Description: There are currently twenty (20) Australian areas describing Priority Places under the Threatened Species Action Plan. These places have been created using a number of datasets.The current (2022) version of Threatened Species Action Plan Priority Places includes the following places. For each place the data source is mentioned noting many required fuzzy boundaries using buffering and smoothing of boundaries was carried out. Fuzzy boundaries were required as the dataset is and has been used to consult with various stakeholders while recognizing that threatened species rarely keep within hard boundaries on a map. 1) Greater Blue Mountains (Source: World Heritage Area) which at 2022 included:126 EPBC threatened species 39 endemic EPBC threatened ecological communities2) Australian Alps (Source: Most linework comes from IBA KBA 309 + buffer) which at 2022 included: EPBC threatened species 19 endemic EPBC threatened ecological communities3) South East Coastal Ranges (Source: SE Coastal Ranges IBRA subregion including East Gippsland low ranges and Kybeyan-Gourock, removed Aust Alps) which at 2022 included:78 EPBC threatened species 18 endemic6 EPBC threatened ecological communities4) Mallee Birds Ecological Community (Source: Threatened Ecological Community envelope EC 151 - Mallee) which at 2022 included:71+ EPBC threatened species 5 EPBC threatened ecological communities5) Southern Plains including the Western Victorian volcanic plain and karst springs (Source: Southern Volcanic Plain IBRA Region – green part of the blue and join to western polygons) which at 2022 included:58+ EPBC threatened species 5 endemic6+ EPBC threatened ecological communities 6) Midlands region of central Tasmania (Source: IBRA Region minus crab claw and smooth boundary) which at 2022 included: One of 15 Biodiversity Hotspots 41 EPBC listed threatened species 180 species threatened in Tasmania Three EPBC threatened Ecological Communities Patchwork of unique woodland, grassland and wetlands7) Giant Kelp Ecological Community (Source: Threatened Ecological Community envelope TEC107 – Giant Kelp marine forest of SE Aust, just Tassie polygons) First marine threatened ecological community listed under EPBC.8) Kakadu and West Arnhem (Source: State Priorities_V1 includes Kakadu Ramsar / World Heritage – buffered and smooth) which at 2022 included: 32 EPBC threatened species, 6 endemic 1 EPBC threatened ecological community High overlap of IPAs, WHA, KBA, Ramsar wetlands 9) MacDonnell Ranges - Tjoritja / (Source: IBRA Region) which at 2022 included: 20 EPBC threatened species, 10 endemic Culturally significant areas 10) Brigalow Country (Source: Threatened Ecological Community envelope Brigalow TEC 28) which at 2022 included:45+ EPBC threatened species 7+ endemic6+ EPBC threatened ecological communitiesCombination of high ranking IBRAs (Marlborough Plains, Barakula & Eastern Darling Downs)11) Eastern Forests of Far North Queensland (Combination of Drainage basin and satellite interpretation of forests) which at 2022 included: 144+ EPBC threatened species 66+ endemic 3+ EPBC threatened ecological communities 12) Yampi Sound and surrounds (Source: Drainage Basins 801,802,803 and 804) which at 2022 included: 25+ EPBC threatened species, 3 endemic 1 EPBC threatened ecological community High overlap with Indigenous and other protected areas 13) Remnant WA Wheatbelt Woodlands (Source: IBRA Sub – Merredin smooth) which at 2022 included:14) Fitz-Stirlings (Source: IBRA Sub Fitzgerald generalised and a bit further south) which at 2022 included:85+EPBC threatened species, 49 endemic2 EPBC threatened ecological communities15) lunawuni - Bruny Island (Source: State / Territory Compilation SDE) which at 2022 included: 10 EPBC threatened species 1 EPBC threatened ecological community16) Kangaroo Island (Source: NRM SDE) which at 2022 included:23+ EPBC threatened species 12 endemic1 EPBC threatened ecological community17) Raine Island (Source: CAPAD) which at 2022 included:4 EPBC threatened species 18) French Island (Source: State / Territory compilation SDE) which at 2022 included:3 EPBC threatened species 1 endemic19) Norfolk Island (Source: NRM SDE) which at 2022 included:57 EPBC threatened species 52 endemic20) Christmas Island (Source:NRM SDE) which at 2022 included:15 EPBC threatened species 15 endemic1 EPBC threatened ecological community
Copyright Text: Threatened Species Action Plan Priority Places: Australia are copyright (c) Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water, 2022.