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Tjalapa on the
  Kiwirrkurra IPA. 24
  Photograph 14. Mapping historical Tjakura locations from senior knowledge holders who grew up in
  pre-contact time. 25
  Photograph 15. Conducting burning to protect Tjakura sites on a cold winter night when fires are easiest to control.              28
  Photograph 16. Cat captured in a leghold trap by CLC rangers in the Tanami Desert 31
  Photograph 17. Stomach contents of a cat captured at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary, showing the
  remains of a Tjakura. 31
  Photograph 18. Central Land Council Rangers conducting burrow monitoring at Yulara,
  November 2021. 35

Background

  Purpose of this Plan

   "All our rangers are getting together so we can look after Warrana, make a new plan for when we go out"
   Christine Ellis, Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary /Nyirripi Ranger, December 2021

  This is a two-way science Recovery Plan that aims to bring together Traditional Ecological Knowledge and scientific research about the great desert skink into one document that motivates and educates people about the most important management and research actions required to stop the decline and support its recovery over the next 10 years.

  This is the second National Recovery Plan for the Great Desert Skink. The first Plan was published in 2001 when scientific knowledge of this species was in the early stages of development and Ranger programs were yet to become established in the deserts. The original plan had the modest objectives of maintaining or improving the status of the Great Desert Skink, and improving fire and feral animal management around three key populations (McAlpin 2001).

  The plan was successful in encouraging targeted fire management, predator control and long-term monitoring programs around three populations (Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary Wildlife Sanctuary,
  Kiwirrkurra, Uluru/Yulara). Many other actions in the original plan have also been implemented and the conservation status of the Great Desert Skink has been maintained.

  While this second Plan builds on the work of the first, it draws more strongly on information and priorities of Indigenous Knowledge holders from across the deserts, as well as information in the Australian Government's Conservation Advice (TSSC 2016), an IUCN assessment in 2017 (Paltridge et al. 2017) and a suite of scientific studies, surveys, local management plans and monitoring programs conducted since the
  original Recovery Plan was written. It incorporates new knowledge of subpopulations, threats and stakeholder interest, and outlines a roadmap towards removing the great desert skink from the threatened species list.

  Listening to the ideas of Traditional Owners and Rangers from the beginning of the Recovery Planning process is a new approach the Australian Government is using to make Recovery Plans for Threatened Species especially for those species of cultural significance.

 How we made this plan
 This Recovery Plan is the culmination of many meetings