Application for approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of snake venom, blood and body parts for consideration under part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
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Comments invited
The Department of the Environment has received an application for a Wildlife Trade Operation under part 13A, section 303FN of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act). The application is for the commercial export of snake venom, blood and body parts.
Should the operation be approved it is proposed that it remain in force for up to three (3) years.
In accordance with the provisions of section 303FR of the EPBC Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal. Please submit your comments by 1 October 2014. Please include your full name and address in your submission.
Comments should be addressed to:
The Director
Wildlife Trade Assessments
Department of the Environment
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601
or can be emailed to: wta@environment.gov.au
To assist us in considering comments, the Department of the Environment encourages you to provide comments under the following headings:
- Management and methodology
- Monitoring procedures
- Ecological sustainability of the operation
- Animal welfare
- Other