Australia’s forests and forestry glossary
Endangered species/ecological community
A native species/ecological community facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future. One of the categories of threatened species/ecological communities defined in the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
See Critically endangered species/ecological community, Ecological community, Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Threatened ecological community, Threatened species, Vulnerable species/ecological community.