Changes to align current TPWCA status with EPBCA status
The NT has joined all other state and territory governments and the Australian Government in a common agreement on how threatened species are assessed and listed, called the Common Assessment Method (CAM).
Under that agreement, the listing for a threatened species should be the same in all the states and territories where it occurs (including the national list under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBCA)).
To align with the CAM agreement, we propose to change the status under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 (TPWCA) of 18 species, as follows:
Summary of proposed changes to listings to taxa
| Type | Common name | Scientific name | Current TPWCA listing category * | Current EPBCA listing category * | Proposed TPWCA listing category * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant | - | Atalaya brevialata | DD | CR | CR |
| Plant | - | Clausena excavata | EN | CR | CR |
| Mammal | Black-footed Tree-rat (Kimberley and mainland Northern Territory) | Mesembriomys gouldii gouldii | VU (as M. gouldii) | EN | EN |
| Mammal | Black-footed Tree-rat (Melville Island) | Mesembriomys gouldii melvillensis | VU (as M. gouldii) | VU | VU |
| Mammal | Nabarlek (Top End) | Petrogale concinna canescens | VU (as P. concinna) | EN | EN |
| Mammal | Nabarlek (Victoria River District) | Petrogale concinna concinna | VU (as P. concinna) | CR (PE) | CR |
| Mammal | Sandhill Dunnart | Sminthopsis psammophila | DD | EN | EN |
| Bird | Red Knot | Calidris canutus | VU | EN | EN |
| Bird | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | VU | CR | CR |
| Bird | Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | VU | CR | CR |
| Bird | Lesser Sand Plover, Mongolian Plover | Charadrius mongolus | VU | EN | EN |
| Bird | Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | NE | EN | EN |
| Bird | Bar-tailed Godwit (western Alaskan) | Limosa lapponica baueri | VU (as L. lapponica) | VU | VU |
| Bird | Bar-tailed Godwit (northern Siberian) | Limosa lapponica menzbieri | VU (as L. lapponica) | CR | CR |
| Bird | Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | VU | CR | CR |
| Bird | Plains-wanderer | Pedionomus torquatus | DD | CR | CR |
| Bird | Night Parrot | Pezoporus occidentalis | CR | EN | EN |
| Bird | Australian Painted-snipe | Rostratula australis | VU | EN | EN |
* Refer to the IUCN categories
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