Why has so much biodiversity been lost in western Sydney?
The threats to the biodiversity of western Sydney are the same threats that face native plants and animals across NSW and Australia:
- loss, degradation and fragmentation of habitat through human activity
- introduced species
- changed bushfire patterns
- pollution
- climate change.
Unless these threats are addressed and reduced, western Sydney will see a greater loss of biodiversity and its native plant and animal species will disappear.
Of particular concern in western Sydney is clearing of habitat areas for houses and industry, which in turn place pressure on the remaining areas of bushland.
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Page last updated: 04 May 2011
