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.
Conservation of Australia's biodiversity
National framework
Conservation under the EPBC Act
Find out about our unique biodiversity
Science and research
- Australian Biological Resources Study
- Australia's biological resources
- Bird and bat banding
- National Environmental Research Program
- Supervising Scientist Division
- Threatened Species Scientific Committee
Search online
- Species - Species Profiles and Threats
- Conservation advices - By NRM region
- Wetlands - Australian Wetlands Database
- Flora - Databases and resources
- Fauna - Databases and resources
- EPBC Act - EPBC Referrals and public notices
News and events
May 2013
- Scott River Ironstone Association ecological community - listed as endangered
March 2013
- Monsoon vine thickets on the coastal sand dunes of Dampier Peninsula
- Western Sydney Dry Rainforest and Moist Woodland on Shale
- Lowland Grassy Woodland in the South East Corner Bioregion
February 2013
December 2012
- One Land - Many Stories: Prospectus of Investment
- Farming and nationally protected Natural Grasslands of the Murray Valley Plains
November 2012
- Threat abatement plan to reduce the impacts on northern Australia's biodiversity by the five listed grasses - November 2012
- CITES 16th Conference of the Parties - comments close 14 January 2013
- National Wildlife Corridors Plan
- Biodiversity Fund - Northern Australia Targeted Investment 2013-14
Latest news
2013-14 Prospectus of Investment
One Land - Many Stories: Prospectus of Investment presents the Australian Government's vision for conserving and managing Australia's valuable and most vulnerable environments.
National Wildlife Corridors Plan
The National Wildlife Corridors Plan is the Australian Government's framework to retain, restore and manage ecological connections in the Australian landscape.