Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Section 270B
Making of Threat Abatement Plans
I, IAN GORDON CAMPBELL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, under section 270B(2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby make the threat abatement plan for the listed key threatening process specified below and the respective plan is specified opposite the listed key threatening process:
| Listed Key Threatening Process | Threat Abatement Plan |
|---|---|
| The reduction in the biodiversity of Australian native fauna and flora due to the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (fire ant) | Threat abatement plan to reduce the impacts of tramp ants on biodiversity in Australia and its territories, Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2006, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra |
The above threat abatement plan will come into force on the date of signing of this instrument.
Dated this 14th day of June, 2006.
IAN CAMPBELL
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
THREAT ABATEMENT PLAN
TO REDUCE THE IMPACTS OF TRAMP ANTS ON BIODIVERSITY IN AUSTRALIA AND ITS TERRITORIES