Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00482:front:0:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00482
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Character Range: 7255–10403

Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth): Critically Endangered
    * Nature Conservation Act 2014 (Australian Capital Territory): Critically Endangered
    * Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (New South Wales): Endangered
    * Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Queensland): Endangered
    * National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (South Australia): Endangered
    * Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 (Tasmania): Endangered
    * Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (Victoria): Critically Endangered
    * IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Critically Endangered

Distribution and habitat
The Swift Parrot breeds mostly on the east and south-east coast of Tasmania during summer and migrates to mainland Australia in autumn. During winter the species disperses across forests and woodlands, foraging on nectar and lerps mainly in Victoria and New South Wales. Small numbers of Swift Parrots are also recorded in the Australian Capital Territory, south eastern South Australia and southern Queensland. The area occupied during the breeding season varies between years, depending on food availability, but is typically less than 500 km2.

Recovery plan vision, objective and strategies

Long-term vision
The Swift Parrot population has increased in size to such an extent that the species no longer qualifies for listing as threatened under any of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 listing criteria.

Recovery Plan objective
    * By 2032, maintain or improve the extent, condition and connectivity of habitat of the Swift Parrot.
    * By 2032, anthropogenic threats to Swift Parrot are demonstrably reduced.
    * By 2032, measure and sustain a positive population trend.
This will be achieved by implementing the actions set out in this Recovery Plan that minimise threats while protecting and enhancing the species' habitat throughout its range, adequately monitoring the species, generating new knowledge to guide recovery and increasing public awareness.

Strategies to achieve objective
1)        Maintain known Swift Parrot breeding and foraging habitat at the local, regional and landscape scales.
2)        Reduce impacts from Sugar Gliders at Swift Parrot breeding sites.
3)        Monitor and manage other sources of mortality.
4)        Develop and apply techniques to measure changes in population trajectory in order to measure the success of recovery actions.
5)        Improve understanding of foraging and breeding habitat use at a landscape scale in order to better target protection and restoration measures.
6)        Engage community and stakeholders in Swift Parrot conservation.
7)        Coordinate, review and report on recovery progress.

Criteria for success
This recovery plan will be deemed successful if, by 2032, all of the following have been achieved:

    * the Swift Parrot population has a positive ongoing population trend, as a result of recovery actions
    * there has been an improvement in the quality and extent of Swift Parrot habitat throughout the species' range
    * understanding of the species' ecology has increased, in particular knowledge of movement patterns,