Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00775:reg:4:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00775
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 11/12)
Character Range: 38165–41222

Sustainable Use of their Habitats in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway (East Asian— Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP)) was launched on 6 November 2006. A Ramsar regional initiative, the partnership is an informal and voluntary collaboration of effort focusing on protecting migratory waterbirds, their habitat and the livelihoods of people dependant on them.
The EAAF is one of nine major migratory waterbird flyways around the globe. It extends from within the Arctic Circle in Russia and Alaska, southwards through East and South-east Asia, to Australia and New Zealand in the south, encompassing 22 countries. Migratory waterbirds share this flyway with 45 per cent of the world's human population. The EAAF is home to over 50 million migratory waterbirds—including shorebirds, Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans), seabirds and cranes—from 207 species, including 33 globally threatened and 13 near threatened species.
Flyway partners include countries, intergovernmental agencies, international non-government organisations and the international business sector. A cornerstone of the partnership is the establishment of a network of internationally important sites for migratory waterbirds throughout the EAAF. The partnership operates via working groups and task forces, including the Seabird Working Group. More information about the Partnership is available at: www.eaaflyway.net.

14 Wildlife Conservation Plan for Seabirds

The Plan includes 73 species of seabird that occur or regularly visit Australia and its EEZ. The Plan does not include Australian Antarctic Territory restricted species, vagrant seabirds, ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels or those species that are listed as threatened under the EPBC Act. Threatened species receive separate, approved conservation advice and, in some cases, a recovery plan which sets out what should be done to stop the decline and support the recovery of the species.

Based on expert opinion, three raptor species – White-bellied Sea-eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster), Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) and Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) have also been included in this Plan as they all rely on the marine environment to complete their lifecycle and would all benefit from a national framework to coordinate research and management actions.

If, during the life of this Plan, a seabird species listed in Table 1 becomes a listed threatened species under the EPBC Act, the plan will cease to apply to that species. In the situation where a threatened seabird species is delisted, it will be eligible to be included in this plan as long as the species is also listed as migratory, and/or marine under the EPBC Act. If any seabird species that is currently considered a vagrant were to be recorded on a regular basis, monitoring programmes for the species should be supported to determine whether inclusion under the EPBC Act is appropriate.

Additional information on each of these species can be found on the Department's SPRAT profiles, including information