For the first time in the ACT under the Nature Conservation Act 2014 there is a nomination of a 'threatening process', in this case "Loss of Native Hollow-bearing Trees".

If a threatening process is recognised then the Government must take steps including preparing an action plan to deal with the threatening process which will lead, in this case, to better protection and reduced loss of native hollow-bearing trees. 

The nomination was prepared through the Biodiversity Working Group and signed by Friends of Grasslands, Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Ornithologists Group, Field Naturalists Association of Canberra and the Conservation Council ACT Region [1].

See our blog post [2] or our Briefing Paper [3] for a summary.

Public consultation is open until 9 June and the Nomination of the Loss of Native Hollow-bearing Trees as a Key Threatening Process is on the Environment Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate website [4] and on the ACT Legislation Register at: http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2017-198/default.asp [5].

Your comments will be welcome to: Scientific Committee, Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, GPO Box 158, CANBERRA ACT 2601 or email: epsddcomms@act.gov.au [6].