Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Recovery Plan—Mahogany Glider (Petaurus gracilis)) Instrument 2021 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Recovery Plan—Mahogany Glider (Petaurus gracilis)) Instrument 2021

I, SUSSAN LEY, Minister for the Environment, under subsection 269A(3) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), hereby jointly make a recovery plan with the Queensland Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, the Hon Meaghan Scanlon MP for the listed threatened species specified below, entitled "National Recovery Plan for the Mahogany Glider (Petaurus gracilis)".

Listed Threatened Species Petaurus gracilis

The recovery plan will come into force on the day after the plan is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Dated this 1st day of February 2022

Sussan Ley Minister for the Environment (Commonwealth)

Dated this ninth day of December 2021

Meaghan Scanlon Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland)

National Recovery Plan for the Mahogany Glider (Petaurus gracilis) April 2021

© Commonwealth of Australia 2021 The Australian Government acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures and to their elders, both past and present. Ownership of intellectual property rights Unless otherwise noted, copyright (and any other intellectual property rights) in this publication is owned by the Commonwealth of Australia (referred to as the Commonwealth). Creative Commons licence All material in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence except content supplied by third parties, logos and the Commonwealth Coat of Arms. Inquiries about the licence and any use of this document should be emailed to copyright@awe.gov.au. Cataloguing data This publication (and any material sourced from it) should be attributed as: Jackson, SM & Diggins, J 2021, National Recovery Plan for the Mahogany Glider ('Petaurus gracilis'), Australian Government, Canberra, April 2021. ISBN: 978-1-76003-390-3 The National Recovery Plan for the Mahogany Glider (Petaurus gracilis) is a recovery plan made under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. This publication is available on the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment website through the Species Profile and Threats Database at environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Telephone 1800 900 090 Web awe.gov.au Disclaimer The Australian Government, in partnership with the Queensland Department of Environment and Science, facilitates the publication of recovery plans relevant to Queensland to detail the actions needed for the conservation of threatened native wildlife. This Recovery Plan has been developed with the involvement and cooperation of a range of stakeholders, but individual stakeholders have not necessarily committed to undertaking specific actions. The attainment of objectives and the provision of funds may be subject to budgetary and other constraints affecting the parties involved and may also be constrained by the need to address other conservation priorities. Approved recovery actions may be subject to modification due to changes in knowledge and changes in conservation status. While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the contents of this publication are factually correct, the Commonwealth does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the contents and shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned directly or indirectly through the use of, or reliance on, the contents of this publication. Acknowledgements The authors and the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment would like to acknowledge the Mahogany Glider Recovery Team, who contributed to the development of this recovery plan. Bernie Dominiak also reviewed and improved an earlier version of this plan. Maps were produced by the Environmental Resources Information Network, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, in collaboration with Stephen Jackson. Image credit Cover photo: ©Lachlan Gilding 2018.