Question On Notice No. 445 asked in the Legislative Council on 1 December 2021 by Hon Dr Brad Pettitt
Question Directed to the: Minister representing the Minister for Environment
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
Why has the Minister for Environment not made an order for the listing of
specially protected species, or threatened species, or extinct species, or
extinct in the wild species, or threatened ecological communities, or collapsed
ecological communities since 2018?
Answered on 15 February 2022
Listing of native species, ecological communities and threatening processes
(s13-39) of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act) commenced on 1 January 2019.
The notices published in 2018 were under the provisions of the former Wildlife Conservation Act 1950.
The BC Act requires listings under Part 2 to be in accordance with the ministerial guidelines (s260). The Ministerial Guidelines were finalised in 2021. Nominations for listings of threatened species are currently being considered.