EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
(Issued under the Authority of the Minister for the Environment)
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)
Instrument under section 209(1)(b), 209(6) and 209(7)
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (the Act) provides for the protection of the environment, especially matters of national environmental significance and the conservation of biodiversity, including the protection and conservation of listed migratory species.
Section 209 of the Act provides for a list of migratory species (the List) that are included in Appendices to the Bonn Convention, and in the Annexes to the Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (JAMBA), the China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (CAMBA) or other international agreements approved by the Minister (Republic of Korea-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (ROKAMBA)).
Sections 209(1)(b), 209(6) and 209(7) of the Act provide that the Minister may, by legislative instrument, amend the List as necessary to correct inaccuracies.
The purpose of this Instrument is to amend the List by:
deleting 82 non-migratory species from the List:
(species from Australia)
- Aplonis fusca
- Cacatua pastinator pastinator
- Calyptorhynchus baudinii graptogyne
- Columba vitiensis godmanae
- Coracina tenuirostris melvillensis
- Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cookii
- Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis
- Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae subflavescens
- Dasyornis broadbenti littoralis
- Dromaius baudinianus
- Dromaius minor
- Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi
- Erythrura gouldiae
- Falcunculus frontatus whitei
- Gallicolumba norfolciensis
- Geopsittacus occidentalis
- Gerygone insularis
- Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae spadicea
- Leipoa ocellata
- Lichenostomus melanops cassidix
- Manorina melanotis
- Neophema chrysogaster
- Nestor productus
- Ninox novaeseelandiae albaria
- Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata
- Notornis alba
- Pardalotus quadragintus
- Petrophassa smithii blaawi
- Pezoporus wallicus flaviventris
- Poecilodryas superciliosa cerviniventris
- Psephotus chrysopterygius
- Psephotus pulcherrimus
- Psittaculirostris diophthalma coxeni
- Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera
- Rallus pectoralis clelandi
- Rallus philippensis maquariensis
- Rhipidura cervina
- Stipiturus malachurus intermedius
- Sula abbotti
- Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Turdus xanthopus vinitinctus
- Xanthomyza phrygia
- Zosterops albogularis
- Zosterops strenua
(species from Japan)
- Accipiter gentilis fugiyamae
- Apalopteron familiare hahasima
- Aquila chrysaetos japonica
- Branta canadensis leucopareia
- Buteo buteo oshiroi
- Buteo buteo toyoshimai
- Carduelis sinica kittlitzi
- Chalcophaps indica yamashinai
- Ciconia ciconia boyciana
- Columba janthina nitens
- Columba janthina stejnegeri
- Dendrocopus leucotos owstoni
- Diomedea albatrus
- Erithacus komadori komadori
- Erithacus komadori namiyei
- Erithacus komadori subrufus
- Falco peregrinus fruitii
- Falco peregrinus japanesis
- Garrulus lidthi
- Grus japonensis
- Haliaeetus albicilla albicilla
- Haliaeetus pelagicus pelagicus
- Ketupa blakistoni blakistoni
- Lagopus mutus japonicus
- Lunda cirrhata
- Megalurus pryeri pryeri
- Nipponia nippon
- Phalacrocorax urile
- Picoides tridactylus inouyei
- Pitta brachyura nympha
- Rallus okinawae
- Sapheopipo noguchii
- Scolopax mira
- Spilornis cheela perplexus
- Spizaetus nipalens orientalis
- Tringa guttifer
- Turdus dauma amami
- Uria aalge inornata
These species have been deleted from the migratory list as they do not meet any criteria for listing as migratory.
Section 209 of the Act does not require the Minister, when deciding whether to amend the List under section 209(6) of the Act, to obtain and consider advice from the Threatened Species Scientific Committee on the proposed amendment.
In accordance with Article III(2) of JAMBA each government is required to note species or subspecies of birds that are in danger of extinction. The endangered species notes are separate to the agreement’s annex, which is reserved for migratory species between the two countries. In 2000, when the EPBC Act migratory list was first created, the endangered species notes were inadvertently included with the annex as migratory species. These endangered species do not meet the migratory species listing criteria (s209(3)) and should be removed.
The Instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 (Cth).
The Instrument commenced on the day after it was registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Authority: section 209(1)(b) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth).