Research reveals bill to recover Australia's threatened species

7 Jan 2025
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A critically endangered Gulbaru gecko (Phyllurus gulbaru). Image: Eric Vanderduys

The full cost of recovering all of Australia’s threatened animals and plants has been calculated for the first time.

Research led by University of Queensland and CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, has estimated the annual cost to fully restore populations of 1,657 threatened terrestrial and freshwater species to be $583 billion.

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