Department of Sustainability and Environment Threatened Species Advisory Lists

Purpose of the Advisory Lists

The Advisory Lists are maintained by the Department of Sustainability and Environment and are based on technical information and advice obtained from a range of experts. They are reviewed periodically, usually every one to two years. The information in these lists may be of use in a range of planning processes, such as the preparation of National Park Management Plans, Forest Management Plans, local government planning schemes, regional catchment strategies and in setting priorities for actions to conserve biodiversity.

Together with the range of programs and other resources available, lists of this type serve to increase community awareness of threatened species and may encourage community members to become involved in activities to protect threatened species, thereby reducing the risk of their conservation status worsening.

Relationship to statutory lists

These advisory lists are not the same as the Threatened List established under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act). There are no legal requirements or consequences that flow from inclusion of a species in advisory lists. However, some of the species in these advisory lists are also listed as threatened under the FFG Act. The FFG Act Threatened List only includes items that have been nominated, assessed by the Scientific Advisory Committee and approved for listing by the Minister for Environment and Climate Change and teh Minister for Agriculture and Food Security. Read more about the listing process.

There are also species on these lists that are listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act). This information is included in the tables. Readers who are interested in learning more about the EPBC Act should contact the Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

Current DSE Advisory Lists

Advisory List of Rare or Threatened Plants in Victoria - 2005 [PDF File - 1.0 MB]

Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria - 2007 [PDF File - 1.6 MB]

Advisory List of Threatened Invertebrate Fauna in Victoria - 2009 [PDF File - 536.2 KB]

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