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Australian Nature Conservation Agency

ANCA

1 June 1993 – 18 November 1996

Previously Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service (1975–1993).

Commonwealth nature conservation agency, the renamed Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, which managed Commonwealth national parks and the Australian National Botanic Gardens and ran wildlife, endangered species and biodiversity programs.

Names over time

  1. Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service1975–1993
  2. Australian Nature Conservation Agency1993–1996

How it came into existence

Formed on 1 June 1993 when the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service formally changed its name to the Australian Nature Conservation Agency, headed by a Chief Executive Officer; it continued to serve the Director of National Parks and Wildlife under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975.

Legislation: National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975; Endangered Species Protection Act 1992

How it ended

Ceased to exist as a separate administrative entity on 18 November 1996, when its functions were absorbed into Environment Australia within the Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories; its parks work continued as Parks Australia and its conservation programs in the department's Biodiversity Group.

Main functions

  • Management of Commonwealth national parks and reserves
  • Management of the Australian National Botanic Gardens
  • Endangered species protection
  • Wildlife trade regulation
  • Australian Biological Resources Study
  • National biodiversity programs

Where it sits

Last in the portfolio of Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories.

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Sources

Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.