Teetering on the brink

Improved knowledge of the conservation status of Australian plant species has contributed to an increase in numbers recorded as rare or threatened. Major threats include land clearing, overgrazing, rabbits, weed invasion, climate change and altered fire regimes. Campaigns such as the release of rabbit calicivirus, the Landcare movement and the implementation of specific recovery plans offer hope that some species may be saved.

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