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Economic research commissioned by the Australian Academy of Science argues every dollar spent on recording Australia’s plants and animals could deliver up to $35 in benefits. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images
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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.

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