Bush Forever is a Western Australian government initiative and plan, aimed at preserving a "comprehensive, adequate and representative" 10 percent of each vegetation complex on the Swan Coastal Plain within the Perth metropolitan region.
A 1998 Western Australian State of the Environment Report highlighted that the loss of biodiversity and habitats caused by habitat degradation and clearing, human interference and the introduction of pests and weeds was one of Western Australia’s most serious environmental problem.
[1][2] The concept of Bush Forever dates back to the year 2000, when it was introduced by the Western Australian State Government.
All up, Bush Forever sites amounted to 18 percent of the original vegetation of the Swan Coastal Plain within the metropolitan Perth area.
The practice of allowing the destruction of some Bush Forever sites by developers in exchange for financial compensation or by environmentally repairing another area was criticised by the Urban Bushland Council of Western Australia.