Final Report: Systematic Biodiversity Monitoring of “Hill View”, Morawa, WA – Avifauna and Flora
InSight Ecology, Jennifer Borger and Tanith McCaw – July 2015
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Appendix 3: Conservation code descriptions
T: Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)
Taxa
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which have been adequately searched for and are deemed to be in the wild either rare, in
danger of extinction, or otherwise in need of special protection, and have been gazetted as
such (Schedule 1 under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950).
1: Priority One: Poorly-known taxa
Taxa that are known from one or a few collections or sight records (generally less than five), all
on lands not managed for conservation, e.g. agricultural or pastoral lands, urban areas, Shire,
Westrail and Main Roads WA road, gravel and soil reserves, and active mineral leases and
under threat of habitat destruction or degradation. Taxa may be included if they are
comparatively well known from one or more localities but do not meet adequacy of survey
requirements and appear to be under immediate threat from known threatening processes.
2: Priority Two: Poorly-known taxa
Taxa that are known from one or a few collections or sight records, some of which are on lands
not under imminent threat of habitat destruction or degradation, e.g. national parks,
conservation parks, nature reserves, State forest, vacant Crown land, water reserves, etc. Taxa
may be included if they are comparatively well known from one or more localities but do not
meet adequacy of survey requirements and appear to be under threat from known threatening
processes.
3: Priority Three: Poorly-known taxa
Taxa that are known from collections or sight records from several localities not under
imminent threat, or from few but widespread localities with either large population size or
significant remaining areas of apparently suitable habitat, much of it not under imminent
threat. Taxa may be included if they are comparatively well known from several localities but
do not meet adequacy of survey requirements and known threatening processes exist that
could affect them.
4: Priority Four: Rare,
Near Threatened and other taxa in need of monitoring
1.
Rare. Taxa that are considered to have been adequately surveyed, or for which sufficient
knowledge is available, and that are considered not currently threatened or in need of
special protection, but could be if present circumstances change. These taxa are usually
represented on conservation lands.
2.
Near Threatened. Taxa that are considered to have been adequately surveyed and that do
not qualify for Conservation Dependent, but that are close to qualifying for Vulnerable.
3.
Taxa that have been removed from the list of threatened species during the past five years
for reasons other than taxonomy.
5: Priority Five: Conservation
Dependent taxa
Taxa that are not threatened but are subject to a specific conservation program, the cessation
of which would result in the taxon becoming threatened within five years.