Scientists propose urgent $824m mission to document Australia’s undiscovered plants and animals

Climate crisis makes mammoth task of recording all of Australia's species over the next 25 years critical, academy says

Australia needs to embark on an urgent mission to formally document more than half a million undiscovered plants and animals before they are lost to science and the planet.

The Australian Academy of Science says some $824m will be needed over the next 25 years to complete a mammoth task becoming more urgent as the climate crisis puts more species at risk of extinction.