(1) Schedule 1 contains a list of threatened species of animals and plants for the purposes of this Act, comprising the following--(a) critically endangered species,(b) endangered species,(c) vulnerable species.
(2) Schedule 2 contains a list of threatened ecological communities of animals and plants for the purposes of this Act, comprising the following--(a) critically endangered ecological communities,(b) endangered ecological communities,(c) vulnerable ecological communities.
(3) Schedule 3 contains a list of extinct species, species extinct in the wild and collapsed ecological communities of animals and plants for the purposes of this Act.