Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00153:body:0:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00153
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Character Range: 20306–23751

following strategies are designed to achieve the Recovery Plan objective:
Strategy 1: Implement planning, regulatory policies and actions to protect Littoral Rainforest
Relevant for: Australian, state and local government, Indigenous land managers, NRM bodies, private land owners/managers and industry bodies.
Protect the remaining distribution of Littoral Rainforest and its surrounds from:

      * coastal development and land use change, including urban development, mining and industrial development

      * climate change, particularly sea level rise impacts

Strategy 2: Implement management strategies and actions to reduce threats to Littoral Rainforest

Relevant for: Australian, state and local government, Indigenous land managers, NRM bodies, community organisations, researchers.
Reduce threats to Littoral Rainforest posed by:

       * livestock grazing
       * feral animal activity
       * invasive weeds
       * pathogens and disease
       * changes in fire regime (particularly increased frequency)
       * damage and degradation by recreational and other use (vehicles, camping)
       * damage and degradation by storm surge events and extreme tides, and
       * hydrological change (e.g. to drainage and runoff from adjacent areas).

Strategy 3: Restore and extend Littoral Rainforest
Relevant for: Australian, state and local government, Indigenous land managers, private land owners/managers, NRM bodies, community organisations.
Implement the following:

       * Rehabilitation and restoration activities to restore vegetation structure and control invasive plant species, and

       * Actions to increase connectivity, enhance migration and create natural buffers

Strategy 4: Engage with the public to increase awareness and community involvement in management and rehabilitation
Relevant for: Australian, state and local government, Indigenous land managers, private land owners/ managers, NRM bodies, community organisations, science organisations.
Carry out the following:

       * Engage with Indigenous land managers to help protect and rehabilitate Littoral Rainforest on country

       * Engage with the public and local land owners/managers to promote the values of Littoral Rainforest and drive community involvement in management, and

       * Assist with funding applications for management and rehabilitation activities.

Strategy 5: Improve knowledge on the distribution and condition of Littoral Rainforest, and monitor and report on the status of the ecological community
Relevant for: state and local governments, science organisations, Indigenous land managers, NRM bodies, community organisations.
Conduct the following:

       * Fine-scale mapping of Littoral Rainforest, across the extent of the ecological community, to establish distribution at local and regional management scales

       * Establish baseline conditions at local and regional scales and compare these against the condition thresholds (i.e. patch size, transformer weed cover, percent native species and percent rainforest species in canopy cover)
       * Monitor and evaluate patches at regular (maximum 5 yearly) intervals and report trends in extent and/or condition to the relevant management agencies

       * Improve understanding of fragmentation impacts on Littoral Rainforest and the contribution of small patches to the long-term viability of the ecological community

       * Monitor structural and