Dr Hamish Campbell from the School of Environmental and Rural Science has been appointed as a member of the national Threatened Species Scientific Committee.

The national TSSC is an independent committee of eminent conservation scientists that provides the Minister for the Environment with advice on matters relating to listing, conservation and recovery of threatened species and ecological communities, and listing and abatement of key threatening processes.

The functions of the committee are provided under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). These include advising the Minister in relation to:

– the amendment and updating of lists for threatened species, threatened ecological communities and key threatening processes
-making and adopting of recovery plans and threat abatement plans
-approved conservation advices
-other matters relating to the conservation of threatened native flora and fauna at the Minister’s request

Information about the duties of the  committee can be found on http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/tssc

If any one in the university wishes to nominate a species or ecological community for listing then pelase contact Dr Campbell on 6773 3959.