New projects to protect Australia’s threatened wildlife

The Hon Sussan Ley MP
Minister for the Environment

More than 60 of Australia’s priority native species, from the Brush-tailed rock wallaby to the Eltham copper butterfly, are set to benefit from more than $12 million in grants thanks to the Morrison Government’s Threatened Species Strategy Action Plan 2021-2026.

Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said the successful projects are funded through the $100 million Environment Restoration Fund.

“The successful projects span all states and territories and will deliver practical action on the ground to protect more than 60 priority threatened species,” Minister Ley said.

“This includes action to restore and create important habitat, captive breeding programs to boost populations as well as new feral cat and fox management initiatives to reduce pressures from invasive predators.

“These community-led activities will help improve the trajectory of our most precious native wildlife with a range of flow on benefits for other species that share the same habitat.

“Projects announced today will also drive forward action under the Government’s recently announced Threatened Species Strategy Action Plan, which sets a pathway to coordinate practical conservation efforts for our threatened species.”

The grants complement other major Government investments supporting threatened species recovery under the National Landcare Program; the $200 million Bushfire wildlife and habitat recovery package; and the Environment Restoration Fund.

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