Hon. Tjorn Sibma asks about the number, coverage, and performance measurement of recovery plans for critically endangered and endangered taxa and ecological communities managed by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. The Minister provides the numbers and process for measuring performance.

AnsweredQoN 729Legislative Council
Asked
15 September 2021
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Environment

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BIODIVERSITY,
CONSERVATION AND ATTRACTIONS — RECOVERY PLAN
729. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I
refer to the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and the ''Proportion
of critically endangered and endangered taxa and ecological communities
that have a recovery plan'' as referred to under the table dealing with
outcomes and key effectiveness indicators on page 708 of budget paper No 2.
How many such plans are there,
which taxa and communities are covered and how is performance against these
plans measured?

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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
There are 292 recovery plans
covering 303 taxa and 30 ecological communities. Progress against actions in
the recovery plans is considered at recovery team meetings. I table this
document.
[See paper 610 .]

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