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COMMITTEE DETERMINE THAT A SPECIES OR COMMUNITY IS THREATENED,

THAT IS, EXTINCTION IS FORESEEN IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES

THREATENING ITS WELL-BEING IN THE WILD CONTINUE TO PREVAIL,

THEN THE COMMITTEE WOULD ADVISE THE MINISTER ACCORDINGLY WITH

A RECOMMENDATION THAT A DECLARATION BE MADE. THE COMMITTEE

ALSO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE ECOLOGICAL

SIGNIFICANCE OF PROCESSES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY THREATENING TO

THE SURVIVAL IN THE WILD OF NATIVE SPECIES AND COMMUNITIES.

IF A PROCESS WAS DETERMINED TO BE THREATENING IN THIS SENSE,

IT WOULD ADVISE THE MINISTER AND RECOMMEND THAT THE PROCESS BE'

DECLARED A THREATENING PROCESS.

THE MINISTER WOULD CONSIDER COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND

COULD DECLARE A SPECIES TO BE EITHER VULNERABLE OR ENDANGERED,

DEPENDING ON THE DEGREE OF THREAT, OR DECLARE A COMMUNITY TO BE

ENDANGERED, OR DECLARE A PROCESS TO BE A THREATENING PROCESS.

A DECLARATION WOULD BE TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY BY

THE MINISTER AND THE LISTING PROCESS WOULD BE COMPLETE.

DECLARATION WOULD SET IN TRAIN A STATUTORY MANAGEMENT

RESPONSE.

FIRSTLY, A SPECIES DECLARED AS ENDANGERED, THAT IS, IN IMMEDIATE

DANGER OF EXTINCTION, WOULD HAVE THE MORE STRINGENT PROTECTIVE

PROVISIONS OF THE NATURE CONSERVATION ACT APPLY BY ALSO BEING

DECLARED TO HAVE SPECIAL PROTECTION STATUS.

SECONDLY, FOR EACH DECLARED ITEM THE CONSERVATOR WOULD BE

REQUIRED TO PREPARE AN ACTION PLAN OUTLINING CONSERVATION

PROPOSALS IN THE CASE OF A SPECIES OR COMMUNITY, OR IMPACT

MITIGATION PROPOSALS IN THE CASE OF A THREATENING PROCESS.

THE BILL ALSO ADDRESSES BROADER OBJECTIVES FOR CONSERVATION OF

OUR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BY PROVIDING FOR THE CONSERVATOR OF

WILDLIFE TO PREPARE A NATURE CONSERVATION STRATEGY FOR THE A.C.T.

THIS DOCUMENT WOULD CONTAIN PROPOSALS FOR ENSURING THE a 2280