Does the threatening process affect 2 or more listed native species?
Two listed vascular plant species are adversely affected by mining of peat for horticultural purposes at Wingecarribee Swamp: Gentiana wingecarribiensis and Prasophyllum uroglossum. Continued peat mining could cause these species to become extinct. ESSS judges that the threatening process meets s.23(3)(a)(i) of the Act. B. Would the preparation and implementation of a nationally co-ordinated threat abatement plan be a feasible, effective and efficient way to abate the process? The nomination put the view that a threat abatement plan that addresses the long term management of both the swamp and its catchment would ensure the continuance of habitat for the listed species. The nomination suggested that although the Commonwealth s direct power to affect mining is limited, a threat abatement plan could provide for the prohibition of exports from the site and of the use of peat from this site in Commonwealth funded projects. The land owner, Sydney Water, and the NSW National Parks and Wildli
