Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council

Jaana Dielenberg; Sarah Bekessy; Graeme S. Cumming; Angela J. Dean; James A. Fitzsimons; Stephen Garnett; Teagan Goolmeer; Lesley Hughes; Richard T. Kingsford; Sarah Legge; David B. Lindenmayer; Catherine E. Lovelock; Rachel Lowry; Martine Maron; Jessica Marsh; Jan McDonald; Nicola J. Mitchell; Bradley J. Moggridge; Rachel Morgain; Patrick J. O'Connor; Jack Pascoe; Gretta T. Pecl; Hugh P. Possingham; Euan G. Ritchie; Liam D.G. Smith; Rebecca Spindler; Ross M. Thompson; James Trezise; Kate Umbers; John Woinarski; Brendan A. Wintle

doi:10.1111/emr.12594

Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council

Jaana Dielenberg
, Sarah Bekessy
, Graeme S. Cumming
, Angela J. Dean
, James A. Fitzsimons
, Stephen Garnett
, Teagan Goolmeer
, Lesley Hughes
, Richard T. Kingsford
, Sarah Legge
, David B. Lindenmayer
, Catherine E. Lovelock
, Rachel Lowry
, Martine Maron
, Jessica Marsh
, Jan McDonald
, Nicola J. Mitchell
, Bradley J. Moggridge
, Rachel Morgain
, Patrick J. O'Connor

Jack Pascoe, Gretta T. Pecl, Hugh P. Possingham, Euan G. Ritchie, Liam D.G. Smith, Rebecca Spindler, Ross M. Thompson, James Trezise, Kate Umbers, John Woinarski, Brendan A. Wintle

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Australia is a mega-biodiverse region. Millions of years of geographical isolation have resulted in high species diversity and endemism. So far, >21 000 species of plants, 8000 species of vertebrates, and 110 000 species of insects and other invertebrates have been described (Chapman 2009). An exceptionally high percentage are endemic; 93% of flowering plants, >80% of invertebrates, 87% of mammals, 93% of reptiles, 94% of frogs, 74% of freshwater fishes and >50% of temperate marine fishes in Australia are found nowhere else (Lintermans 2013; Cresswell & Murphy 2017).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69-74
Number of pages	6
Journal	Ecological Management and Restoration
Volume	24
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.12594
Publication status	Published - 12 Jan 2024

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Dielenberg, J., Bekessy, S., Cumming, G. S., Dean, A. J., Fitzsimons, J. A., Garnett, S., Goolmeer, T., Hughes, L., Kingsford, R. T., Legge, S., Lindenmayer, D. B., Lovelock, C. E., Lowry, R., Maron, M., Marsh, J., McDonald, J., Mitchell, N. J., Moggridge, B. J., Morgain, R., ... Wintle, B. A. (2024). Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council. Ecological Management and Restoration, 24(2-3), 69-74. https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.12594

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