Prior to European settlement, approximately 10,900 hectares of native bushland was present within Canterbury-Bankstown. This vegetation comprised of 30 Plant Community Types (Figure 1). Land use intensification and biosecurity threats have led to the loss of nearly 94% of this native bushland, with only 666 hectares remaining (Figure 2). This has resulted in four Plant Community Types being lost from the LGA and 18 others being associated with threatened ecological communities.

Conservation Corridor mapping ensures biodiversity corridors are strengthened and important areas of habitat are reconnected. The following corridors have been developed alongside the Connected Corridors for Biodiversity mapping (SSROC, 2022). You can read more about these corridors in the plan.

Best practice is achieved by planting vegetation communities that were present before European settlement. Reconnecting these corridors allows for the movement of birds, bats, possums, and gliders.