Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287:reg:3:p90
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 90/276)
Character Range: 359611–372953

management required will include the following coordinated activities:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Protection of all existing native vegetation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Seed collection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Propagation (including expansion of nursery facilities on both Norfolk and Phillip Islands)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Revegetation (including through establishment of new areas of native forest in areas currently dominated by non‑native species or native plantations)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Management of weeds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Management of grazing (exclusion of livestock from conservation/restoration areas)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Conversion of the forestry area of the national park to native forest.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Actions to benefit specific species:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Snails: expansion of suitable native vegetation to benefit threatened snails, removal of weeds (especially red guava) from important areas to provide suitable pH and moisture levels, and experimental addition of woody debris to increase the number of shelter sites.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Forest birds: restoration of native forest outside the park, with patches of appropriate size, composition, and physical connectedness, to enable passerine birds to expand their range and support a greater density of Norfolk Island morepork territories.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Forest birds: protection of old hollow-bearing trees for Norfolk Island moreporks and Norfolk Island green parrots.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Seabirds: restoration of native vegetation on Phillip Island that takes into consideration the use by seabirds of African olive as nest sites, and the need for seabirds to have clear flight paths to nesting sites.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Plants: continued inclusion in restoration plantings of threatened plant species cultivated at the nursery.
Fire management                                                            Fire management                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    * Implementation of community programs to increase awareness, precaution, vigilance, and reporting of ignitions.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Maintenance of access tracks.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Fuel reduction (forestry area).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Conversion of Eucalyptus plantation to native forest.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Suppression of fire outbreaks.
Provision of nest sites for native threatened birds                        Provision of nest sites for native threatened birds                                                                                                                                                                                                                                * Upgrades to and maintenance of artificial or protected natural nest sites appropriate to each species.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Improvement in the placement, and potentially the number and spatial configuration, of nest sites for Norfolk Island moreporks and Norfolk Island green parrots, particularly outside the national park.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Removal and replacement of decrepit structures for seabirds on Phillip Island.
Population management                                                      Population management (potentially including seed banking, ex situ cultivation and captive breeding, translocation and (re)introduction)                                                                                                                                       Snail species:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Continue the captive breeding program for Campbell's keeled glass-snail (Advena campbellii).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Return the species to appropriate facilities on Norfolk Island.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * If appropriate, expand the captive breeding program to other snail species.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Reptiles:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Develop captive breeding protocols for the species.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Identify other islands where the Norfolk Island reptiles could be translocated to provide insurance populations.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Norfolk Island robin:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Identify sites and assess feasibility of translocation, with the aim of establishing a population in at least one new site on Norfolk Island by 2027.