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to action 4.2 and 4.1.

Performance indicators

       * Land managers are able to recognise damage from an increasing number of rabbits and implement best-practice control methods at the most effective time.
       * Contractors have skills to operate specialised machinery and undertake rabbit control activities.
       * The general community has an increased interest in the control of rabbits.
       * There is an increased use of standard operating procedures and codes of practice for the effective and humane management of rabbits.

Action                                                                                                                                                  Priority and timeframe                   Outcome                                                                                                                                    Output                                                                                                                                                  Responsibility

4.1 Develop further training programs to help land managers adopt locally appropriate monitoring and control methods.                                   Very high priority, long term - ongoing   Land managers implement the most effective monitoring and control programs and pass on knowledge and information to other land managers.  Further education/ training materials are developed and utilised.                                                                                       Government, NRM groups and local councils

4.2 Promote and seek engagement by all people in the community in:                                                                                      High priority, long term - ongoing       Community support for the management of rabbits.                                                                                           Further education materials developed and utilised. Community groups, land managers and government assisting each other to improve rabbit management.   Government, land managers, community groups, members of the general public

• understanding the threat to biodiversity posed by rabbits

• supporting rabbit management and the control actions used, including development of new control techniques

• supporting the use of best practice, humane, cost-effective and integrated rabbit control methods.

4.3 Continue to promote the adoption of the model codes of practice and standard operating procedures for effective and humane management of rabbits.   High priority, long term                 Rabbits are not subjected to unacceptable suffering during control operations.                                                             Further education materials to promote the codes and procedures developed and utilised.                                                                 Government and land managers

                                                                                                                                                                                                 Rabbit control actions undertaken are humane and effective, while showing a measurable reduction in the number of rabbits.                 Model codes of practice and standard operating procedures developed for new management tools.

4.4 Undertake research into the barriers to uptake of best practice control methods, and how this may be addressed.                                     High priority, short term.               An increase in land managers adopting best practice rabbit control.                                                                        Research papers on social and behavioural aspects of rabbit control are published.                                                                      Researchers and Government.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Research is translated into actions that address the barriers to uptake by land managers.

Duration and cost of the plan
This plan reflects the ongoing nature of the threat abatement process, given that there is no likelihood of national rabbit eradication in the near future. In general, most rabbit control programs aim for long-term suppression of rabbit populations, and a reduction in damage to the environment and agricultural assets in the most cost-efficient manner.

This TAP provides a framework for undertaking targeted priority