Recommendations for improving threatened species provisions within legislation in the Northern Territory
The principal legislative protection for threatened species in the Northern Territory is contained within the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act (TPWCA). In the NT there are currently 162 species classified as Extinct in the Wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable (collectively known and referred to under the Act as ‘threatened’), with an additional 15 species classified as Extinct.
This fact sheet is a summary of WWF-Australia’s (WWF) recommended changes to the legislation that it believes would result in improvements in the conservation outlook for threatened species in the NT. WWF considers that the recommendations outlined below are both affordable and workable within the NT’s geographic context. The recommendations have been grouped under nine broad themes and have largely been taken from Garnett et al. 2007.
