Threatened Species Framework annual report 2021–22 and 2022–23

Abstract

In December 2022 Australia joined most other nations around the world in adopting the Global Biodiversity Framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity, committing to ‘halt human-induced extinction of known threatened species and for the recovery and conservation of species, in particular threatened species, to significantly reduce extinction risk’ by 2030. Australia has the worst mammal extinction record in the world, with known rapid declines also occurring in birds, reptiles and amphibians. In New South Wales alone there are 928 species listed as threatened with extinction under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW) (BC Act). The establishment and management of both public and private protected areas is one of the most effective strategies to protect and restore threatened species populations, integrated with other complementary measures.