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Commonwealth of Australia
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Section 269A
Instrument Jointly Making a Recovery Plan

I, Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and Energy under section 269A(3) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby jointly make a recovery plan with the New South Wales Minister for the Environment, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Heritage, the Hon. Gabrielle Upton and the Queensland Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef, the Hon. Steven Miles, for the listed threatened species specified below, entitled "Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles in Australia, Commonwealth of Australia 2017".

Listed Threatened Species
Caretta caretta
Lepidochelys olivacea
Dermochelys coriacea
Chelonia mydas
Natator depressus
Eretmochelys imbricata

For the listed threatened species above, this instrument makes the Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles in Australia, Commonwealth of Australia 2017, which replaces the 'Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles in Australia' (2003), [Ref: F2007B001080], which was previously made by the Minister for the Environment and Heritage pursuant to 269A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Dated this              5th                 day of              May                 2017

Steven Miles

Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection, Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland)

Dated this              11th                 day of              May                 2017

Gabrielle Upton

Minister for the Environment, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Heritage (New South Wales)

Dated this               25                day of              May                 2017

Josh Frydenberg

Minister for the Environment and Energy (Commonwealth)
This instrument will come into force on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

2017-2027

Acknowledgments
The Department of the Environment and Energy (the Department) would like to acknowledge those who contributed to the development of this Recovery Plan.
This Recovery Plan is based on the draft written by Michelle Boyle, Nancy FitzSimmons and Jason van de Merwe of Blue Planet Marine.
Maps were produced by the Department's Environmental Resources and Information Branch.
The Department acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures and to their elders both past and present.

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The Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles in Australia is licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence with the exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the logo of the agency responsible for publishing the report, content supplied by third parties, and any images depicting people. For licence conditions see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This report should be attributed as 'Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles in Australia, Commonwealth of Australia 2017'.
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