Commonwealth of Australia

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Notice of making of Threat Abatement Plan

The Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has made the Threat abatement plan to reduce the impacts on northern Australia’s biodiversity by the five listed grasses (the Plan) to reduce the effect of the following key threatening process:

Ecosystem degradation, habitat loss and species decline due to invasion of northern Australia by introduced gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus), para grass (Urochloa mutica), olive hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis), mission grass (Pennisetum polystachion) and annual mission grass (Pennisetum pedicellatum).

The Plan came into force on 11 December 2012.  

The Plan is available electronically at:

www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/tap-approved.html

If you have any questions or would like to request a copy of the Plan, please contact the Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities’ Community Information Unit:

By mail: Community Information Unit

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

GPO Box 787

Canberra ACT 2601

By email: ciu@environment.gov.au

By telephone: 1800 803 772