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the participants of the workshop held to discuss and review the recovery plan and actions required.
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country
The Australian Government acknowledges Australia's Traditional Owners and pays respect to Elders past and present. We acknowledge the deep spiritual, cultural and customary connections of Traditional Owners to the Australian land and sea country, including the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia ecological community.

   Contents
Figures and tables
Acronyms
Executive summary
1 Introduction
1.1 Community description
1.2 Distribution
1.3 Objective and strategies
1.4 Legislative context
1.5 Stakeholders and other interests
2 Threats
2.1 Significant impacts from anthropogenic actions
2.2 Key threats
3 Biodiversity considerations
3.1 Connectivity
3.2 Patch size
3.3 Structural and component complexity
3.4 Guidance for identification and assessment
3.5 Derived native vegetation
3.6 Threatened species and species of conservation significance
3.7 Buffer zones
3.8 International obligations
4 Habitat critical to the survival of Littoral Rainforest
5 Recovery program
5.1 Overarching objective
5.2 Recovery strategies
5.3 Performance criteria
5.4 Recovery actions
6 Implementation
6.1 Factors influencing successful implementation of the recovery plan
6.2 Management considerations
6.3 Projected funding needs
6.4 Social and economic considerations
6.5 Review
7 References
8 Appendice A – Glossary of term
Figures and tables

Figure 1: Map of the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia…………………...8

Table 1: International, national and state conservation status of Littoral Rainforest………………………..11

Figure 2: Clearing of vegetation for a residential development adjacent to Littoral Rainforest……………20

Figure 3: Beach access track through a Littoral Rainforest patch…………………………………………….21

Figure 4: Weed infestation by Singapore daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata)…………………………………...22

Table 2: Estimated per unit costings for common recovery activities………………………………………...48

Acronyms
ARI        Average Recurrence Interval
CSIRO      Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Commonwealth)
DEHP       Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland)
DELWP      Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria)
DoEE       Department of the Environment and Energy (Commonwealth)
EPBC Act   Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth)
FFG Act    Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (Victoria)
IBRA       Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia
MNES       Matter of National Environmental Significance
NGO        Non-government Organisation
NRM        Natural Resource Management
NSW        New South Wales
OEH        Office of Environment and Heritage (New South Wales)
RE         Regional Ecosystem (Queensland – vegetation mapping system)
SPRAT      Species Profile and Threats Database
TSC Act    Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (New South Wales)
TSSC       Threatened Species Scientific Committee (Commonwealth)
VMA        Vegetation Management Act 1999 (Queensland)

Executive summary

The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy has prepared this Recovery Plan to provide for the long term survival and protection of the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia ecological community (hereafter referred to as Littoral Rainforest or the ecological community), listed as Critically Endangered under the