Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747:reg:4:p43
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 43/80)
Character Range: 136827–142878

Prioritisation should also consider the potential use of the island as a haven for mammal translocations and/or restoration of seabird breeding populations. Such translocations would be subject to risk assessment (including risks to the biodiversity and other values already present on island) and an approval process, and should first secure support from Traditional Owner groups.
                                                                                                                   (Note links to Actions 3.1, 5.1 and 5.2 and Objective 8; although these other actions will generate additional information to enhance Action 2.2, there is enough existing information to initiate it immediately.)
2.3                                                                                                                Prioritise sub-regions for creation of new cat-free havens (including islands), to support translocations of extremely and highly cat-susceptible mammals and potentially species from other groups. (Note links to Objective 6.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Very High  Medium          Researchers; Commonwealth, state and territory governments; NGOs; Traditional Owners                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Starting immediately
                                                                                                                   Update existing systematic planning work (Ringma et al. 2019) by:
                                                                                                                        * Considering how climate change will affect the climatic suitability of the haven for the species in the future.
                                                                                                                        * Considering the co-benefits of cat removal for other species at the haven site (including culturally important species; in situ populations of other species; for islands, the propensity to support/recover nesting seabirds).
                                                                                                                        * The potential adverse ecosystem effects of cat removal (e.g. potential increased abundance of invasive rodents on islands).
                                                                                                                        * The cost-effectiveness of maintaining the cat-free status of the haven over at least 30 years (this duration is needed to account for the higher costs of ongoing surveillance, management and capital replacement of fenced areas versus islands).
2.4                                                                                                                Prioritise sites for intensive feral cat control to protect species of moderate to high cat-susceptibility that exist as remnant populations (e.g. dibblers, bilbies, great desert skinks). (Note links to Objective 7.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Very High  Medium          Researchers; Commonwealth, state and territory governments; NGOs; Traditional Owners                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Starting immediately
                                                                                                                        * Prioritisation may be based on: the conservation value (current or potential) at the site; the cultural value of the species and site; the effectiveness and feasibility of sustaining control in the long term; cost; non-target impacts; and, the interest of the local landholders and communities (both Indigenous and non-Indigenous) in the site and species.
                                                                                                                        * Priority sites should also include important habitat for the Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 priority species that are cat-susceptible and have populations outside of havens (i.e. bilby, numbat, eastern quoll, Gilbert's potoroo, quokka, western ringtail possum, central rock-rat, chuditch (western quoll), New Holland mouse, mountain pygmy-possum, northern quoll, northern hopping mouse, northern brushtail possum, Leadbeater's possum (lowland population)).
2.5                                                                                                                Prioritise areas for intensive, holistic management of fire, grazing, and rabbits, to protect all native species through reduction in impacts of feral cat predation and interactive impacts. (Note links to Objective 8.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Very High  Medium          Researchers; Commonwealth, state and territory