1. Read the competition information including the terms and conditions
2. Show your cadet unit Wyatt’s artistic process 
3. Choose a threatened species using DBCA’s online interactive lists 
4. Research your chosen species to discover what threats it faces and suggest some conservation actions that your unit can action to conserve this species, for example plant hakeas and banksias to provide food for black cockatoos
5. Collect and create - collect some recycled LANDSCOPE magazines and make your sculpture
6. Submit your entry using the online entry form by the due date.

The Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 provides for the listing of threatened native plants, animals and ecological communities that need protection.

Western Australia has rich and unique biodiversity, much of which is endemic and recognised as being both nationally and globally significant. Conservation of this biodiversity includes maintaining and restoring variability within and between native species, ecological communities and other biodiversity components, including ecosystems, habitats, genes and ecological processes.

Under the Biodiversity Conservation Act, native species are listed as threatened when they face a high to very high risk of extinction in the wild, and ecological communities are listed as threatened when they face a high to very high risk of collapse.

Conserving and protecting threatened species and threatened ecological communities is a key element of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation & Attractions’ biodiversity conservation responsibilities.

To learn about the threatened species in Western Australia, visit our threatened species and communities page.

Regional lists of threatened and priority flora and fauna are available as a downloadable Excel spreadsheet, along with searchable interactive lists, and Government gazette notices.

Choose a threatened species from the list and create your artwork!