Commonwealth of Australia

Conservation theme for prioritising nominations of threatened species, threatened ecological communities and key threatening processes under Section 194D of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (253)

I, SUSSAN LEY, Minister for the Environment under section 194D of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, determine that the following conservation theme should be given priority in relation to the assessment period commencing 1 October 2021:

‘Species and ecological communities that require listing or transfer to a higher listing category as a result of the impacts of the 2019/20 bushfires’

Sussan Ley

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Minister for the Environment

Dated ……………...13 January................………………….…………. 2021…………