Fauna licensing

People who carry out fauna surveys are required to hold a Regulation 17 Licence to Take Fauna For Scientific Purposes, under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950. As a condition of the licence, the licensee is required to submit a return detailing the species and numbers that were captured or sighted.

The Fauna Survey Database application captures these returns in an electronic format.

Click here to access Fauna Survey Database at http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/fauna_returns.

The Fauna Survey Database has limited search and download capabilities for searching of other submitted returns. However, Naturemap has records from multiple sources, including fauna surveys, and is a powerful search tool.

Click here to access Naturemap at http://naturemap.dec.wa.gov.au.

Administration of fauna licensing requirements is coordinated by the department's Species and Communities Branch. 

For fauna research licensing and database inquiries, contact:

Norm Press
Admin Officer Fauna,
DEC Nature Protection Branch
Locked Bag 104,
Bentley Delivery Centre,
WA 6983,
Australia
Telephone: +61 8 9334 0434
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Application forms

These forms are provided in alternative formats for your convenience. 

 Application for Licence to keep Fauna for Educational and Public Purposes (112.01 kB)
 Application for Licence to keep Fauna for Educational and Public Purposes (66 kB) 

 Application for Licence to take Dangerous Fauna and Fauna for Educational or Public Purposes (109.72 kB)
 Application for Licence to take Dangerous Fauna and Fauna for Educational or Public Purposes (46.5 kB)

 Application for Licence to take Fauna for Scientific Purposes (597 kB)

 Application to Enter DEC Lands/Waters for Undertaking Research (38.87 kB)
 Application to Enter DEC Lands/Waters for Undertaking Research (50 kB)