Commonwealth of Australia

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Conservation Themes for Prioritising Nominations for Listing Threatened Species, Threatened Ecological Communities and Key Threatening Processes for the Assessment Period Commencing 1 October 2012

Pursuant to section 194D of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, determine the following conservation theme be given priority in relation to the assessment period commencing 1 October 2012:

Corridors and connecting habitats (including freshwater habitats).

Dated this 6th day of December 2011

TONY BURKE

Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities