Victoria's bushfire emergency: Biodiversity response and recovery
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has developed a report on the impact of the Victorian fires on biodiversity. The report, "Victoria’s bushfire emergency: Biodiversity response and recovery", assesses the fire extent as of 20 April 2020, updated from the first version in mid-January 2020. A range of methods were used to develop the report, including desktop analyses and consultation with key agencies and species experts. The report assessed the impact of the Victorian bushfires on over 4400 species and set out key response and recovery actions to support Victoria’s bushfire impacted wildlife and biodiversity.
These response and recovery actions formed the basis of the Bushfire Biodiversity Response and Recovery (BBRR) Program. The Victorian Government has provided $51.5 million for the BBRR program. This has been supported by $3 million from the Australian Government’s Wildlife and Habitat Bushfire Recovery Package.
