{"schema":"plot.claim/v1","address":{"kind":"claim","id":"JH0J-MP","version":1,"latest_version":1,"is_latest":true,"release":null,"url":"https://www.plot.eco/c/JH0J-MP","formats":{"html":"https://www.plot.eco/c/JH0J-MP","json":"https://www.plot.eco/c/JH0J-MP.json","md":"https://www.plot.eco/c/JH0J-MP.md","embed":"https://www.plot.eco/c/JH0J-MP/embed"}},"record_type":"observation","statement":"The EPBC Act list of threatened ecological communities (extracted 20 March 2026) lists Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain as Critically Endangered, occurring in Victoria.","about":{"id":"26FE-5C","name":"Western volcanic plains grasslands","kind":"ecosystem","url":"https://www.plot.eco/e/western-volcanic-plains-grassland","place":null},"object":null,"measure":"Conservation listing status","value":{"text":"Critically Endangered (EPBC Act)","number":null,"lower":null,"upper":null,"comparator":"=","unit":null},"caveats":{"kind":"source_reported","kind_label":"Reported by source","origin":"legal_register","origin_label":"Legal register","period":{"text":"2026-03-20 to 2026-03-20","start":"2026-03-20","end":"2026-03-20"},"verification":{"level":"reviewed","label":"Reviewed","step":3,"of":4,"meaning":"PLOT checked the claim against its source. This is not independent verification.","basis":"person","basis_note":"Checked by a person."},"open_questions":{"count":0,"note":"Open questions and challenges are counted publicly; their text is published when they are resolved."}},"temporal_status":"current_period","method":null,"uncertainty":null,"limitations":null,"explanation":null,"source":{"title":"Ecological Communities State Lists, 20 March 2026 (EPBC Act listed threatened ecological communities)","publisher":"Australian Government DCCEEW","url":"https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ae652011-f39e-4c6c-91b8-1dc2d2dfee8f/resource/17310982-2a37-4911-89ac-72c80533266a/download/20260320cmty.csv","locator":"Sheet1!A70:J70 (Community, EPBC Status, ID, and the state columns to VIC)","page":null,"plot_url":"https://www.plot.eco/s/SVYM-BA?snippet=e2dd33e5-539b-4039-abd5-6029ad2f4879"},"framework_targets":[],"editions":["epbc-minor-updates"],"history":[{"version":1,"change_reason":null,"current":true}],"resolved_questions":[{"kind":"question","status":"withdrawn","question":"Is the council's \"western volcanic plains grasslands\" this listed community? PLOT matched them by name; the listing applies to the community as its listing advice defines it, and whether any patch in Hobsons Bay meets its condition thresholds needs a source that says so (D54). The list also has \"Grassy Eucalypt Woodland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain\" (row 43), a different community.","resolution":"Raised on a draft that was superseded (c/JH0J-MP); the same question stands on c/XJXY-X3.","about_version":1}],"sourcing":null,"jobs":null,"cite_as":"PLOT record c/JH0J-MP v1, Australian Government DCCEEW (2026-03-20 to 2026-03-20), reported by source"}