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impacts have been identified.

Action 1.2                               d.       Ensure that mining companies undertake revegetation activities within current mining leases to create a natural buffer between operations and patches of Littoral Rainforest.
Medium priority
                                         e.       Ensure any mining rehabilitation activities use vegetation appropriate for the natural succession trajectory of Littoral Rainforest.

                                         f.         Ensure any new or revised mining management plans follow best practice standards and include:
                                                * pre-operation surveys to establish baseline conditions
                                                * identification of environmental thresholds that would trigger mitigation measures if exceeded
                                                * monitoring of environmental conditions throughout the life of the mine
                                                * appropriate and progressive rehabilitation strategies to be implemented throughout life of mine and upon mine closure
                                                * identification of criteria against which to measure the success of rehabilitation activities
                                                * ongoing monitoring of environmental conditions for an appropriate timescale post rehabilitation
                                                * confirmation of the return of biodiversity, structural integrity and functionality Littoral Rainforest.
                                     Minimise the impacts of climate change on Littoral Rainforest
                                       Research / Information
                                           1. Assess patches of Littoral Rainforest to determine areas most at risk from climate change, particularly rising sea levels and increased storm surges (see Murphy et al. 2016)
                                           2. Identify high quality areas where climate change impacts will be most severe and identify ways to ameliorate this impact.
Action 1.3                                 3. Classify patches of Littoral Rainforest at local and regional scales in terms of their leading edge, buffer and refugial zones (see Section 3.3. and Murphy et al. 2016).
Medium priority

                                       On-ground
                                         d.       Improve the resilience of Littoral Rainforest by undertaking management activities appropriate to the different functional categories (leading edge, buffer, refugial), as characterised in Murphy et al. (2016).
                                         e.       Maintain tree canopy integrity, establish buffer zones and avoid changes to hydrology and drainage in high quality patches (as identified in Action 1.3b)
                                         f.         Develop a landward migration strategy to ensure patches of Littoral Rainforest have 'room to move'.
                                           * Regional implementation strategies developed and implemented at the appropriate scale.
                                           * Guidelines developed to help assess impacts on Littoral Rainforest.
Performance Criteria:                      * Buffers between developments and patches of Littoral Rainforest are preventing reductions in habitat quality.
                                           * Mining rehabilitation efforts are successfully restoring sustainable and ecologically-functional patches of Littoral Rainforest.
                                           * Areas that may provide for the landward migration and/or regeneration of Littoral Rainforest are incorporated into in local government planning processes and given increased protection status.
                                           * Australian government agencies (e.g. DoEE, CSIRO)
                                           * State government agencies (e.g. DEHP, OEH, DELWP, National Parks)
                                           * Local government agencies
Partners and potential contributors        * Indigenous land managers
                                           * NRM bodies
                                           * Private land owners/managers
                                           * Industry operators

Strategy 2: Reduce threats   Management strategies and actions to reduce threats to Littoral Rainforest
                             Invest in the control and management of