Threatened species, ecological communities and key threatening processes nomination forms and guidelines

For listing or changing the conservation status of a native species under the EPBC Act:

On 3rd November 2014 the Threatened Species Scientific Committee revised its Indicative Thresholds used to judge the subjective terms provided by the EPBC Act criteria for assessment of eligibility for inclusion listing in the categories of vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered in the list of threatened species. The revised Indicative Thresholds more closely align with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria for assessing a species for inclusion on the IUCN Red List. The prescribed criteria for the Committee to assess a species as eligible for listing as threatened under the EPBC Act outlined in Part 7, 7.01 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 (EPBC Regulations) limit the Committee's ability to fully align with IUCN criteria, particularly under Criteria D (4), where the EPBC Regulations do not provide for listing as vulnerable under IUCN criterion D2 (restricted population).

• Guidelines for assessing the conservation status of a native species (PDF - 392.26 KB) | (DOCX - 66.14 KB)
• Threatened species nomination form (PDF - 537 KB) | (DOCX - 505 KB)

For delisting a native species under the EPBC Act:

• Delisting a threatened species nomination form (PDF - 881 KB) | (DOCX - 516 KB)

For listing or changing the conservation status of an ecological community under the EPBC Act:

• Guidelines for nominating and assessing threatened ecological communities (PDF - 1.71 MB) | (DOCX - 4.57 MB)
• Threatened ecological community nomination form (PDF - 334 KB) | (DOCX - 88 KB)

The Guidelines and Nomination form are the key documents for preparing nominations. It is advised that you pay particular attention to ‘Appendix 3 – Framework for the prioritisation of nominations’ in the Guidelines before preparing a full nomination.

As an example of an ecological community nomination which provides the type and quality of information required to enable consideration for assessment see below. (Please note that this example uses an older version of the nominations form.)

• Example nomination form for the Native Grassland on Basalt and Alluvium of the Brigalow Belt North Bioregion and the Claude River Downs Ecological Community (PDF - 554.63 KB) | (DOCX - 150.73 KB)

For listing a key threatening process under the EPBC Act:

Note: there is a listed KTP for invasive species, 'Novel biota and their impact on biodiversity' which includes all invasive species. If you are considering nominating an invasive species, please contact the Department at the email address below to discuss your nomination prior to filling in the nomination form.

• Guidelines for assessing key threatening processes nominations (PDF - 321.54 KB) | Guidelines for assessing key threatening processes nominations (DOCX - 461.6 KB)
• Key threatening process nomination form (PDF - 375 KB) | (DOCX - 471 KB)

Frequently asked questions

These frequently asked questions provide additional information about key threatening processes.

Frequently asked questions - key threatening processes (PDF - 215.71 KB)
Frequently asked questions - key threatening processes (DOCX - 449.38 KB)​