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with which each patch is associated. Some patches that meet the EPBC Act listing are too small to be mapped as a Regional Ecosystem, and therefore have no Vegetation Management Act 1999 status.

1.5      Stakeholders and other interests
The groups listed below are likely to be affected by the Recovery Plan's implementation because they own or manage (or may otherwise influence management of) relatively large areas of land on which the ecological community occurs.

The major affected groups are:

      * Private landholders/residents and property developers with remnant patches of Littoral Rainforest

      * Australian Government and Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian state government agencies and organisations

      * Local councils and other public land management agencies

      * Traditional Owners

      * Non-government organisations, NRM bodies and community groups

      * Organisations operating in National Parks and State Forests

This list should not be considered exhaustive. It is necessary for parties to fully understand their obligations to avoid significant impacts to Littoral Rainforest, and to act consistently with the actions outlined in this plan.

1.5.1      Indigenous knowledge, role and interests
There is a strong relationship between Littoral Rainforest and sites of important cultural significance for Indigenous people. The rainforest provides rich sites for hunting and gathering and its location by the sea is ideal for meeting and camping. A number of Littoral Rainforest sites are located on Aboriginal Land and some have Native Title recognition.
Littoral Rainforest is a highly valued ecosystem for Indigenous Australians who have lived within, and felt a connection to, this ecological community. Cultural artefacts have been found in patches of Littoral Rainforest from across the range of the ecological community and, in Victoria, a women's sacred site and birthing place have been discovered in Littoral Rainforest (B Peel pers. comm. cited in BAAM 2013). Across the distribution of the ecological community, Indigenous Australians utilise patches of Littoral Rainforest as places of recreation and learning, including for the teaching of traditional practices, arts and craft, and shelter construction and for the collection of bush foods and medicine (BAAM 2013).
Littoral Rainforest was historically important to Indigenous coastal communities due to the provision of foods, fibres and medicines. In particular, an important component of the diet of local communities was provided in the form of the vitamins, trace elements, proteins and fats that were acquired from the wide range of fruits harvested (BAAM 2013). Fruits found in Littoral Rainforest vary across the distribution of the ecological community. Common and/or well known fruits include: gooseberry (Buchanania arborescens), broad-leaved native cherry (Exocarpos latifolius) and wild apple (Syzygium suborbiculare) in the Cape York region; banyan (Ficus virens), Burdekin plum (Pleiogynium timoriense), cheese fruit (Morinda citrifolia) and lawyer cane (Calamus caryotoides) in the Wet Tropics