What is the Saving our Species program?

Many ecosystems across New South Wales are showing signs of collapse, and our native species are threatened with extinction.

Saving our Species is working today so we can secure our native plants, animals and ecosystems for generations to come. The program protects, monitors and conserves plants and animals in ways that reflect their ecology and the threats they face.

Under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, New South Wales must operate a Biodiversity Conservation Program to maximise the long-term security of all threatened species and threatened ecological communities in nature.

Saving our Species sets the framework for conservation on private land and national parks, on crown land and council reserves. It outlines management actions needed to secure these species in the wild for the next 100 years.

The Saving our Species program:

  • works with experts and uses independent, peer-reviewed science
  • delivers targeted projects to save threatened plants and animals.
Budawangs bush-pea (Pultenaea baeuerlenii)
Budawangs bush-pea (Pultenaea baeuerlenii).
Credit: Gavin Phillips/DPE
Framework

Find out how we manage threatened species in different ways depending on what we know about their ecology and threats.

Young man crouching holding plant with gloved hands, bucket and clipboard nearby.
Saving our Species staff planting seedlings as part of a regeneration program for the Milton Ulladulla Subtropical Rainforest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion, a threatened ecological community.
Credit: Matt Mo/DCCEEW
Research

Learn how we use strategic research, adaptive management and the best evidence available to improve conservation outcomes for threatened species and ecological communities.

Spotted tree frog (Litoria spenceri)
Spotted tree frog (Litoria spenceri).
Credit: David Hunter
Reporting

Stay informed about our work with our yearly reviews, report cards and other resources.

Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus).
Credit: Lachlan Hall/DPE
Partner with us

Start a conversation about conservation and help secure our biodiversity for future generations.

Dillwynia tenuifolia is a threatened species in NSW
Dillwynia tenuifolia.
Credit: Barry Collier
Content and communications

Stay in the loop with the latest news and updates from our threatened species conservation projects.

A pale imperial hairstreak butterfly (Jalmenus eubulus) perched on a plant
Pale imperial hairstreak butterfly (Jalmenus eubulus).
Credit: Bruce Thompson
Resources

Learn about NSW threatened species through our education and project resources.

Close-up of a Gang-gang cockatoo with a striking red head and crest, contrasting with its soft grey body feathers, perched in a natural environment.
Gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum).
Credit: WIRES
Public register of conservation strategies

Search the public register for strategies for NSW threatened species, ecological communities and some key threatening processes.

A green mossy rock sets the scene, as a tiny skink sits in the centre of the image. The skink has a golden sheen from the tail upwards, as the yellow spots slowly get bigger and more pronounced towards it's mouth. The sides of the body of the skink are blackened with tiny white speckles between the larger yellow. The tiny lizards has one tiny black loathing eye turned on the viewer.
Blue-speckled forest skink, Dorrigo National Park.
Credit: A. Turbill/DCCEEW
Publications

Search our Saving our Species publications.

Contact us

Saving our Species Program

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