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Review of recovery plan decisions for threatened species and ecological communities

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17 September 2021
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is seeking public feedback on proposed changes to recovery plan decisions under the…

Threatened Species Bake Off winners

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10 September 2021
The Threatened Species Bake Off has concluded for its fifth successive year with winners announced for the competition’s biggest edition yet.

Delivering Australia’s first Threatened Species Strategy – five years on

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24 June 2021
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has published its fifth and final report detailing the outcomes of the Australian Government…

Response to Guardian article about threatened species research

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14 May 2021
The Guardian article "Environment department tried to bury research that found huge underspend on Australian threatened species claims" (14 May 2021…

Rare snapping turtle given helping hand in fight to boost numbers

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23 April 2021
A rare snapping turtle estimated to have lost more than 70 per cent of its juvenile and sub-adult population over the past 20 years, has been given a…

Remediation Determination for impacts to protected Ramsar site on King Island

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11 June 2020
In September 2018, the former Department of the Environment and Energy received an allegation of land clearing impacting the Lavinia Ramsar site on…

Department releases data on threatened species in the path of the bushfires

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31 January 2020
(Issued by Department of the Environment and Energy) The Department of the Environment and Energy has released an initial list of threatened and…

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