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database; a comprehensive and up to date state-wide database is critical for a species recovery planning.
A Public Authority Management Agreement (PAMA) exists between the Cemetery Trust and DEECA for Spiny Rice-flower populations at Truganina Cemetery. Additionally, a number of Local Government Reserves have been established by councils on their lands. Such strategic acquisition, conservation covenants, and improvements in the reservation status of Crown Land have contributed to the conservation of Spiny Rice-flower and TECs that support the species (TSSC 2016).
The Recovery Team have worked with various stakeholders to ensure that populations and habitats are managed appropriately. Management of threats including herbivore and weed control, livestock and rabbit proof fencing installation and vermin eradication have been conducted in multiple sites (see 6.4 Threats management).
Supplementary and enhancement planting for small and isolated populations have been conducted by local councils and management authorities including Glenelg Hopkins CMA, Brimbank Council, Mooney Valley Council, and Wyndham City Council. Ecological burning to promote regeneration has been conducted at various sites including at Ararat Airfield, Glengower Road, Western Highway Dobie, Chatsworth Road Derrinallum, McKenzie Rd Marong, Jasper Rd Tennyson, Pimelea Nature Conservation Reserve, Altona Nature Reserves and Pioneer Park (Figure 6).
The Recovery Team collaborated with conservation partners such as Lismore Landcare group, Ballarat Environmental Network, Friends of Iramoo, Mt Korong Eco-Watch Association and Corangamite CMA to undertake population monitoring and supplemental planting (Figure 7). Private environmental consultants also actively participated in the implementation of the first Recovery Plan. For example, Aus Eco Solutions conducted recruitment monitoring at Burns Rd Altona site and weed control at Deer Park Boral, Geggies Rd and Ballan Rd, while ABZECO manages six reserves for Brimbank Council. Aus Eco Solutions and Glenelg Hopkins CMA in collaboration with the Recovery Team have conducted seed collection (for enhancement planting) in multiple sites including at Skipton Common, Altona, Sunbury, Deer Park and Mount Mercer (Figure 8).
The Recovery Team through Pimelea Conservation Trust supports the management of two reserves that hold Spiny Rice-flower populations–Altona Nature Conservation Reserve and Pimelea Nature Conservation Reserve. Altona Nature Conservation Reserve is managed by Parks Victoria while Pimelea Nature Conservation Reserve on Kirks Bridge Road is managed by Wyndham City Council.
It was envisaged that a conservation prioritisation would drive the strategic investment and determine the most suitable action(s) to protect and manage a population (Foreman 2012). A preliminary assessment was conducted in 2011/12 to determine conservation priority in which a given population is given a priority score based on population size, area, and tenure-type (Appendix 1). However, not all populations have been assigned with a priority score.

Translocation
While translocation has the potential to result in a conservation outcome, it should still be seen as a