ACTGOV Protected Native Species List: 2025 Legislative Schedule

ACT Government's official 2025 schedule of protected native flora and fauna under the Nature Conservation Act. The list is structured with four category fields, including PNS Category and Operational Label, and is valid from 18 December 2025. It is published by Environment ACTGOV and hosted on the ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue.

Use Cases

• Identify protected species for environmental impact assessments based on the listed PNS Category and Eligibility Criteria.
• Map species distributions for conservation planning based on the geospatial file formats available.
• Verify legal protections for native species based on the direct link to the 2025-679 legislative instrument.

Strengths

• Directly sourced from the 2025-679 legislative instrument, providing legal authority.
• Available in multiple geospatial and tabular formats, including KML, GEOJSON, and XLSX.
• Includes four structured category fields for classification.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the list is valid from a future date (18/12/2025).

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi)

Collection Method

Legislative schedule published as a Notifiable Instrument.

Time Range

Valid from 18/12/2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 20:08:16.753731

Geography

Australian Capital Territory, Australia