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*     Monitoring incorporates standardised bird count methodology.                                                                                                State Agencies
                                                                                                                                                            -   Acoustic monitoring techniques have been developed to support bird monitoring and expand public involvement.                                                   Traditional Owners
                                                                                                                                                             * Current baseline information on population distribution, size and trends is being collected and reported on.                                                    Private landowners
                                                                                                                                                             * Knowledge of forty-spotted pardalote distribution, movement ecology and life history are better known and used to inform conservation status.                   Academic institutions
                                                                                                                                                             * Status of Flinders Island population better understood.                                                                                                         NGOs
                                                                                                                                                             * Effectiveness of management actions being monitored, reported on and regularly reviewed.                                                                        NRM regional bodies
4.2     Surveys of forty‑spotted pardalote populations are undertaken regularly to determine population trends and potential new populations.  1            * Standardised surveys in mapped known and potential habitat are confirming species presence/absence.                                                              Australian Government                        $100,000 pa
                                                                                                                                                            * Urgent surveys on Flinders Island have identified birds and viability of population.                                                                             State Agencies
                                                                                                                                                            * Surveys and monitoring are consistent in methodology and information provided to state and Commonwealth authorities.                                             Private landowners
                                                                                                                                                            * Total population size is known and trends for locations surveyed reported regularly.                                                                             Academic institutions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               NGOs
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Citizen Scientists

4.3     Design and implement research projects to address knowledge gaps, circulate widely and keep current.                                   1             * Gaps in knowledge required to inform species management have been identified and addressed.                                                                     Australian Government                        $250,000 pa
                                                                                                                                                         Understanding of the following priority parameters has improved:                                                                                                      State Agencies                               To commence in year 2/3 once knowledge gaps clearly identified
                                                                                                                                                             * Wild population breeding success factors and trends.                                                                                                            Private landowners
                                                                                                                                                             * Habitat carrying capacity for different populations at fine scales (including interactions with the striated pardalote).                                        Academic institutions
                                                                                                                                                             * White gum decline, and the interaction between habitat health and forty-spotted pardalote population health.                                                    Recovery Team
                                                                                                                                                             * Investigate the importance of Eucalyptus dalrympleana (mountain white gum) as forty‑spotted pardalote habitat and its potential as translocation sites.         NGOs
                                                                                                                                                             * The sources of nest predation and disturbance, and the effects of this disturbance on breeding outcomes.                                                        NRM regional bodies
                                                                                                                                                             * Post-breeding movement and dispersal by juveniles or non‑breeding birds.                                                                                        Citizen Scientists
                                                                                                                                                             * Population level impacts of introduced predators.
                                                                                                                                                         The impacts of climate change on all forty-spotted pardalote populations have been identified and addressed, including:
                                                                                                                                                             * Populations most at risk of climate change impacts have been identified and actions to mitigate risks undertaken.
                                                                                                                                                             * Impacts of increased drought, heat waves, and changes in rainfall patterns on habitat have been modelled and associated refuge sites identified and protected.
                                                                                                                                                             * Threat mitigation planning incorporates synergistic impacts of climate change.

Strategy 5: Increase stakeholder participation in forty-spotted pardalote conservation and management
Action  Description                                                                                                                              Priority  Performance Criteria                                                                                                                                                                                                          Responsible Agencies and potential partners  Indicative Cost

5.1     Establish extension activities with private landholders to protect forty‑spotted pardalote habitat.                                      2            * A private landowner network with an interest