Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (National Recovery Plan for the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis)) Instrument 2025
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The EPBC Act additionally regulates actions that may result in significant impacts to Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES). It is an offence to undertake any such actions in areas under State or Territory jurisdiction, as well as in Commonwealth-owned areas, without obtaining prior approval from the Federal Minister for the Environment. As the Wollemi Pine is listed nationally under the EPBC Act, any person proposing to undertake actions likely to have a significant impact on this species must refer the action to the Federal Minister for the Environment for consideration. The Minister must then decide whether the action requires EPBC Act approval.
Matters of National Environmental Significance relevant to this plan include:
a listed threated species, the Wollemi Pine
the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area
the Greater Blue Mountains National Heritage Place.