National Threatened Species Day - September 7 2008

National Threatened Species Day is held on 7 September each year to encourage the community to help conserve Australia's unique native fauna and flora. We can all take action to prevent further extinctions by restoring healthy numbers of endangered species and ecological communities in the wild.

Threatened Species Network Community Grants

2008-2009 Threatened Species Network Grant Recipients
Threatened species - it's time to take action - Media release, 5 September 2008

Threatened Species Network Community Grants assist groups to conduct conservation activities. To find out about the Community Grants program go to the Threatened Species Network web site.

Fact sheets

Poster, stickers and bookmarks

2008 Poster, stickers and bookmarks

What is National Threatened Species Day?

National Threatened Species Day was first held in 1996, to commemorate the death of the last Tasmanian Tiger in captivity in 1936 in Hobart. The concept was developed by the Threatened Species Network, a community based program of the World Wide Fund for Nature and the Australian Government Caring for our Country, as a way to showcase Australian threatened species. By focusing attention on the plight of many of our threatened animals and plants, Threatened Species Day aims to encourage greater community support and hands-on involvement in the prevention of further losses of Australia's unique natural heritage.

What happens on the day?

A number of events are coordinated across Australia for National Threatened Species Day to raise community awareness about the plight of threatened species in Australia and to encourage community participation in conservation activities. Activities range from exhibitions and festivals, to displays, guided walks, workshops and a range of other community education and promotional activities. Free National Threatened Species Day posters, stickers and bookmarks can be ordered from the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Community Information Unit, email: environment@environment.gov.au, or freecall 1800 803 772.