Report
SHARE
The conservation and protection of national threatened species and ecological communities
Publisher
Communities
Threatened species
Australia
Description
Australia is home to more than one million species of plants and animals,manyofwhicharefoundnowhereelseonEarth.About85percentof Australia’s flowering plants, 84 per cent of its mammals, 89 per cent of its reptiles, 93 per cent of its frogs, 45 per cent of its birds and 85 per cent of inshorefreshwaterfishareuniquetoAustralia. TheStateoftheEnvironment Report(2006)notedthatwhileAustralia’sbiodiversityisofincalculablevalue, biodiversitycontinuestodeclineandfacesongoingpressures
Publication Details
Copyright:
Commonwealth of Australia 2007
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
4 Apr 2007
