Research is incorporated into almost every aspect of Saving our Species (SoS):
- Program decisions are guided by strategic research that applies the best evidence available.
- Saving our Species strategies are designed to incorporate targeted research and adaptive management approaches to improve conservation outcomes for threatened species and ecological communities.
- The Saving our Species Key Threatening Processes Strategy integrates action and research to find new and better ways of intervening to combat threats to threatened species and ecological communities.
- Saving our Species also provides funding for research projects to improve our knowledge base for threatened species conservation.
Featured project: Using genetic rescue for the conservation of Persoonia hindii
The endangered Persoonia hindii has an extremely small population size, and clonality and inbreeding are making this species vulnerable to extinction. Read the project summary below to find out how SoS research is informing translocation and genetic rescue of this species.
Research projects
Saving our Species research projects target specific questions to improve our understanding of threatened species, threatened communities and their threats, and inform on-ground management for the conservation of these species and communities.
Research is often done by partnering with universities, other government agencies, botanic gardens, private industry, and Aboriginal and community organisations. Saving our Species currently supports the following research projects, which aim to address key knowledge gaps for plants, animals and fungi in New South Wales.