Endangered Australian Flora Fauna_Action Plan 2015-16 Threatened Species Strategy Targets

Green Roof Habitat

GRA supports the initiative announced by Minister Greg Hunt to implement the Action Plan 2015-16 as the first instalment of a five-year Australian Government response to the risk of species extinction - Flora and Fauna. 

GRA advocates and promotes new habitat zones on building roof top areas which total 65% of the urban areas in Australian Capital Cities.

Buildings with Green Roofs provide a feral free zone for endangered bird species, insects, bees, butterflies. Green Roofs also provide areas for the cultivation of endangered Flora species which can be researched and monitored. The current available areas are significant when totalled to include all Australian urban areas.

Green roofs can provide the important living and non-living components needed for the survival of a plant or animal. This involves supplying resources for feeding, reproduction and succession. By fulfilling these demands a green roof can become habitat to a variety of plant and animal species.

Green roofs can create habitat in an environment which had previously been inhospitable to colonization of plant and animal species. A green roof provides three functions which allow the creation of a habitat. They provide of a physical surface and elements for which plants, animals and non-living components can exists, including water and nutrients. They support biotic components such as vegetation and other organisms, which may provide food, protection or breeding requirements. They provide the structure for which an organism needs to complete its life cycle including the abiotic components such as rocks, hollows and pools. Examples of green roof habitat vary from the visually obvious vegetated roofs which support birds and insects, to examples in the U.K which are composed almost entirely of gravel and are homes to specific invertebrates.

Refer to http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/strat...
Action Plan 2015-16
Threatened Species Strategy Targets
Threatened species strategy 2020 targets

The Action Plan 2015-16 is the first instalment of a five-year Australian Government response to the risk of species extinction.

Based on principles for prioritisation outlined in the Strategy, the best available knowledge and technology, and the immediate needs of Australia’s threatened species, this plan sets out areas where the Australian Government will focus its efforts to achieve significant, positive impacts.

The plan includes key action areas and targets to measure success. It is flexible and adaptive and will be monitored and reviewed annually by the Department of the Environment in consultation with delivery partners.

It starts now, with hard and measurable targets from year one onwards.

The Action Plan 2015-16 identifies 10 threatened mammals and 10 threatened birds for action that will grow their populations by 2020. A further two mammals and two birds have been identified for emergency intervention. They were recognised as a priority by the Office of the Threatened Species Commissioner in response to expert input and consultation with the scientific community, and through consideration against the principles for prioritisation in the Threatened Species Strategy. The remaining eight mammals and eight birds will be identified in one year through community consultation You can read about the initial list of mammals and birds here:

20 mammals by 2020
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/facts...
20 birds by 2020
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/threa...