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In New South Wales, 1026 native species, populations and ecological communities are listed as threatened with extinction. This website shows you what they look like, where and how they live, why they're threatened, and what we can do to help bring them back from the brink of extinction.

Species, populations and ecological communities

Detailed profiles on each threatened species, population and ecological community in NSW.
Information on what's living in a particular type of habitat or region of NSW.

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Recovery actions

Recovery plans and threat abatement plans to help species, populations and ecological communities get off the 'threatened' list.
Information on the NSW Priorities Action Statement, which gives an overview of recovery actions for all NSW threatened species, populations and ecological communities.

Legislation & Scientific Committee

Overview of threatened species conservation in NSW.
Information and links to threatened species legislation.
Scientific Committee determinations: official listings under the Threatened Species Conservation Act.
Policing NSW threatened species legislation.

What's new?

May - 2008 Regent Honeyeater and Swift Parrot survey season commences

May 08 - Approved Recovery Plan for the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby

EEC Identification Guidelines

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Launch of Koala reports for the Far South Coast

View reports and download submission forms Go to the Koala profile.

Recent Final listings

-	Pretty Beard Orchid
-	Buloke Woodland
-	Sandhill Pine Woodland in the Riverina, Murray-Darling Depression and NSW South Western Slopes bioregions
-	Prasophyllum innubum
-	Prasophyllum keltonii
-	Pterostylis despectans
-	Rotala tripartita
-	Sloane's Froglet
-	Tableland Basalt Forest
-	Red Helmet Orchid
-	Invasion and establishment of Scotch broom
-	Loss of Hollow-bearing Trees - key threatening process
-	Greater Glider population in the Bingi-Congo area of the Eurobodalla LGA
-	Ausfeld's Wattle
-	Southern Sydney sheltered forest on transitional sandstone soils in the Sydney Basin Bioregion

Last updated: 01/09/2005