Biodiversity Conservation Regulation 2017

for critically endangered ecological communities—very highly restricted, or

for endangered ecological communities—highly restricted, or

for vulnerable ecological communities—moderately restricted,

there is a projected or continuing decline in any of the following—

a measure of spatial extent appropriate to the ecological community,

a measure of environmental quality appropriate to the characteristic biota of the ecological community,

a measure of disruption to biotic interactions appropriate to the characteristic biota of the ecological community,

there are threatening processes that are likely to cause continuing decline in either geographic distribution, environmental quality or biotic interactions within the near future,

the ecological community exists at—

for critically endangered ecological communities—an extremely low number of locations, or

for endangered ecological communities—a very low number of locations, or

for vulnerable ecological communities—a low number of locations.