Education and Management Application: Wildlife/Listed Fish/Protected Flora 

Use this application form to apply for permits for education and management purposes under the Wildlife Act 1975 and Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

If you wish to apply for a permit for research purposes, please visit the research permit application form.

Applicant Details

Activity details

Description of Activity

Please provide details of the previous permit below


Wildlife Species

If you intend to take wildlife from any land managed by Parks Victoria, you will also need to apply through ParkConnect for an Access Agreement. If you have permission from the landholder, no permit is required to take Protected Flora from private land for non-commercial purposes.


Begin typing in the box below to search for the appropriate species.

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Wildlife Activities

Please select all relevant boxes.

Please provide the address where it will be kept.

Protected Flora Species

If you intend to take flora from any land managed by Parks Victoria, you will also need to apply through ParkConnect for an Access Agreement. If you have permission from the landholder, no permit is required to take Protected Flora from private land for non-commercial purposes.

For further information please view the Threatened Flora, Non-Threatened Protected Flora, and Threatened Communities list.  

Begin typing in the box below to search for the appropriate species.

Where species are unknown, please select "various" from the drop-down box below.

Listed fish, freshwater crayfish, and aquatic invertebrate species

If you intend to take listed fish/crayfish or aquatic invertebrates from any land managed by Parks Victoria you will also need to apply through ParkConnect for an Access Agreement.

In addition to the permit under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, approval may be required under the Fisheries Act 1995. Please contact the Victorian Fisheries Authority.


Begin typing in the box below to search for the appropriate species.

Use of listed fish, freshwater crayfish, aquatic invertebrates

Please select all relevant boxes.

Please provide the address where fish, freshwater crayfish and/or aquatic invertebrates will be kept.

Proposed sites

If proposing to take from the wild and/or humane euthanasia, you must include details on the location where wildlife will be taken from. 

If proposing to keep wildlife in captivity, you must include a complete street address of where the animals will be held.

For translocation and/or take from the wild, you must include details on the location where species will be kept, collected from and/or released. Please also include the street address of any location where species will be kept for the duration of the project.

Please include the street address of any location where flora specimens will be kept for the duration of the project.

Please include the street address of any location where fish will be kept for the duration of the project.

Please note, a permit does not convey the right of entry to any property or site (including public or Crown Land) to conduct authorised research activities. Prior permission from the landowner or manager is required.


Ethics Approval

Ethics approval may be required for activities that include; collection of biometric data, tagging and attaching tracking devices, blood / tissue sampling, trapping, attaching telemetry devices, take from the wild and humane euthanasia.  For further information visit Animal Welfare Victoria.

If you have obtained ethics approval please provide details below.  A copy of the ethics application and approval must be submitted with the application.   

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Acknowledgment by Applicant


I,

being the applicant for this Wildlife Act Research Permit, acknowledge that it is an offence under Section 58B of the Wildlife Act 1975 to provide false or misleading information in, or in connection with, the application for a Wildlife Act permit and I state that the information that I have provided is true, correct and complete. 

being the applicant for this Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act Permit, acknowledge that the information that I have provided is true, correct and complete.

If any of the names shown above are not correct, please re-enter your personal details at the top of this form before submitting the application.

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Collection, use and disclosure of personal information - Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is committed to protecting personal information provided by you in accordance with the principles set out in the Victorian privacy laws.  This privacy statement applies to the collection and use of personal information, voluntarily provided by you, in relation to administration of licences and authorisations administered under the Wildlife Act 1975. 

The information you provide will be used to assess your application, administer any relevant licences or authorisations and carry out compliance relating to those licences or authorisations.  

DELWP or its contracted service providers under confidentiality agreements may survey you about your experience with DELWP. 

You may apply for access to your personal information at any time to confirm that it is accurate and up to date, upon payment of a prescribed fee (if any).  Enquires should be directed to the DELWP Customer Service Centre on 136 186. 

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is committed to protecting personal information provided by you in accordance with the principles set out in the Victorian privacy laws.  This privacy statement applies to the collection and use of personal information, voluntarily provided by you, in relation to administration of licences and authorisations administered under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.  

The information you provide will be used to assess your application, administer any relevant licences or authorisations and carry out compliance relating to those licences or authorisations.  

DELWP or its contracted service providers under confidentiality agreements may survey you about your experience with DELWP. 

You may apply for access to your personal information at any time to confirm that it is accurate and up to date, upon payment of a prescribed fee (if any).  Enquires should be directed to the DELWP Customer Service Centre on 136 186.