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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 objectives

  1. Implement management strategies to reduce threats to Black-breasted Button-quail and their habitat.
  2. Enhance protection, improve the quality and increase the extent of suitable habitat to the Black-breasted Button-quail and its habitat.
  3. Improve knowledge of the distribution, biology and ecology of the Black-breasted Button-quail and implement a monitoring strategy to identify and measure population trends.
  4. Increase stakeholder participation in Black-breasted Button-quail conservation and management.
  5. Coordinate, review and report on recovery progress.

6.  Actions to achieve the specific objectives

Actions identified for the recovery of Black-breasted Button-quail are described below. It should be noted that some of the objectives are long-term and may not be achieved prior to the scheduled five-year review of the recovery plan. Responsible Agencies are in bold text with potential supporting partners not in bold.

Priorities assigned to actions should be interpreted as follows:
Priority 1:  Prompt action necessary to mitigate the key threats to Black-breasted Button-quail and provide valuable information to help identify long-term population trends.
Priority 2:  Action to provide a more informed basis for
             the long-term management and recovery of Black-breasted Button-quail.
Priority 3:  Action desirable, but not critical to the recovery of Black-breasted Button-quail or assessment of trends in that recovery.

         Strategy 1  Implement management strategies to reduce threats to
         Black-breasted Button-quail and their habitat
Action  Description                                                                                                                                             Priority  Performance Criteria                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Responsible Agencies (bold) and potential partners  Indicative Cost
1.1     Identify areas of habitat critical to the survival of BBBQ including important sites for species persistence, and the key threats pressuring each site  1         Spatial prioritisation informs threat management; AOO has increased:                                                                                                                                                                                                        Recovery Team                                       $30,000
                                                                                                                                                                             * Existing and new information reviewed and used to identify areas of high BBBQ conservation significance. These include areas with high-value populations and potential to alleviate threats, carry out restoration works, target monitoring and increase protection.   State governments
                                                                                                                                                                             * New knowledge used to refine the definition of 'habitat critical to the survival.'                                                                                                                                                                                     Research agencies
                                                                                                                                                                             * Key Biodiversity Areas reviewed and updated as new information becomes available.                                                                                                                                                                                      NGOs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Academic institutions
1.2     Determine the relationship between invasive weeds and BBBQ abundance                                                                                    1         Understanding of the impacts of invasive weeds on BBBQ abundance/AOO has increased:                                                                                                                                                                                         State governments                                   $150,000
                                                                                                                                                                             * The impact of invasive weeds on BBBQ abundance and their ability to forage has been determined.                                                                                                                                                                        Traditional Owners
                                                                                                                                                                             * The impact of invasive weeds on the integrity of the BBBQ habitat e.g. suppression of native plant recruitment, increase in fuel loads etc. has been determined.                                                                                                       Private landowners
                                                                                                                                                                             * The effectiveness of invasive weed