On 10 October 2008, the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia was listed as a critically endangered ecological community under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). This ecological community provides habitat for over 70 threatened plants and animals and provides an important buffer to coastal erosion and wind damage. To accompany the listing we have prepared an information booklet – Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia, EPBC Policy Statement 3.9.
This policy statement aims to increase awareness, explain the reasons for the listing, provide advice on how to identify, assess and manage this ecological community and highlight the EPBC Act implications of its listing. The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts is distributing the policy statement widely to enable landholders (e.g. farmers), environmental managers and other stakeholders to use it as a reference and help ensure sustainable management and protection for this critically endangered community.
For a copy of this document click on the link below.
Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia
