Australia’s unique biodiversity is part of our national identity. Australia's biodiversity is fundamental to the health of our environment, economy and community.

Our native species and ecological communities face significant challenges from accumulated and compounding threats. These include the pervading and invasive threat of pests and weeds, habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, and more frequent and extensive natural disasters.

This plan replaces the Threatened species strategy action plan 2021-2026. The former plan was evidence-based, developed through extensive stakeholder consultation and received positively by the threatened species management community. But the 2022 State of the Environment Report has shown that the challenges are greater than ever. This action plan builds on the former plan and sets new ambition and broader scope to meet the greater challenges we face to protect our biodiversity.