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a larger on-                                             One-off on-Country                             Profile of Tjakura                                                                                                           Tjakura Festival held on
 Country information       Tjakura focussed event                                            is elevated and                                Country
 sharing event – Tjakura   involving multiple                                                opportunities provided
 Festival                  stakeholders                                                      for practical training
                                                                                             in recognising and
                                                                                             interpreting Tjakura
                                                                                             sign, monitoring
                                                                                             and management
                                                                                             techniques
                           9.4 Survey data shared to state and commonwealth                  New locations shared to government databases   Policy makers have up to date maps on where Tjakura live to ensure appropriate advice is given on development applications   Government satisfied with availability of information
                           government databases with appropriate controls on public access
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Knowledge holders satisfied that data submitted is being treated cautiously and respectfully

   Cost and Timeframe of the Recovery Plan

   Successful implementation of this Recovery Plan is contingent upon ongoing funding to both the
   Indigenous Ranger Program and IPA program. Increasing and enduring support for Rangers to continue managing Country, conduct general surveys and pass on knowledge to younger generations is critical for the maintenance of biodiversity across the desert.

   Although we can rely on Indigenous Rangers to conduct general land management, the nature of competing priorities means extra support is required to ensure targeted management of Tjakura occurs because Indigenous estates are vast, and the workforce remains relatively small. This is particularly important in the initial years of this Recovery Plan while surveys are conducted to identify priority management sites, monitoring regimes are established and the momentum builds. Recording cultural knowledge is also viewed as an urgent priority in the initial stage of the Recovery Plan due to the ongoing loss of Senior Knowledge Holders. We have therefore budgeted for numerous field trips in the first three years to record cultural knowledge and visit cultural sites and carry out field surveys around the edge of the distribution and in key gaps.
   Once priority sites have been identified and motivation is built to monitor and manage Tjakura, it is hoped that the annual monitoring and localised fire management around priority sites would be incorporated into the annual work programmes of a number of Ranger Teams, however predator management is an additional skill and effort that is beyond the scope of most ranger programs and requires dedicated funding to do properly.

   It is anticipated that the implementation of this Recovery Plan would be coordinated by an Indigenous land management organisation with good networks across the desert, and steered by a National Recovery Team comprising government representatives, scientific researchers, Indigenous Knowledge holders and other land management practitioners. We have therefore budgeted for a part-time (0.3 FTE) Project Coordinator position to keep the project running, liaise between

  partners, provide two-way Science resources, training and management advice, coordinate the annual monitoring program, collate data and assist in the administration of project grants.

  One-off