Tasmanian tiger-thylacine search mainland Australia 2025.

DNP EAReplyReply allForwardTo:​You​Fri 22/08/2025 9:38 AMOFFICIALDear Michael, Thank you for contacting the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), the Director of National Parks is responsible for Commonwealth reserves. These include six national parks, the Australian National Botanic Gardens and 60 Australian Marine Parks. These areas are managed either directly or in partnership with

Hi there Michael,Please see below replies from department senior officers:Flaura/Fauna Division from Department of Lands, Planning and Environment reply as below -Hi Ian,The Department of Lands,Planning and Environment has trialed eDNA as a sampling method across multiple projects.Heres a recent example -Territory stories-Environmental DNA[eDNA] trial Rapid Creek.In the NT,I am not aware of any eDNA screening for Tasmanian tiger or any projects with Envirodna.Happy for this info to be passed on.Dr

The Queensland state Government conservation department on mainland Australia have confirmed they are not using Environmental Dna to screen for species including Tasmanian tiger/Thylacine i contacted them this week. This video includes two replies from two departments on this issue from Queensland's state government.https://www.envirodna.com/resources/n...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct0XTZaMXbc

Adrian Pinderadrian.pinder@dbca.wa.gov.au​You​DBCA Enquiries​OFFICIALHi Michael. Thankyou for your enquiry with the department on 10 Jun. DBCA is using eDNA technologies to survey and monitor threatened species in Western Australia, although most projects are in methodological development or pilot study stages at this time. This research is undertaken by our own eDNA laboratory. We do not have a program of broadscale screening for mammals using eDNA, rather our projects are targeted towards listed

Gaffney, Robbie Robbie.Gaffney@nre.tas.gov.au​Panther1966@live.com.au​​CC. Wildlife Services Driessen, Michael​Dear MichaelThankyou for your query regarding eDNA for Tasmanian tiger. Environmental DNA (via the company EnviroDNA) has been used in the past in Tasmania to assess for the presence of chytrid fungus in frogs and the presence of platypus. However, I am not aware of any current projects looking at environmental DNA in Tasmania to survey wildlife for any species. We are aware of the eDNA

Higham, Jason (DEW)Jason.Higham@sa.gov.au​You​OFFICIALGood afternoonThanks for your inquiry to our website regarding whether our department uses eDNA technology. In looking through the available information, we do not currently use eDNA testing in South Australia routinely but some of South Australia’s Natural Resource Management Boards, the Landscape Boards have used eDNA in their projects.Please see https://www.landscape.sa.gov.au/hf/ne... and https://www.greenadelaide.sa.gov.au/n... for more