Australia's Threatened Species and Ecological Communities Under the EPBC Act
by Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water / Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water·Updated 3mo ago
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Description
Two official Australian government datasets list species and ecological communities of national environmental significance under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Each listed entity has a single row entry providing its name, threatened status, indicative occurrence by state or territory, and a link to the Species Profile and Threats Database. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water maintains the data, which was last updated on 2026-03 19.
Use Cases
Assessing conservation status and legal protections based on listed threatened status.
Mapping indicative geographic distributions based on state and territory occurrence data.
Linking to detailed species profiles using the listed taxon identification number (ListedId).
Linking to detailed community profiles using the listed community identification number (ECId).
Tracking updates to legal schedules as the EPBC Act lists are amended.
Strengths
Data is sourced from the authoritative Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) maintained by the Australian government.
Each dataset provides a direct link to further information for every listed species and ecological community.
The datasets are updated to reflect amendments to the official schedules of the EPBC Act.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
The description indicates 'indicative occurrence', which may not represent precise geospatial boundaries.
Provenance
Source
Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
Collection Method
Compiled from the Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) based on listings in the EPBC Act.
Time Range
Temporal coverage is not specified in the description.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-03-19 23:46:38.615054; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Covers species and communities with indicative occurrence within Australian states, territories, and marine areas.