Australia's exclusive economic zone
- access to biological resources in Commonwealth areas
- invasive species
- import and export of plants and animals (wildlife) and products derived from wildlife
- voluntary conservation agreements which may cover environmentally significant private land, including Indigenous land
- protection and management of World Heritage properties, National and Commonwealth Heritage places, Ramsar wetlands and Commonwealth reserves
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- Threatened species and ecological communities
- Protected species in Commonwealth areas
- Whales and other cetaceans
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