Threatened ecological community is a term used in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
for
ecosystems that are in danger of being lost due to some threatening process. Federally, threatened ecological communities are identified and protected under the ''
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999''. Some states also have legislation to cover these. In
New South Wales, for example, ecosystems may be gazetted as threatened under the ''
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
The ''Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act)'' was enacted by the Parliament of New South Wales in 1995 to protect threatened species, populations and ecological communities in NSW. In 2016 it was replaced by the '' Biodiversity Co ...
'', and in
Western Australia they may be protected under the ''
Wildlife Conservation Act 1950''.
External links
Threatened ecological communities recognised under the ''Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999''Threatened ecological communities in NSW
See also
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List of threatened ecological communities of Australia
This list of threatened ecological communities of Australia is derived from the Australian federal government's assessment of submissions regarding ecological communities, assemblages of flora and fauna with identified interactions in particular ...
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Natural history of Australia
Nature conservation in Australia
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