Department of the Environment
Commonwealth of Australia
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Notice under Section 275
PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED – DRAFT BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PLAN
The public is invited to provide comment on the following draft recovery plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 275 of the EPBC Act:
Draft Christmas Island Biodiversity Conservation Plan, prepared as a recovery plan for:
Vascular plants
- Asplenium listeri (Christmas Island spleenwort)
- Pneumatopteris truncata (a fern)
- Tectaria devexa var. minor (a fern)
Mammals
- Crocidura trichura (Christmas Island shrew)
- Pipistrellus murrayi (Christmas Island pipistrelle)
- Pteropus melanotus natalis (Christmas Island flying-fox)
Birds
- Accipiter hiogaster natalis (Christmas Island goshawk)
- Chalcophaps indica natalis (emerald dove (Christmas Island)
- Fregata andrewsi (Christmas Island frigatebird)
- Ninox natalis (Christmas Island hawk-owl)
- Papasula abbotti (Abbott’s booby)
- Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus (Christmas Island thrush)
Reptiles
- Cryptoblepharus egeriae (blue-tailed skink)
- Cyrtodactylus sadleiri (giant gecko)
- Emoia nativitatis (forest skink)
- Lepidodactylus listeri (Lister’s gecko)
- Ramphotyphlops exocoeti (Christmas Island blind snake)
The Australian Government has made this recovery plan available at: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/threatened-species-ecological-communities/recovery-plans/recovery-plans-open or the plan can be obtained by contacting the Department’s Community Information Unit:
Email: ciu@environment.gov.au
Freecall: 1800 803 772
Comments received during the public comment period will be considered in finalising the plan. Comments must be received by 9 July 2014 and should be sent to:
Email: recoveryplans@environment.gov.au
Mail: The Director
Terrestrial Species Conservation Section
Wildlife, Heritage and Marine Division
Department of the Environment
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601