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on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in December 2022. The newly adopted framework will now set the global biodiversity action agenda for the next decade, including to halt extinction of known threatened species and significantly reduce extinction risk.
    * Montreal Process (Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests) requires the Australian government to report regularly on the number and status of forest species at risk or in serious decline, and also on management actions taken to attempt to safeguard such species. Five yearly reporting is via State of the Forests Reports.
This Recovery Plan considers some ex situ and translocation management actions. Although not binding, it is appropriate that such actions for Leadbeater's possum should be consistent with international standards and protocols for ex situ conservation and translocation (IUCN/SSC 2013, 2014) as well as relevant Australian and Victorian government legislation and policy.

5.2                 National threatened species policy
The Australian Government's Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 was released in October 2022. It maps a pathway to protect, manage and restore Australia's threatened species and important natural places. The Plan is a key policy to guide proactive recovery of threatened species and will be complimented by regulatory reforms to protect species. A key objective is that the risk of extinction is reduced for all priority species; Leadbeater's possum is one of the 110 species identified for focussed and targeted effort.

5.3                 National forest policy
The management of Australia's forests is guided by the 1992 National Forest Policy Statement (NFPS) (Anon 1992). As signatories to the NFPS, the Australian, state and territory governments are committed to the sustainable management of all Australian forests, whether the forest is on public or private land, or reserved or available for production.
In developing the NFPS, governments were mindful of the important conservation values of Australia's forests and of the contribution that forest activities make to the national economy and rural and regional communities. This is reflected in the Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs), which were a key outcome of the NFPS.
RFAs are long-term agreements between the Australian and state governments with an objective to balance environmental, social and economic outcomes in the management of Australia's native forests. Within RFA areas, forestry operations carried out in accordance with the RFA are exempt from the provisions of the EPBC Act, except where they are likely to have significant impact on World Heritage or Ramsar wetland sites.
On 30 March 2020, the Australian and Victorian Governments modernised and extended all Victorian RFAs until 30 June 2030. All five RFAs provide mechanisms to enhance protection of threatened species, including commitments to:
    * maintain a Forest Management System that provides