Pilbara shows how to save the most species per dollar: report now available!
We are pleased to announce the release of our report on ‘Prioritising threat management for Pilbara species of conservation significance’ (PDF, 10Mo)(The Conversation). This was a very rewarding collaborative project with scientists from CSIRO, QUT, UQ, and WA Dept Parks and Wildlife, with input from 49 experts across land management, policy, industrial, agricultural, indigenous and academic sectors, and was funded by Atlas Iron through the Dept of Environment Pilbara Taskforce.
The work comes at an important time in the Pilbara’s history and we hopeful that it will have a positive impact.
The report assesses the cost-effectiveness of 17 feasible strategies for managing threats to the 53 most threatened Pilbara species. Key outcomes are that management likely to provide all species with a >50% chance of persistence costs less than $5 million/year. Amongst the most cost-effective strategies are managing introduced species and fire regimes.
The report is launched on the CSIRO website: http://www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Environment/Biodiversity/Pilbara-threat-management-report.aspx
And an associated article in The Conversation is here: https://theconversation.com/pilbara-shows-how-to-save-the-most-species-per-dollar-26971
The Conservation Decisions Team 
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