The Saving our Species program fulfils the functions of the Biodiversity Conservation Program.
The Saving our Species program consists of:
- Strategies to achieve the objectives of the program in relation to each threatened species and threatened ecological community.
- A framework to guide the setting of priorities for implementing the strategies.
- A process for monitoring and reporting on the overall outcomes and effectiveness of the program.
The Saving our Species program includes the Public register of conservation strategies.
Strategies to minimise the impacts of key threatening processes may, but are not required to be, included in the program.
Strategies are developed within 2 years for each newly-listed species or ecologically protected community within the Act.
Performance review
Section 4.27 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 requires the Environment Agency Head to review the outcomes and effectiveness of the Biodiversity Conservation Program every 5 years.
The performance and achievements of the Saving our Species program between 2016–21 were reviewed in 2022. The review found that substantial progress had been made towards securing threatened species in the wild in the next 100 years and identified some opportunities to refine and enhance the program. These have informed continued design and improvement of the Saving our Species program.
The review was also provided to NSW Treasury as part of its Centre for Evidence and Evaluation bank of evidence.
Resources
- Saving our Species program
- Saving our Species Framework
- Search for Saving our Species conservation strategies
- Saving our Species monitoring, evaluation and reporting framework
- Saving our Species reporting.
Amendments
The Environment Department Head may amend or replace a strategy or other component of the Saving our Species program at any time.