Secretary to prepare recovery plans for threatened species, populations and ecological communities
220ZI Secretary to prepare recovery plans for threatened species, populations and ecological communities
The Secretary may prepare a recovery plan—
for each endangered or critically endangered species (other than a species presumed extinct), and
for each endangered population, and
for each endangered or critically endangered ecological community, and
for each vulnerable species,
to promote the recovery of the species, population or ecological community to a position of viability in nature.
A recovery plan may contain provisions relevant to more than one species, population or ecological community and may be made for part of a range of a species, population or ecological community, and more than one recovery plan may be prepared for a species, population or ecological community.
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