About recovery planning and programs
The Queensland Government’s recovery planning framework includes developing Queensland-specific Recovery action plans for priority species and supporting Recovery teams to improve awareness of and protection for threatened species.
Recovery teams bring together multiple organisations and individuals to work more effectively and increase our capacity to deliver benefits for threatened species.
Many people are working with us across the state to implement recovery actions. This work includes addressing threats, protecting and restoring habitat, securing and increasing populations, undertaking research to fill information gaps and raising awareness.
For some species, recovery actions include establishing new populations or reinforcing existing populations through translocation. In some cases, there are not enough animals in the wild to do this and numbers can be increased through a captive breeding program - examples include the greater bilby and Nangur spiny skink. Approvals are required for both translocating threatened species and captive breeding programs.
Recovery action plans for priority species are developed in consultation with our partners. They guide recovery actions and address gaps in recovery efforts. The adaptive management approach ensures that decision making is evidence-based and flexible. Recovery action plans have been developed for the northern hairy-nosed wombat and the Capricorn yellow chat .
Recovery plans, developed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, are national plans that outline the research and management actions needed to stop the decline, support the recovery and enhance the chance of long-term survival of threatened species in the wild.