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biases of the many survey methods commonly used. A Community of Practice in Survey Methods (Action 1h) will be developed as a guide to assist stakeholders conducting field-based Koala assessment activities, e.g. consultants, researchers and citizen science groups in employing the most suitable method for given circumstances.
Koala scats are used in detecting Koala presence and for extracting DNA. Image: © C. Robinson, CSIRO.
Because of the large geographic range of the Koala, partners and citizen scientists will play a significant role in the National Koala Monitoring Program. This recovery plan aims to support and build capability of interest groups and individuals to establish a long-term monitoring program with the support of researchers and governments of all levels.
The program integrates with a national Koala Health Initiative (delivered by the University of Sydney Koala Health Hub) and habitat restoration program for the listed Koala (delivered by Regional Land Partnerships Service Providers, non-government organisations and NSW government agencies) (section 14.1).
The National Koala Health Initiative includes three streams of work, with the inclusion of Koala health and condition monitoring as part of the National Koala Monitoring Program. This work will develop a standardised Koala health monitoring protocol/s which can be implemented alongside activities being carried out as part of the monitoring program. The Koala health monitoring protocol will be designed, trialled, and implemented under the program.
Habitat restoration projects for the listed Koala in New South Wales and Queensland will be monitored under the program to measure effectiveness of management actions in recovery. Likewise, the monitoring program will also provide for integration with other Koala projects/programs such as the genomic sequencing of Koalas across their range (funded in part through the Australian and NSW governments) which may provide novel insights into the drivers of population dynamics.

9.1 Governance structure
A proposed model is a Technical Steering Committee to steer and coordinate the National Koala Monitoring Program across jurisdictions (Figure 5). Each jurisdiction and the Australian Government will support and promote collaboration and coordination in their respective jurisdictions across different agencies so that the National Koala Monitoring Program is complementary and coordinated at a national level. An Indigenous led Community of Practice will work with the state and territory agency representatives to help guide project team efforts to support Indigenous co-design and participation. At invitation, representatives from community groups and organisations may participate in meetings or be invited to participate in sub-groups.

Figure 5. Proposed governance structure of the National Koala Monitoring Program and relationship with the National Koala Recovery Plan, and the state and territory strategies and plans, and committees. CoP = Community of practice; NGOs = Non-government organisations

PART III
Implementation

10. Introduction
This recovery plan is a national framework