Australia Lists Threatened Ecological Community EC186
Summary
The Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has made the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (List of Threatened Ecological Communities (EC186)) Instrument 2026, adding a new ecological community to the list of threatened ecological communities under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. This listing creates new compliance obligations for actions that may significantly impact the newly listed community.
What changed
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has made the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (List of Threatened Ecological Communities (EC186)) Instrument 2026, which amends the List of Threatened Ecological Communities under sections 178, 181, and 183 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to add EC186 as a threatened ecological community.
Developers, landholders, miners, agricultural operations, and infrastructure projects in areas where EC186 occurs may now require referral to the Department for assessment under Part 9 of the EPBC Act if proposed actions are likely to have a significant impact on the newly listed community.
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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (List of Threatened Ecological Communities (EC186)) Instrument 2026
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- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Latest version View as made version F2026C00353 C01 22 April 2026
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- 1 Name
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Authority
- 4 Schedules
- Schedule 1—Amendments
- Declaration under s178, s181, and s183 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - List of threatened species, List of threatened ecological communities and List of threatening processes
- Schedule 2—Description of ecological community
- Endnotes
- Endnote 1—About the endnotes
- Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
- Endnote 3—Legislation history
- Endnote 4—Amendment history
- Endnote 5—Editorial changes
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