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❓ Mr. Tallentire's question seeks data on the WA government's process for listing threatened species under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 over the past 10 years. The response indicates all recommendations from the Threatened Species Scientific Committee were transmitted to and approved by the Minister.

AnsweredQoN 1231Legislative Assembly

Asked

12 September 2013

Member

Mr C.J. Tallentire

Portfolio

Environment

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(1) For each of the last 10 calendar years, how many plant and animal taxa have been determined by the Threatened Species Scientific Advisory Committee to require a listing of ‘threatened’ under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 ? (2) Over the same time period, how many of these recommendations for individual species have been transmitted to the Minister for Environment recommending a ‘threatened’ listing? (3) Over the same time period, how many individual species have been approved by the Minister for gazettal as 'threatened'?

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Answered

15 October 2013

Responded by

Minister for Environment

Response time

33 days

(1) Number of plant and animal taxa recommended by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee for listing as threatened:
2004 - 15
2005 - 12
2006 - 11
2007 - 16
2008 - 3
2009 - 6
2010 - 10
2011 - 29
2012 - 24
2013 - 10
(2)-(3) All above recommendations have been transmitted to the Minister and approved.

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