Australia is facing an extinction crisis of unprecedented magnitude, with over 1,890 species listed as threatened under the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) and many more unlisted. The majority of Australia’s threatened plants and animals occur nowhere else in the world. Their extinction is a global tragedy.

Climate change, habitat loss, disease, weeds and feral animals are driving many plants and animals to the brink of extinction. Over the past 20 years, 85% of terrestrial threatened species habitat in Australia has been lost. Add to this, the devastating impact of the 2019 Victorian bushfires and the recent floods and the future looks bleak. These losses are catastrophic, yet this situation will only worsen as Australia heads further into climate breakdown.

The Threatened Species Conservancy is an Australian Not-for-Profit organisation who plan and implement recovery programs for the nation’s threatened plants and animals. As longstanding practitioners of threatened species recovery, we use our ecological expertise to help threatened species to thrive. 

We protect all species with a focus on the non-iconic, the unique, the forgotten - the things that creep and crawl, that slither and slime. These are the species that underpin all life on earth. They may not be cuddly but they are important for us all. 

We won't allow another extinction on our watch!