This year, on Threatened Species Day in September, a first tranche of 221 Asset of Intergenerational Significance (AIS) sites were declared across 110 national parks, protecting the key habitat for:
- 66 threatened plant species, including the previously declared Wollemi pine
- 27 threatened animal species, including 13 mammals, four birds, seven frogs and three reptiles.
An AIS can be any area of exceptional value – natural or cultural – that warrants special protection including dedicated management measures.
For each AIS, NPWS has a statutory obligation to prepare and implement a concise conservation action plan (CAP) which sets out:
- key risks to the declared area of habitat for the threatened species
- priority actions to reduce risks to this important habitat – such as dedicated feral animal control or fire management, or the establishment of insurance populations
- actions to measure and report on the health/population of the threatened species (metrics).
Consultation on draft plans
Public comment on eight Conservation Action Plans has now closed:
- Asterolasia elegan (PDF 552KB)
- Botany Bay bearded orchid (PDF 62KB)
- Caley's grevillea (PDF 63KB)
- Grey grasswren (PDF 46KB)
- Haloragodendron lucasii (PDF 692KB)
- Nielsen Park she-oak (PDF 63KB)
- Prostanthera gilesii (PDF 88KB)
- Wollemi Pine (PDF 70KB)
Have your say
The public exhibition of the draft Conservation Action Plans has now closed.
We will consider all submissions and make any required amendments before the Conservation Action Plans are approved and adopted. Once the Conservation Action Plans are adopted, they will be published on the Assets of Intergenerational Significance web page.