The Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-wren (MLRSEW) is listed as endangered and Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps (FPS)  listed as critically endangered under the Australian Government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The Conservation Council of South Australia (CCSA) manages the Recovery Program that seeks to preserve and regenerate this important habitat with financial support from both the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges and South Australian Murray Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Boards.

The Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-wren Recovery Program approaches conservation and natural resource protection from a landscape-scale perspective.

Protection of the swamps and emu-wrens extends to considerations of land-use, management, existing and potential threats, soils, hydrology, landform elements, topography and the interaction between these variables.

Recovery actions for the emu-wrens and swamps are integrated with the principles of biodiversity conservation. Local on-ground work is strategically planned to contribute to natural resource protection at a broad landscape scale.