Re Bats not birds- Managing Grey-headed Flying Foxes in the ACT: Public comment open

["Baird, Ian" <>]

For those interested, note that public comment has been invited by the Dept of Environment, Australian Government on the Draft EPBC Act Policy Statement: Camp management guidelines for the Grey-headed and Spectacled flying-fox.

A copy of the statement for comment may be viewed and comments addressed to the website at:

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/flying-fox-policy-statement

The period for comment closes on 30^th January 2015.

Please note that due to the size and period of occupation of Canberra’s flying-fox camp by the grey-headed flying-fox at Commonwealth Park, it is not currently identified as being one of the 43 Nationally important camps of the Grey-headed Flying-fox for the purposes of the Statement. See Figure 4. p. 9 and Attachment 1. p 7. explaining the criteria for identification. However, that status could change and monitoring of flying-fox numbers at the Commonwealth Park camp continues.

Ian Baird  | Senior Policy  Officer

Phone: +61 2 6207 2336

Nature Conservation Policy | Environment and Planning Directorate | ACT Government

Level 1 North, Dame Pattie Menzies House, 16 Challis Street DICKSON | GPO Box 158 CANBERRA ACT 2601 | www.environment.gov.au

 

 

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