Nature conservation

Threatened species

Priority actions by type of threatened species

The Department of Environment and Conservation has prepared a Priorities Action Statement (PAS) to promote the recovery of threatened species and the abatement of key threatening processes in New South Wales.

The Priorities Action Statement identifies a number of broad strategies to help threatened plants and animals recover in New South Wales. Each of these strategies have more specific priority actions within them.

Select an item from the list below to see priority actions for all species of that type.

Type of species

What type of species or threatening process do the priority actions apply to?

Name of species

Name of species or threatening process that the priority actions apply to.

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There are 1 threatened species in New South Wales matching the above criteria which have current Priority action plans. A total of 24 current Priority actions have been identified to help recover these species.
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Action title Scientific
name  		 Common
name 		Type of
species 		Priority
DECCW will negotiate with the relevant Australian government authorities to seek the highest level of protection for priority conservation lands managed by the Australian government. . Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs High
DECCW will seek and encourage investment, including via voluntary acquisition or conservation agreements, to be preferentially targeted to the priority conservation lands. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs High
DECCW will negotiate with other public authorities regarding the options for including the priority conservation lands that are under their care, control and management in the protected area network. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs High
Local councils will have regard to the priority conservation lands in identifying areas for inclusion in environment protection and regional open space zones. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs High
In circumstances where impacts are unavoidable, as part of any consent, approval or license that is issued, ensure that offset measures are undertaken within the priority conservation lands where practicable. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs High
DECCW will review the priority conservation lands and assessment methodology within five years of the date of approval of the Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Low
Preferentially target any future investment associated with management to the priority conservation lands where practicable. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs High
Support and promote the adoption of best practice standards for bushland management and restoration (as specified in Appendix 2 of the Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan) on public and private lands within the Cumberland Plain. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Medium
State and Australian government agencies will manage to best practice standards (as specified in Appendix 2 of the recovery plan) lands under their ownership or care in the priority conservation lands or that have conservation as a primary objective. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs High
Promote the inclusion of measures to protect and restore remnant vegetation, consistent with the best practice management guidelines in the environmental management plans for schools in the study area. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Low
Local government will manage to best practice standards (as specified in Appendix 2 of the recovery plan) lands under their ownership or care within the priority conservation lands or that have conservation as a primary management objective. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs High
DECCW will develop and promote a landscape-scale response to African Olive invasion on public and private lands within the Cumberland Plain. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Medium
DECCW will coordinate a Cumberland Plain land managers technical group to refine and promote best practice standards for bushland management and restoration on public lands within the Cumberland Plain. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Low
DECCW will work with state and local government authorities on implementation of the NSW Diffuse Water Pollution Strategy and other programs to promote actions that reduce the impacts of stormwater on sensitive receiving environments. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Medium
DECCW will provide access to information resources associated with the recovery program (such as the recovery plan, vegetation maps, best practice guidelines, threatened species, populations and community profiles) through the DECCW website. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Medium
DECCW will negotiate with willing landholders within the priority conservation lands to achieve improved conservation arrangements. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Medium
Work collaboratively with local government and other organisations to inform communities about remnant vegetation on the Cumberland Plain, the best practice standards for its management, and opportunities to participate in the recovery program. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Medium
Work with Aboriginal communities, landowners, community groups, and students to deliver best practice management in the priority conservation lands, and to identify other opportunities for involvement in the recovery program. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Medium
Establish and promote best practice demonstration sites. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Medium
Develop interpretive programs for key local reserves. . Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Medium
DECCW will encourage local councils to prepare or review biodiversity strategies to be consistent with the recovery plan and guide protection, management and strategic investment, both within and outside of the priority conservation lands. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs High
DECCW will work collaboratively with local councils to enhance the compliance and enforcement program with regard to the unauthorised clearing of bushland on the Cumberland Plain. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Medium
DECCW will work with the Department of Planning to establish a statutory framework that enables DECCW to be notified when development activity under the EP&A Act occurs within and adjacent to priority conservation lands. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs High
DECCW will support, promote and, where feasible, undertake research and monitoring that will assist future management decisions, in accordance with the research and monitoring priorities detailed in Appendix 4 of the Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan. Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Plant > Shrubs Low