The government's decided they can't be arsed

Recovery plans matter. They are the contracts between the government and the community to protect and recover the unique Australian species that are threatened with extinction. Australia is in the grip of a continental extinction crisis—with more than 1,900 species on the national threatened species list.

Right now the Morrison government wants to hear from you—kind of!—about their plans to renege on their duty to make recovery plans for 676 of this continent's unique threatened species. They're consulting with the community but you're definitely not alone if you haven't heard about it ...

Recovery plans matter. They are the contracts between the government and the community to protect and recover the unique Australian species that are threatened with extinction. Australia is in the grip of a continental extinction crisis—with more than 1,900 species on the national threatened species list.

Right now the Morrison government wants to hear from you—kind of!—about their plans to renege on their duty to make recovery plans for 676 of this continent's unique threatened species. They're consulting with the community but you're definitely not alone if you haven't heard about it—they're not trying too hard.

It’s become all too apparent that the government hasn’t been doing their job to deliver (or fund, or implement) successful recovery plans for threatened species. Instead of fixing this problem, the government’s response is to just rip these important contracts up—or ensure they never need to bother making them at all.

This is the opposite of what we need. The government needs to uphold their part of the contract by:

Developing recovery plans for ecological communities and the threatened species that call them home
Ensuring recovery plans are done properly and are well-funded
Listening to their independent review of the national environment law by setting and enforcing national standards that will protect the species and places we love.

Will you send a message to the Department of Environment and the Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley that recovery plans matter—and work—to protect Australia’s species and ecological communities.

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Recovery plans matter

Please send a message to the Department of Environment and the Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley that recovery plans matter

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Dear Minister Ley and Assistant Secretary, Protected Species and Communities Branch,

I do not support the proposal to remove the requirement to have a recovery plan for the 185 entities listed under tranche one of the “Proposed changes to conservation planning decisions”.

Firstly, there are many unique and irreplaceable entities on the list, including the Glossy Black Cockatoo, the Tassie Devil, the Cumberland Plains Woodlands and the Green and Golden Bell Frog.

In addition, a significant number of entities you have nominated for potential removal of their recovery plan requirement occur largely or wholly in Commonwealth lands and seas or have significant complex conservation planning needs, including being subject to multiple, significant threats or occurring across multiple jurisdictions. As such, they require a recovery plan that is able to be enforced under law by the Federal government.

Secondly, as one of the world’s mega-diverse nations with a high level of endemism, it is Australia’s global duty to ensure the survival of all our unique threatened species and ecological communities. The Commonwealth government has a fundamental responsibility to ensure that this occurs—both as a signatory to various international agreements, but also as the only entity that can act and regulate across all jurisdictions.

I want all our threatened entities to recover to the point where they thrive and are able to survive. To do so, they need well thought out, funded and enforceable conservation planning that has the regulatory power to stop threats to species and their habitats, and protect endangered ecological communities from further harm.

Recovery plans matter. They are the contracts between the government and the community to protect and recover the unique Australian entities that are threatened with extinction.

I would gladly see them strengthened and updated to make them more useful—but I do not support the removal of recovery plans for less enforceable Conservation Advices, particularly in the absence of any action to put in place strong, enforceable national standards that protect species and their habitat, and ecological communities.

Please ensure the survival of our irreplaceable and globally unique natural treasures by ensuring that they have recovery plans implemented and funded to protect entities from threats, and by implementing strong national environment standards and an independent environment regulator to ensure we can save the Australian species that need saving.

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