Top 10 Recommendations

Critical Habitat Protection

To halt the loss of critical and remnant habitat, relevant regulatory controls should be amended to explicitly prohibit the clearing of critical and remnant habitat and ensure these habitats are permanently...

Threatened Species Recovery Plans

To halt the decline of threatened species, ensure full funding and implementation of strong, enforceable Recovery Plans for all threatened species and ecological communities in WA, updated at least every five...

Environmental Offsets Limits

To guarantee that offsets meaningfully contribute to biodiversity conservation and an absolute gain in habitat, and to avoid being used to justify projects that are otherwise environmentally unacceptable - environmental offsets...

Biodiversity Conservation Act Reform

WA needs a modernised Biodiversity Conservation Act that is based on protection, restoration and enhancement, and grounded in evidence, ambition and purpose. To do this we recommend: conducting the mandated five...

Bioregional Planning

Fully resource and prioritise the development of bioregional plans that identify key biodiversity health indicators, threats and trends, critical habitats, ecologically sensitive areas, culturally important areas and no-go zones to inform...

Biodiversity Strategy

Develop and implement an ambitious biodiversity strategy with measurable targets and strong environmental standards to protect and restore WA’s terrestrial and marine ecosystems, consistent with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Ecological Restoration and Resilience

Commit to strengthened regulatory controls, entailing improved stakeholder consultation, inclusive knowledge systems, responsive approaches and increased funding to support the restoration of ecosystems and ecological health, to build resilience in the...