Amendment to the lists of threatened species, threatened ecological communities and key threatening processes under sections 178, 181 and 183 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (188) (02/05/2016) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Amendment to the lists of threatened species, threatened ecological communities and key threatening processes under sections 178, 181 and 183 of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (188)

I, GREG HUNT, Minister for the Environment under section 184(1) (a)(b)(c) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), amend the list referred to in section 178 of that Act by:

including in list in the Critically Endangered category

Calidris tenuirostris
Calochilus cupreus
Galaxias rostratus
Limosa lapponica menzbieri
Pterostylis psammophila
Thelymitra hygrophila

including in the list in the Endangered category

Amytornis dorotheae
Calidris canutus
Charadrius mongolus
Eucalyptus macarthurii
Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida
Stylidium ensatum
Veronica parnkalliana

including in thelist in the Vulnerable category

Antechinus minimus maritimus
Charadrius leschenaultii
Limosa lapponica baueri
Macroderma gigas
Mastacomys fuscus
Petauroides volans
Petrogale sharmani
Petrogale xanthopus celeris

deleting from the list from the Vulnerable category

Cacatua pastinator pastinator
Carex tasmanica

transferring in the list from the Endangered to the Critically Endangered category

Lathamus discolor

..........Greg Hunt....................................................................................................
Minister for the Environment

Dated ………2 : May................………………….…………. 2016…………