ACT lists three native species as threatened as climate, habitat loss take toll
The ACT added three species to its threatened list: the Canberra Raspy Cricket, alpine crayfish and Swampland Cool Skink.
The ACT Government has listed three native species as threatened, hoping the Commonwealth will follow with its own protection orders. The new listings are the Canberra Raspy Cricket, Murunung Naruwi (alpine crayfish), and Swampland Cool Skink.
Two other species, Baeuerlen's Gentian and the Perunga Grasshopper, have been upgraded to higher conservation status. All face pressure from climate change, habitat loss and disease.
The ACT Scientific Committee led the assessment, and the Commonwealth is due to finish its own listing assessment by 30 October. However, progress on saving these species has been slow: earlier action plans for two of them found that most conservation goals were not achieved or only partly met.
- 3
- Species newly threatened
- 2
- Species upgraded status
- 30 October
- Commonwealth decision date
- Climate change, habitat loss, disease
- Main threats
Why it mattersProtected status brings funding, recovery plans, and monitoring, but only if action backs up the listing; funding gaps have slowed past efforts.
AustraliaACT residents and visitors will see stricter protections for local species, and if federal protections follow, Australia's biodiversity safeguards will strengthen.
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