Projects

Delivering outcomes in high value ecosystems

The NaturePlus™ Standard recognises different levels of conservation value by identifying where projects overlap with Key Biodiversity Areas and threatened ecosystems or species populations. Credits generated across a land or seascape are categorised into tiers according to whether they overlap areas of state, national or international significance.

Pilot projects in Australia include:

International Significance

51,233
hectares

within Key Biodiversity Areas

National Significance

966
hectares

threatened under the EPBC Act*

State Significance

1,210
hectares

threatened within the State**

* Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999)
** Listed as threatened by the relevant State

NaturePlus™ Australian Pilot Projects

Click to view projects validated or under development in their bioregion

Species identified on NaturePlus™ projects undergoing validation or successfully validated:

Birds

Kultarr

Mammals

Goodenia nocoleche

Plants

eucalyptus tereticornis

Ecosystems

State Scientific Name Common Name Type State Listing Commonwealth Listing Source
NSW Aphelocephala leucopsis Western Whiteface Bird – Vulnerable Cornell Lab of Ornithology – Ebird Observation via Atlas of Living Australia
NSW Certhionyx variegatus Pied Honeyeater Bird Vulnerable – Cornell Lab of Ornithology – Ebird Observation via Atlas of Living Australia
NSW Climacteris picumnus victoriae Brown Treecreeper (eastern subspecies) Bird Vulnerable Vulnerable NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s BioNet Atlas
NSW Falco hypoleucos Grey Falcon Bird Vulnerable Vulnerable BirdLife Australia – Birdata Project via Atlas of Living Australia
NSW Grus rubicunda Brolga Bird Vulnerable – NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s BioNet Atlas
NSW Hieraaetus morphnoides Little Eagle Bird Vulnerable – Cornell Lab of Ornithology – Ebird Observation via Atlas of Living Australia
NSW Lophochroa leadbeateri Pink Cockatoo Bird Vulnerable – NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s BioNet Atlas
NSW Oxyura australis Blue-billed Duck Bird Vulnerable – NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s BioNet Atlas
NSW Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis Grey-crowned Babbler (eastern subspecies) Bird Vulnerable – NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s BioNet Atlas
State Scientific Name Common Name Type State Listing Commonwealth Listing Source
NSW Antechinomys laniger Kultarr Mammal Endangered – NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s BioNet Atlas
State Scientific Name Common Name Type State Listing Commonwealth Listing Source
NSW Goodenia nocoleche Nocoleche Goodenia Plant Vulnerable – NSW BioNet Atlas via Atlas of Living Australia
NSW Maireana cheelii Chariot Wheels Plant Vulnerable Vulnerable NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s BioNet Atlas
State Common Name Type State Listing Source
QLD 11.3.25 Eucalyptus tereticornis or E. camaldulensis woodland fringing drainage lines Regional Ecosystem Of Concern QLD Herbarium – Biodiversity of pre-clear and 2021 remnant regional ecosystems
QLD 11.3.4 Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Eucalyptus spp. woodland on alluvial plains Regional Ecosystem Of Concern QLD Herbarium – Biodiversity of pre-clear and 2021 remnant regional ecosystems