The Action Plan for Threatened Species and Ecological Communities 2026–2040 sets priorities for preventing the extinction of threatened species and ecological communities in the Hills and Fleurieu region of South Australia from 2026 to 2040. The Plan prioritises species and communities according to extinction risk, regional significance and the feasibility of recovery. Its measurable outcomes are to reduce by 2040 the extinction risk of 43 priority plant species, 36 priority animal species and seven priority ecological communities. Recovery measures include protecting and expanding critical habitat, controlling weeds and predators, managing grazing and fire regimes, restoring hydrological processes, maintaining seed banks, propagating and translocating plants, operating captive-breeding and refuge programmes, reintroducing freshwater fish and other species, and supporting targeted surveys, monitoring and climate-resilience research. Implementation depends on cooperation among government agencies, First Nations peoples, conservation organisations, researchers, communities and public and private land managers.
Australia · 2026-06-01