Recovery plans for listed threatened species and ecological communities have been made or adopted under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). These plans remain in force until and unless the species is removed from the threatened list. Recovery plans are binding on the Australian Government - once a recovery plan is in place, Australian Government agencies must act in accordance with that plan. Recovery plans are exempt from sunsetting pursuant to s 11 item 01 of the Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 (Cth).
The list incorporates plans previously adopted or approved under the Endangered Species Protection Act 1992 (The ESP Act was replaced by the EPBC Act from July 16, 2000). Whilst every effort is taken to keep this site up to date there may be a delay in linking the most recently adopted and approved plans.
The full list of Recovery Plans is available in the department's Species Profile and Threats Database.