A species or ecological community is threatened if it is likely to become extinct in the foreseeable future. The Nature Conservation Act 1980 establishes a formal process for the identification and protection of threatened species and ecological communities. It requires the Flora and Fauna Committee to advise the Minister of native species and ecological communities that are threatened in the ACT and recommend that they be declared accordingly. A species may be declared as vulnerable or endangered, as an indication of the degree of threat to its continued existence. An ecological community may be declared as endangered.
Declaration is formal recognition of a conservation threat.
The Conservator of Flora and Fauna is required to prepare a management response to each declaration by way of a conservation Action Plan . A draft of each Action Plan must be released for public comment. A summary of each completed Action Plan is available as a Threatened Species Fact Sheets . The following species and ecological communities have been declared in accordance with the provisions of the Nature Conservation Act. Xanthomyza phrygia Regent Honeyeater endangered Community Home Environment Home ACT Government Home last updated 23 July 1998 at 15.23.