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their connection to and knowledge of Country on which Malleefowl occur.

In particular, the plan aims to promote the role of Indigenous communities by:
       * encouraging traditional land management, particularly in regard to fire;

       * encouraging the recording of sightings;

       * promoting Indigenous community leadership of science, survey and monitoring; and

       * providing access to technical information on Malleefowl ecology, lessons from previous management actions and information and connection to conservation planning and governance.

As major partners in Malleefowl conservation, Indigenous landholders and Traditional Owners will be encouraged to participate in the Recovery Team to inform planning and governance.
Nothing in the plan is intended to affect Native Title rights or interests. The relevant provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 should be considered before undertaking any Future Acts that might affect Native Title Rights. Procedures under the Native Title Act 1993 are additional to those required to comply with the Indigenous Heritage Act 1998.

2.3 Affected interests

Malleefowl have an extensive potential range and occur on a variety of land tenure types comprising Indigenous land, pastoral leases, private land and land managed by State and Federal Governments in the form of national parks, reserves and uncommitted/unallocated Crown Land.

All of these land managers will be involved in the implementation of this plan to some degree.  Planned recovery actions include promoting the continuation of Traditional Knowledge and cultural/customary practices relating to Malleefowl and supporting Traditional Owner leadership, research, management and monitoring on Indigenous lands where Malleefowl may occur.

Numerous community groups have been formed throughout southern Australia to help conserve the Malleefowl. Total membership of these group's numbers over 1000 people, of which well over 100 are active in the field. Their role in survey, monitoring, predator control, forming landscape linkages and educating the public has been instrumental in the conservation of Malleefowl. The important contribution of these community groups is encouraged in this plan.

Organisations likely to be affected by the actions proposed in this plan include Indigenous groups, Australian and State Government agencies, particularly those with environmental, agricultural and land planning concerns, the agricultural sector, researchers, conservation groups, national resource managers and the mining sector. This list, however, should not be considered exhaustive, as there may be other interest groups that would like to be included in the future or need to be considered when specialised tasks are required in the recovery process.

Some representatives from the Oak Valley community behind a Nganamara (Malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata) mound, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Land, SA ©Samantha Doudle, Oak Valley Ranger Coordinator.

The Malleefowl's contemporary distribution encompasses lands traditionally owned by many Indigenous Australian groups. These include, but are not necessarily limited to:

Western Australia: Amangu, Aṉangu, Badimia, Ballardong, Kalaamaya, Kaniyang,