NSW DCCEEW has contracted me to undertake a review of the conservation status of 10 plant species that are endemic to NSW. The requires compiling and analysing data in accordance with the Common Assessment Method used by OEH and the Commonwealth Department of Environment & Energy.
This method is based on an internationally adopted method developed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Some of the subject species are listed under the State or Commonwealth legislation but have been assessed by a recent IUCN review as warranting detailed evaluation and likely liplisting’ i.e. raising their conservation and legal status. Some are not listed under legislation but have been identified as apparently rare and threatened. One is a long-standing listed entity that may not be a legitimate species, and is probably an unstable hybrid. If this is confirmed, it would be removed from both NSW and Commonwealth law.
