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partner engagement
The initiation and ongoing funding of a registered national Water Mouse Recovery Team is fundamental to effective water mouse recovery. The primary role of the Water Mouse Recovery Team is to manage recovery efforts through effective information and communication dissemination among the many and diverse partners. The communications and data management actions and processes outlined in Table 7 are required to ensure information flows freely among partners.
Table 7: Actions to develop clear and adaptive communications and implement tailored engagement processes (Strategy 3).
Action No.  Action Description                                                                                 Action Details                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Performance criteria
3.1         Create and maintain a Water Mouse Recovery Team.                                                   Develop and maintain a Water Mouse Recovery Team. The team is to include ongoing representation from Indigenous Peoples to ensure cultural interests and knowledge are appropriately considered and managed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Action completed (yes/no)
            Responsibility:
            Commonwealth Environment Department.
3.2         Develop location-relevant water mouse information material.                                        Develop brief and engaging location-relevant water mouse information brochures and/or videos for distribution to landowners, managers, and Custodians for known and modelled water mouse habitat. The information format is to include imagery of the whole animal, its local habitat associations and attributes, relevant ecology, and information about local threats, active community groups, local actions, and potential funding sources. All communications are to use culturally appropriate language.   Action completed (yes/no)
            Responsibility:
            Water Mouse Recovery Team with the support of NRM bodies and Indigenous Land Councils.
3.3         Engage landowners, managers, and Custodians, and other relevant partners in water mouse recovery.  Develop and facilitate relationships among landowners, managers and Custodians, and other partners relevant to water mouse recovery. Encourage landowners, managers, and Custodians to be involved in water mouse recovery actions including surveys, monitoring and threat management.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Proportion of landowners, managers and Custodians engaged.
            Responsibility:                                                                                    Distribute relevant information among partners to promote engagement and information sharing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Proportion of other partners engaged.
            •Water Mouse Recovery Team.
            •NRM bodies, Land Councils.
            •Conservation organisations.
3.4         Raise community awareness                                                                          Raise awareness about the water mouse across communities using culturally appropriate content to increase engagement and the likelihood of incidental water mouse detections or signs being reported.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Proportion of water mouse locations where community engagement activities have occurred.
            Responsibility:                                                                                    Engage local community members including citizen scientists in water mouse recovery activities where appropriate.
            •NRM bodies, Land Councils, Aboriginal Corporations and Indigenous Rangers, Landcare Groups        Investigate the potential for a captive water mouse population to increase connection with the public.
            •Conservation organisations.                                                                       Develop and communicate a process for reporting potential and confirmed incidental water mouse detections to the Water Mouse Recovery Team.
            •Land managers and Custodians.
            •Water Mouse Recovery Team.
3.5         Compile shareable water mouse recovery information in a centralised location.                      Develop or co-opt a data management system to record all relevant water mouse