Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00006:reg:3:p44
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00006
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 44/58)
Character Range: 184988–188500

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             8.   Effects on other native species and biodiversity benefits

           Measures to mitigate threats to the Eastern Bristlebird and protect their habitat will benefit other threatened plant and animal species and ecological communities within the species' range. Key Biodiversity Areas triggered by Eastern Bristlebirds
           for instance list a total of 10 other species as Triggers. These include: Black-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster), Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris), Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus), Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii), Albert's Lyrebird (Menura alberti), Rufous Scrub-bird (Atrichornis rufescens), Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseuss), Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito), Pilotbird (Pycnoptilus floccosus) and Rockwarbler (Origma solitaria). The habitat of the northern population is shared with Spotted-tailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus), Hastings River Mouse (Pseudomys oralis), Greater Glider (Petauroides volans),
           Yellow-bellied Glider (Petaurus australis) and other threatened species.

           Threatened Ecological Communities listed under the EPBC Act that overlap with Eastern Bristlebird distribution include Lowland Rainforests of Subtropical Australia, Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia and, to a limited extent in Queensland, White Box – Yellow Box – Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland. There are also a number of Ecological Communities listed at the state level that will benefit from increased efforts to protect and conserve Eastern Bristlebird habitat. Many mammals, invertebrates and plants will also receive benefits as a result of measures put in place to protect and rejuvenate Eastern Bristlebird habitat.

      9.    Social and
   economic considerations

 The major social and economic impacts of this Recovery Plan will be on those who require approval to remove or modify Eastern Bristlebird habitat and are prevented from doing so or are required to modify their proposal by a consent authority. This may include increased costs due to the assessment processes, requirement to provide offset funding, to secure or rehabilitate habitat, or for other threat-mitigation work.

 A network of community volunteers participates in Recovery Plan actions, for example surveys. Involvement can provide social benefits with community members and engaged groups having a sense of achievement, inclusion, community spirit
 and pride whilst gaining enjoyment and appreciation of their surrounding natural environment. Additional social benefits include encouraging passive recreation, appreciation of natural aesthetic values and increased awareness and appreciation of the cultural values of Traditional Owners.

 Cats are a threat to the Eastern Bristlebird. There may be social and economic costs associated with local government companion animal restrictions where they are implemented, particularly where there is a significant interface between urban centres and Eastern Bristlebird habitat.

 Eastern Bristlebird Recovery Plan actions may conflict with other interests such as tourism and the use of recreational vehicles.

                  10.     Affected interests

           Organisations and individuals likely to be affected by