User:Fred.e/List of Threatened Ecological Communities
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EPBC Act List of Threatened Ecological Communities
At the commencement of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) the list of threatened species, ecological communities and threatening processes consisted only of those previously listed under the Endangered Species Protection Act 1992.
Under the EPBC Act new categories have been added for listed threatened species and ecological communities. Critically endangered, conservation dependant and extinct in the wild have been added to the previous categories of endangered, vulnerable and extinct for threatened species and critically endangered and vulnerable have been added to the previous category of endangered for ecological communities.
New nominations for species and ecological communities will be assessed under the EPBC Act by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) according to the criteria for the new categories and listed accordingly. The TSSC will reconsider the status of the initial list of threatened species and communities in line with the new refined EPBC categories as information is updated and made available for assessment. From Fauna of Australia:
| Taxonomic group | Estimated number of species described | Estimated total number of species in Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Porifera | 1,416 | ~3,500 |
| Cnidaria | 1,270 | ~1,760 |
| Platyhelminthes | 1,506 | ~10,800 |
| Acanthocephala | 57 | ~160 |
| Nematoda | 2,060 | 30,000 |
| Mollusca | 9,336 | ~12,250 |
| Annelida | 2,125 | ~4,230 |
| Onychophora | 56 | ~56 |
| Crustacea | 6,426 | ~9,500 |
| Arachnida | 5,666 | ~27,960 |
| Insecta | 58,532 | ~83,860 |
| Echinodermata | 1,206 | ~1,400 |
| Other invertebrates | 2,929 | ~7,230 |
| Modified from: Williams et al. 2001.[1] | ||
Community Status Effective View Aquatic Root Mat Community 1 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Aquatic Root Mat Community 2 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Aquatic Root Mat Community 3 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Aquatic Root Mat Community 4 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Aquatic Root Mat Community in Caves of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Assemblages of plants and invertebrate animals of tumulus (organic mound) springs of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Blue Gum High Forest of the Sydney Basin Bioregion Critically Endangered 26 Aug 2005 Details Bluegrass (Dichanthium spp.) dominant grasslands of the Brigalow Belt Bioregions (North and South) Endangered 04 Apr 2001 Details Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla dominant and co-dominant) Endangered 04 Apr 2001 Details Buloke Woodlands of the Riverina and Murray-Darling Depression Bioregions Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Corymbia calophylla - Kingia australis woodlands on heavy soils of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Corymbia calophylla - Xanthorrhoea preissii woodlands and shrublands of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Cumberland Plain Woodlands Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Eastern Stirling Range Montane Heath and Thicket Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub of the Sydney Region Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Eucalyptus ovata - Callitris oblonga Forest Vulnerable 01 Sep 2004 Details Mabi Forest (Complex Notophyll Vine Forest 5b) Critically Endangered 08 Oct 2002 Details Natural Temperate Grassland of the Southern Tablelands of NSW and the Australian Capital Territory Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Perched Wetlands of the Wheatbelt region with extensive stands of living sheoak and paperbark across the lake floor (Toolibin Lake) Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Sedgelands in Holocene dune swales of the southern Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt (North and South) and Nandewar Bioregions Endangered 04 Apr 2001 Details Shale/Sandstone Transition Forest Endangered 04 Apr 2001 Details Shrublands and Woodlands of the eastern Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Shrublands and Woodlands on Muchea Limestone of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Shrublands and Woodlands on Perth to Gingin ironstone (Perth to Gingin ironstone association) of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Shrublands on southern Swan Coastal Plain ironstones Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Silurian Limestone Pomaderris Shrubland of the South East Corner and Australian Alps Bioregions Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Swamp Tea-tree (Melaleuca irybana) Forest of South-east Queensland Critically Endangered 15 Apr 2005 Details Swamps of the Fleurieu Peninsula Critically Endangered 21 Mar 2003 Details Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone Endangered 12 May 2005 Details The community of native species dependent on natural discharge of groundwater from the Great Artesian Basin Endangered 04 Apr 2001 Details Thrombolite (microbial) community of coastal freshwater lakes of the Swan Coastal Plain (Lake Richmond) Endangered 16 Jul 2000 Details Turpentine-Ironbark Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion Critically Endangered 26 Aug 2005 Details Upland Wetlands of the New England Tablelands and the Monaro Plateau Endangered 17 Nov 2005 Details Weeping Myall - Coobah - Scrub Wilga Shrubland of the Hunter Valley Critically Endangered 01 Aug 2005 Details White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland Critically Endangered 17 May 2006 Details
