Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 78

78 Native wildlife may be prescribed as critically endangered wildlife

A regulation may prescribe native wildlife as critically endangered wildlife if—

(a) the wildlife has undergone or is suspected to have undergone a very large reduction in numbers; or

(b) it is likely that a very large reduction in the wildlife’s numbers is imminent; or

(c) the wildlife’s geographic distribution is—

(i) precarious for the survival of the wildlife; and

(ii) very restricted; or

(d) the estimated total number of mature individuals is very low and it is likely the number will—

(i) continue to decline at a very high rate; or

(ii) continue to decline and its geographic distribution is precarious for the survival of the wildlife; or

(e) the estimated total number of mature individuals is extremely low; or

(f) the probability of the wildlife’s extinction in the wild is at least 50% in the immediate future.