Environment Minister Peter Garrett will seek to protect "examples" of at least 80 per cent of Australia's native ecosystems by 2030. This will include action to make parts of Australia's biodiversity "climate change resilient".

The strategy will include national parks such as Kakadu, plus other publicly protected land, private land set aside for conservation and indigenous protected areas, covering 11 per cent of the continent.

Mr Garrett will require the states and territories to develop five-year plans by next year to reach the 2030 target. They will have to report every two years on their progress.

The scheme will also encourage some private landholders to use all or part of their property for conservation.

The report says the new strategy will employ a variety of measures, "including acquisition by governments and the development of covenants, incentives, contracts and conservation agreements to establish new protected areas".

Director-general of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Julia Marton-Lefevre, said the strategy was a major step forward in protecting Australia's biodiversity.

Meanwhile, business groups are pushing the Opposition to broker a deal with the Government on emissions trading despite deep divisions within the Coalition on the issue.

The Business Council of Australia is privately warning the Liberal Party that if it doesn't win further assistance for the electricity sector, the industry will be endangered.

And the Australian Industry Group chief executive Heather Ridout has told The Age that the Opposition should return to the negotiating table and pass the legislation to ensure business certainty.

The Coalition has proposed a delay to the vote on emissions trading legislation until after December climate negotiations in Copenhagen.