Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (04/07/2002) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

I, DAVID KEMP, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to section 184(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby amend the list referred to in section 178 of that Act by:

deleting from the list in the Vulnerable category

Epacris limbate   (Border Heath)

including in the list in the Critically Endangered category

Asplenium listeri    (Christmas Island Spleenwort)

Epacris limbata   (Border Heath)

Thersites mitchellae                   (Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail)

Dryococelus australis                Lord Howe Island Phasmid

Eidothea sp. Nightcap Range    (Nightcap Oak)

(P.H.Weston 2469)                   

Dated this………4th………..day of ………………July…….2002

David Kemp

Minister for the Environment and Heritage