❓ A parliamentary question regarding threatened and presumed extinct species in Western Australia, focusing on changes to species lists and conservation status since 2001. The Minister provides answers regarding fauna and flora, including reasons for changes in listing.
AnsweredQoN 733Legislative Council
Asked
18 August 2016
Member
Portfolio
minister representing the Minister for Environment
QuestionView source ↗
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT — THREATENED AND
PRESUMED EXTINCT SPECIES
733. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the Minister
for Environment:
This question will not be as
entertaining. I refer to questions 685 and 698 asked on 16 August.
(1) Will the
minister please give the names of the 10 species of fauna added since 2001 to
the list of animals that are presumed extinct in WA?
(2) In relation
to each of the four fauna species added to the presumed extinct list last year,
can the minister list the main factors that pushed them from threatened to
presumed extinct?
(3) What is the
reason that the total number of presumed extinct flora species in WA has
decreased from 22 in 2001 to 15 today?
(4) In terms of
the various schedules describing the level of threat, what was the listing as
of 30 June for Carnaby's black-cockatoo, Baudin's
black-cockatoo and the numbat in 2001 and 2008?
PRESUMED EXTINCT SPECIES
733. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the Minister
for Environment:
This question will not be as
entertaining. I refer to questions 685 and 698 asked on 16 August.
(1) Will the
minister please give the names of the 10 species of fauna added since 2001 to
the list of animals that are presumed extinct in WA?
(2) In relation
to each of the four fauna species added to the presumed extinct list last year,
can the minister list the main factors that pushed them from threatened to
presumed extinct?
(3) What is the
reason that the total number of presumed extinct flora species in WA has
decreased from 22 in 2001 to 15 today?
(4) In terms of
the various schedules describing the level of threat, what was the listing as
of 30 June for Carnaby's black-cockatoo, Baudin's
black-cockatoo and the numbat in 2001 and 2008?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. Although it may not be as entertaining as the previous answer,
my pronunciation of some of these species might be.
(1) They are the
western long-beaked echidna; desert bettong; boodie inland; burrowing boodie
inland; dwarf Nullarbor bettong; rufous rare-wallaby, south western; Gould's
mouse—here we go— Bothriembryon praecelsus; Bothriembryon whitleyi; Helicarion castanea; Occirhenea georgiana .
Several members interjected.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER : Thankfully, I will give this to
Hansard and they will be able to read it far better than I have been able to
pronounce it.
(2) The four
fauna species added to the presumed extinct list last year were not transferred
from threatened to presumed extinct. These species have not been recorded in WA
in the past 50 to 100 years. The review of the mammals for ''The Action
Plan for Australian Mammals 2012'' identified past collections that
justified their addition to the WA list.
(3) A number of
species either have been rediscovered in the wild or have since been found not
to be separate species and therefore are no longer presumed extinct.
(4) It was
schedule 1—fauna that is rare or is likely to become extinct.
of the question. Although it may not be as entertaining as the previous answer,
my pronunciation of some of these species might be.
(1) They are the
western long-beaked echidna; desert bettong; boodie inland; burrowing boodie
inland; dwarf Nullarbor bettong; rufous rare-wallaby, south western; Gould's
mouse—here we go— Bothriembryon praecelsus; Bothriembryon whitleyi; Helicarion castanea; Occirhenea georgiana .
Several members interjected.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER : Thankfully, I will give this to
Hansard and they will be able to read it far better than I have been able to
pronounce it.
(2) The four
fauna species added to the presumed extinct list last year were not transferred
from threatened to presumed extinct. These species have not been recorded in WA
in the past 50 to 100 years. The review of the mammals for ''The Action
Plan for Australian Mammals 2012'' identified past collections that
justified their addition to the WA list.
(3) A number of
species either have been rediscovered in the wild or have since been found not
to be separate species and therefore are no longer presumed extinct.
(4) It was
schedule 1—fauna that is rare or is likely to become extinct.
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