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Habitat critical to the survival of marine turtles in Australian waters web map service |
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Habitat critical to the survival of marine turtles in Australian waters web map service |
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Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV STYLE="font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>This web map service represents Habitat critical to the survival of marine turtles in Australian waters.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>In Australia, all six species of marine turtles that occur in our waters are protected under the Australian Government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and various State and Northern Territory legislation.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Flatback Turtle (Natator depressus)</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta)</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea)</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Under section 270(2)(d) of the EPBC Act, 'Habitat critical to the survival of the listed threatened species' must be identified in the Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>The </SPAN><SPAN>marine turtle critical habitat </SPAN><SPAN>data is available for download here: https://fed.dcceew.gov.au/datasets/erin::habitat-critical-to-the-survival-of-marine-turtles-in-australian-waters/about</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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Habitat critical to the survival of marine turtles in Australian waters |
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