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Agreement [JAMBA]), China (China Australia Migratory Bird Agreement [CAMBA]) and the Republic of Korea (Republic of Korea Migratory Bird Agreement [ROKMBA]). Of those species, two are listed threatened species (Table 8). This plan provides recovery guidance for those two species, which complements guidance for these species provided in the Wildlife Conservation Plan for Seabirds (Commonwealth of Australia 2022).

1.1.4        Preparation of the Norfolk Island Region Threatened Species Recovery Plan
The development of the Norfolk Island Region Threatened Species Recovery Plan ('the plan') has been coordinated by Parks Australia with assistance from many contributors. The Norfolk Island Region Recovery Plan Steering Committee (consisting of representatives from Parks Australia, Norfolk Island Regional Council and DITRDCA) reviewed the previous plan and guided development of the new plan.
This plan builds on the previous recovery plan but with substantial revision and additional material. A review of the previous plan (see Part 3) showed there had been progress in restoring native vegetation, reducing the impacts of introduced flora and fauna, and increasing some populations, with 53% of the listed threatened species recording increases in population size since the commencement of the 2010 recovery plan (see Table 21). Most of these increases can be attributed to recovery actions—for example, efforts to protect the Norfolk Island green parrot and Kermadec petrel (Pterodroma neglecta neglecta) from predation, and extensive propagation and planting of threatened plants.
Some recovery objectives of the previous recovery plan were not met due to limited progress in implementing the identified actions. Delivery was hampered by several factors, including ambitious objectives that required more than one decade to achieve. The review made a series of recommendations, including having measurable targets, comprehensive and robust estimates of costs, a clear and logical framework for monitoring and evaluation, and a clear outline of roles and responsibilities. Those recommendations have been addressed in this new plan which has benefited not only from the review but from new information produced by research on the islands in recent years, analyses conducted specifically to support development of the plan, and insights from experiences in other places in the south-west Pacific.
An expert workshop involving 32 specialists from Norfolk Island, Australia and New Zealand was held in July 2021 to determine targets and priority actions for the threatened species included in this plan. A decision support tool developed by Parks Australia and the National Environmental Research Program Environmental Decisions Hub (Di Fonzo et al. 2017) was used to help guide resource allocation for threatened species management. Many of the workshop participants, along with other experts, subsequently contributed to an assessment of risks to individual species and/or to development of the text of the plan.
Meetings were held with the Norfolk Island Flora &