Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01712:body:0:p44
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01712
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 154365–158658

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 9.1 Re-establish a Recovery Team for Tjakura and hold at least 2 online Ranger-friendly meetings per year ($10K per year for secretariat)                                                                                                                                                  20                      20        20        20        20
 9.2 Organise an annual face-to-face information sharing meeting at an IDA conference or other Ranger meeting to share information about Tjakura ($5K travel assistance per year)                                                                                                           10                      10        10        10        10
 9.3 Hold a larger on-country information sharing event – Tjakura Festival                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          100
 9.4 Survey data shared to state and commonwealth government databases with appropriate controls on public access
 Cost of Strategy 9                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         30                      130       30        30        30
 Total cost per two years                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   470                     480       250       230       250

 Research Priorities
 This Recovery Plan has been written as a practical on-ground management plan that prioritises actions required to achieve our objectives of demonstrating an increasing number of sites where Tjakura occur and an increasing number of Tjakura at each site.

 Research priorities identified during the consultation phase identified three areas of research that are relevant to our management actions (for fire, predators and feral herbivores), one area that will help us understand the significance of Tjakura in the broader ecosystem and a final aspect that will help us understand and categorise its national status.

 Fire:
 Although it has been clearly demonstrated that Tjakura decline after their habitat has been burnt, we are still unsure on the ideal fire regime for Tjakura, and whether there is a particular age of spinifex that is optimal for their persistence. For example, how does fire age affect food availability for Tjakura?

 When conducting burning to protect burrows from wildfire, it would be very useful to know how much unburnt spinifex we need to leave around their burrows. Although one study has shown that Tjakura do not move after a fire, this study could be replicated in a better season to investigate whether Tjakura can relocate to unburnt areas and create new burrows
 if their burrows are burnt, and if so, how far can they disperse?

 Predators:
 Predator control is difficult to sustain for most land managers, so information on when predator control is most critical is an important research question.
 What are the triggers for increased predation on Tjakura and when is predator control most crucial? Are there certain times of year (life cycle stages) when predation is most damaging to the population?

 There is also the potential to conduct a collaborative predator surveillance project across the distribution using cameras set on active burrows. By comparing the types of predator, and frequency of visitation to burrows in declining versus healthy Tjakura populations we could investigate the relationship between predator composition and abundance and the status of Tjakura populations. Results of this study