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Biodiversity

Conservation of Australia's biodiversity

Biodiversity is the variety of all life forms on earth - the different plants, animals and micro-organisms and the ecosystems of which they are a part.

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News and media

Psophodes leucogaster leucogaster (mallee whipbird)

Invitation to comment on one bird species listing assessment

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  • Threatened
27 February 2023
Chalinolobus dwyeri (large-eared pied bat)

Invitation to comment on one fire-affected mammal species listing assessment

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  • Threatened
16 January 2023
Photo of Acacia Blayana

Invitation to comment on the fire-affected Acacia blayana (Blay’s wattle) listing assessment

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21 November 2022
Flower

Invitation to comment on six fire-affected plant species listing assessments

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04 October 2022
Milyeringa justitia

Invitation to comment on the listing assessment for the Barrow cave gudgeon

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23 August 2022
Plant

Invitation to comment on ten fire-affected plant species listing assessments

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15 July 2022
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Bushfire recovery

Bushfire Recovery

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Koalas

Koalas

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Threatened species

Threatened species & ecological communities

Australia is home to between 600,000 and 700,000 species, many of which are found nowhere else in the world.

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