List of key threatening processes
This page shows all preliminary and final key threatening processes in NSW. This includes:
- Preliminary key threatening processes on public exhibition. You can send the Scientific Committee a submission about these threatening processes.
- Preliminary key threatening processes pending finalisation. These threatening processes were on public exhibition at an earlier date, but the period of public submissions is now over. Please do not send submissions about these key threatening processes.
- Final key threatening processes. These key threatening processes have been declared in a final determination, and are now in operation.
| Key threatening process listing - public exhibition |  Top |
| 1080 poison baiting used for the control of vertebrate pest animals - proposed listing NOT supported | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has made a Preliminary Determination not to support a proposal to list 1080 poison baiting used for the control of vertebrate pest animals to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for this. On public exhibition until 23/11/2007. | |
| Key threatening process listing - final | Top |
| Alteration of habitat following subsidence due to longwall mining - key threatening process listing | |
| See the NSW Scientific Committee's reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Alteration to the natural flow regimes of rivers, streams, floodplains & wetlands - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared the alteration to the natural flow of watercourses to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Bushrock removal - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared bushrock removal to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Cane toad - key threatening process listing | |
| See the NSW Scientific Committee's reasons for declaring this 'key threatening process' in NSW. | |
| Clearing of native vegetation - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared land clearing to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Competition and grazing by the feral European rabbit - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared rabbits to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Competition and habitat degradation by feral goats - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared competition and habitat degradation by feral goats to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Competition from feral honeybees - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared feral honeybees to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Death or injury to marine species following capture in shark control programs on ocean beaches - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared netting and other shark control programs on ocean beaches to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Ecological consequences of high frequency fires - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared high frequency fires to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Entanglement in or ingestion of anthropogenic debris in marine and estuarine environments - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared Entanglement in or ingestion of anthropogenic debris in marine and estuarine environments to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Exotic vines and scramblers - key threatening process listing | |
| See the NSW Scientific Committee's reasons for declaring this 'key threatening process' in NSW. | |
| Feral pigs - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared "predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs" to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Herbivory and environmental degradation caused by feral deer - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared herbivory and environmental degradation caused by feral deer to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Human-caused climate change - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared human-caused climate change to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Importation of red imported fire ants into NSW - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared fire ants to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Infection by Psittacine circoviral (beak and feather) disease affecting endangered psittacine species and populations - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared psittacine circoviral (beak and feather) disease to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Infection of frogs by amphibian chytrid causing the disease chytridiomycosis - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared amphibian chytrid infection to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Infection of native plants by Phytophthora cinnamomi - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared Phytophthora cinnamomi to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Introduction of the large earth bumblebee, Bombus terrestris - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared the potential introduction of the large earth bumblebee to NSW to be a 'key threatening process' in the state. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Invasion and establishment of Scotch broom - key threatening process declaration | |
| See the NSW Scientific Committee's reasons for declaring this 'key threatening process' in NSW. | |
| Invasion of native plant communities by bitou bush and boneseed - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared bitou bush to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Invasion of native plant communities by exotic perennial grasses - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared exotic perennial grasses to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Invasion of the yellow crazy ant - key threatening process listing | |
| See the NSW Scientific Committee's reasons for declaring this 'key threatening process' in NSW. | |
| Lantana camara - key threatening process listing | |
| See the NSW Scientific Committee's reasons for declaring this 'key threatening process' in NSW. | |
| Loss and/or degradation of sites used for hill-topping by butterflies - key threatening process listing | |
| Many species of butterfly rely on hilltops for mating, but these sites are often used for housing, communications and other purposes. The NSW Scientific Committee has declared the loss of hill-topping sites to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. Find out why. | |
| Loss of Hollow-bearing Trees - key threatening process determination | |
| See the NSW Scientific Committee's reasons for declaring this 'key threatening process' in NSW. | |
| Predation by feral cats - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared feral cats to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Predation by the European red fox - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared foxes to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Predation by the plague minnow (Gambusia holbrooki) - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared plague minnows to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Predation by the ship rat on Lord Howe Island - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared ship rats to be a 'key threatening process' on Lord Howe Island. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
| Removal of dead wood and dead trees - key threatening process listing | |
| The NSW Scientific Committee has declared the removal of dead wood to be a 'key threatening process' in NSW. See its reasons for making this declaration. | |
Page last updated: 03 June 2008