Western Australia covers one third of the Australian continent, and includes eight of Australia’s fifteen biodiversity hotspots. The landscape ranges from the rugged Kimberley gorges in the tropical north, to the towering Karri forests in the cooler, wetter southwest and the spinifex and mulga of the arid interior.
The EPA considers the key ‘Land’ factors of flora and vegetation, landforms, subterranean fauna, terrestrial environmental quality and terrestrial fauna in its assessment of significant projects.