Dozens of threatened native Australian species will have their habitats restored, populations boosted and predators managed through $12 million in federal government grants.
Environment Minister Sussan Ley says the funding, part of the government's Threatened Species Strategy Action Plan, will help protect more than 60 priority species.
The funding will be delivered through wildlife projects across most states and territories, supporting species ranging from the brush-tailed rock wallaby to the Eltham copper butterfly.
"This includes action to restore and create important habitat, captive breeding programs to boost populations as well as new feral cat and fox management initiatives to reduce pressures from invasive predators," Ms Ley said.
"These community-led activities will help improve the trajectory of our most precious native wildlife with a range of flow-on benefits for other species that share the same habitat."
The grants come after an audit found most threatened species in Australia are not being monitored, and no one is assessing whether recovery plans are working.
The Australian National Audit Office last month offered a scathing assessment of the federal government's efforts to save threatened plants and animals from extinction.
It said the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment did not have measurement and reporting systems to provide reliable information on the status of threatened species.
