We are excited to announce that the Threatened Species Index has been recognised as Australia’s key biodiversity metric – being featured among Australia’s top 50 well-being indicators. These indicators are a part of the Measuring What Matters framework developed by the Department of Treasury. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our 200+…
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The TSX team have been quite busy over the last few months. To find out what we’ve been up to, check out our Autumn 2023 newsletter, available here. Therein we discuss the official release of the 2022 index in April, we announce the release of our new TSX training package, and we provide details on…
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On December 15th 2022, the preliminary trends for the 2022 Threatened Species Index were released. After 12 months collating data from across the country, this was a significant milestone – the first TSX released by TERN. For more about the 2022 release of the index, please read our Summer newsletter (available here) or see our…
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Today, on Threatened Species Day – 7th September 2022 – we release our Spring 2022 Newsletter (which you can find here). Therein you can find an update on some of the great progress made during this year’s data call, details about the inclusion of the TSX in the 2021 State of the Environment Report and…
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Every year, the TSX team contacts ecologists and conservation managers from right across the country seeking new data on the abundance of Australia’s threatened species. So far in 2022, we’ve contacted 226 individuals seeking monitoring data for threatened birds, plants and mammals, and have already received crucial new data that will inform the release of…
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Aligning with the 2022 data call for the TSX, we’ve released our Winter 2022 Update. You can find the update here, including a new section for 2022 – our Threatened Species Spotlight, introducing you to a new species that is in the TSX each update. This time we focus on the fascinating Jervis Bay Leek…
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We are now calling for new data to produce Australia’s Threatened Species Index (TSX) for 2022! Do you count threatened or near-threatened birds, plants or mammals? We are collecting monitoring data for the TSX for the next eight weeks. This year, we are consolidating the index, seeking to update monitoring data from programs already included…
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As part of the release of the 2020 Threatened Species Index, two new factsheets have been produced that summarise the updated index results for mammals. These factsheets were developed because of the number of new mammals species that were added for NSW between the 2019 and 2020 version of the Threatened Species Index for mammals.…
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Australia’s first Threatened Plant Index is now available as a pilot! After two years of collaboration, data gathering and consultations, the first iteration of this new index covers the period between 1995 and 2017. It captures high-quality time series (monitoring) data on 112 threatened Australian plants from more than 600 locations across the country The 2020…
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Dear Wildlife Enthusiasts, Kudos to all of you who repeatedly monitor threatened birds, mammals, and plants in a standardised way at fixed sites over time! Your data is likely suitable for inclusion in Australia’s Threatened Species Index (TSX), as long as you have at least two years of data and you repeat your monitoring at…
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