Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01376:reg:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01376
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 2/10)
Character Range: 136464–139793

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Performance criteria and management actions

Objective 1. Continue to identify and evaluate the extent and quality of Macadamia species populations and their habitat

Performance Criteria 1a. Population and site data for new and known populations of Macadamia are used to inform conservation and management priorities
Action 1.1 Determine whether additional populations of Macadamia species occur within southern Queensland and northern NSW
Continue to carry out strategic searches for unrecorded populations of Macadamia species as opportunities or new information (such as essential habitat mapping) comes to hand. Searches will concentrate on areas highly likely to provide habitat for Macadamia species, especially those that link extant populations. All new information to be submitted to appropriate government databases, including the National Forest Inventory (ABARES), the Tree Seed Centre (CSIRO), Queensland's WildNet (DES), NSW BioNet (DPIE) Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) and relevant local governments.
Priority: Medium
Potential Contributors: MCC, DES, DPIE, LLS, local governments, regional NRM organisations, botanists, community groups, landholders
Action 1.2 Record data from previously unrecorded Macadamia populations, including population size and structure, distance to nearest population, reproductive viability, threats and management issues
All new information collected to be submitted to appropriate government databases, including the National Forest Inventory (ABARES), the Tree Seed Centre (CSIRO), WildNet (DES), BioNet (DPIE), Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) and relevant local governments.
Priority: Medium
Potential Contributors: AG, MCC, DES, DPIE, LLS, local governments, regional NRM organisations, botanists, community groups, landholders
Action 1.3 Survey known Macadamia populations for data deficiencies, including population size and structure, distance to nearest population, reproductive viability, threats and management issues
Some records of Macadamia populations are data deficient. Others are dated, may have been lost to clearing, or are not true wild populations. An ongoing strategic survey program of selected populations where data is deficient or more than ten years old needs to be undertaken, concentrating on those populations that are large, important in linking the network of populations, in secure tenure, or at the ends of deterministic environmental gradients.
Priority: High
Potential Contributors: MCC, DPIE, LLS, DES, local governments, botanists, community groups, landholders
Action 1.4 Use the results of Macadamia population surveys together with research outcomes to systematically prioritise populations for conservation, management and research purposes within an adaptive framework
Prioritisation will enable strategic allocation of limited resources to conservation of populations that make a significant contribution to the long-term viability of a species. Elements to be considered in prioritisation will be defined by the MCC, but could include factors such as unique genotypes, genetic diversity, population size, reproductive viability, level of protection, location within overall species distribution (such as edge of range), extent of habitat important to survival, proximity to habitat