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Declaration under s178, s181, and s183 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - List of threatened species, List of threatened ecological communities and List of threatening processes
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KEY THREATENING PROCESSES
| Aggressive exclusion of birds from potential woodland and forest habitat by over-abundant noisy miners (Manorina melanocephala) |
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| Competition and land degradation by feral goats |
| Competition and land degradation by feral rabbits |
| Dieback caused by the root-rot fungus (Phytophthora cinnamomi) |
| Ecosystem degradation, habitat loss and species decline due to invasion of northern Australia by introduced Gamba Grass (Andropogon gayanus), Para Grass (Urochloa mutica), Olive Hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis), Mission Grass (Pennisetum polystachion) and Annual Mission Grass (Pennisetum pedicellatum) |
| Fire regimes that cause declines in biodiversityIncidental catch (or bycatch) of seabirds during oceanic longline fishing operations |
| Incidental catch (bycatch) of Sea Turtle during coastal otter-trawling operations within Australian waters north of 28 degrees South |
| Infection of amphibians with chytrid fungus resulting in chytridiomycosis |
| Injury and fatality to vertebrate marine life caused by ingestion of, or entanglement in, harmful marine debris |
| Land clearance |
| Loss of climatic habitat caused by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases |
| Loss of biodiversity and ecosystem integrity following invasion by the yellow crazy ant Anoplolepsis gracilipes on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean |
| Loss and degradation of native plant and animal habitat by invasion of escaped garden plants, including aquatic plants |
| Novel biota and their impact on biodiversity |
| Predation by exotic rats on Australian offshore islands of less than 1000 km2 (100,000 ha) |
| Predation by feral cats |
| Predation by the European red fox (Vulpes vulpes) |
| Predation, Habitat Degradation, Competition and Disease Transmission by Feral Pigs |
| Psittacine Circoviral (beak and feather) Disease affecting endangered psittacine species |
| The biological effects, including lethal toxic ingestion, caused by Cane Toads (Bufo marinus) |
| The reduction in the biodiversity of Australian native fauna and flora due to the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta |