Comment on Listing Assessment
Comments on this listing assessment closed 5 August 2016. These documents remain available for reference only.
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Consultation Document on Listing Eligibility and Conservation Actions Myuchelys georgesi (Bellinger River snapping turtle) (PDF - 235 KB)
Consultation Document on Listing Eligibility and Conservation Actions Myuchelys georgesi (Bellinger River snapping turtle) (DOCX - 117.11 KB)
Invitation to comment
You are invited to provide your views about:
- the eligibility of Myuchelys georgesi (Bellinger River snapping turtle) for inclusion on the EPBC Act threatened species list; and
- the necessary conservation actions for the above species.
The views of experts, stakeholders and the general public are welcome. Responses can be provided by any interested person.
Anyone may nominate a native species, ecological community or threatening process for listing under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) or for a transfer of an item already on the list to a new listing category. The Threatened Species Scientific Committee (the Committee) undertakes the assessment of species to determine eligibility for inclusion in the list of threatened species and provides its recommendation to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment.
Responses to are to be provided in writing either by email to: species.consultation@environment.gov.au
or by mail to:
The Director
Marine and Freshwater Species Conservation Section
Wildlife, Heritage and Marine Division
Department of the Environment
PO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Responses are required to be submitted by 05 August 2016