Threatened Forests and Fauna
Australia is home to more than one million species, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. About 85 per cent of flowering plants, 84 per cent of mammals, more than 45 per cent of birds, and 89 per cent of inshore, temperate-zone fish are only found in Australia.
Changes to the landscape and native habitat as a result of human activity has put many of these unique species at risk. Over the last two hundred years many species of plants and animals have become extinct. For the other species of plants and animals whose survival is threatened a range of management and conservation measures are in place.
The NSW Threatened Species Conservation (TSC) Act 1995 and Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act identify and protect native plants and animals in danger of becoming extinct. The Act also provides for species recovery and threat abatement programs.
To date, there are 26 known threatened plant species and 42 known animal species in Hornsby Shire - List of threatened species in Hornsby Shire - 107kb.
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