Australia Yearbook - 2009-10

200
150
100
50
2000
2009
3.2 THREATENED FAUNA SPECIES
0
Extinct (a) Critically Endangered Vulnerable (b)
endangered
(a) Includes category 'extinct in the wild'. (b) Includes category 'conservation dependent'.
Note: Data for 2000 can be revised, last viewed September 2009.
Source: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts,
Native species
Fauna
Fishes
Frogs
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Other animals
Total Fauna
Flora
Total species
Ecological
communities
3.3 THREATENED SPECIES AND ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES, AUSTRALIA—– 2009
Extinct
no.
—
4
—
23
27
1
55
48
103
—
Extinct in
the wild
no.
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
Critically
endangered
no.
3
2
2
6
4
19
36
89
125
15
Endangered
no.
16
14
14
41
35
14
134
523
657
30
Vulnerable
no.
25
12
38
61
54
7
197
664
861
1
Conservation
dependent
no.
3
—
—
—
—
—
3
—
3
—
Total
no.
48
32
54
131
120
41
426
1 324
1 750
46
— nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
Source: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, , last viewed
September 2009.
Parks and protected areas
Although Australia's biodiversity continues to be
threatened by many factors, measures have been
put in place to protect native flora and fauna. One
such measure is a system of protected areas (the
Natural Reserve System) that is dedicated to the
protection and maintenance of biological
diversity and of natural and cultural resources.
The development of a comprehensive, adequate
and representative National Reserve System is the
responsibility of the Commonwealth, state and
territory governments as part of Australia's
obligation under the United Nations Biodiversity
Convention established in 1993.
Most national parks and other protected areas in
Australia are declared and managed by state and
territory governments, although some protected
areas are managed by conservation or other
groups. Declaration and management of
Indigenous Protected Areas – Indigenous-owned
land that is managed to protect its natural and
associated cultural values – began in 1998.
The area of conservation reserves in each state
and territory is recorded in the Collaborative
Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD)
using the World Conservation Union (IUCN)
classification system of protected areas. The
classification system comprises seven categories
based on the main (or primary) management
intent of protected areas.
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