Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00432:reg:6:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00432
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 5/20)
Character Range: 92063–96139

bilby surveys to establish baseline and measure management impact:                                                                                                                                                                              Indigenous land managers and organisations, including Indigenous rangers and Traditional Owners, Save the Bilby Fund, other land managers, state and territory government conservation agencies, AWC and species experts.
            * Facilitate and coordinate monitoring and surveys, including through initiatives such as the Bilby Blitz Programme.
            * Promote regular (annual and five-yearly) surveys of bilby sites by local communities using methods that generate comparable data.
            * Include sites necessary to measure against recovery plan performance criteria.
            * Where desired, support the development of community-based surveys that harness existing land manager and community on country activities and generate quality data to inform land management actions.
            * Use methods relevant to the purpose, circumstances, and conditions, such as sign or track plots, burrow visits, cameras, thermal imaging, drones, detection dogs.
            * Collate, analyse and report on data generated from monitoring and surveys.
1c      Identify sample sites at which changes in the bilby presence will be measured (see performance criterion 1) within 12 months.                                                                                                                                                          Recovery team, Indigenous land managers and organisations, including Indigenous rangers and Traditional Owners, other land managers, state and territory government conservation agencies, species experts, AWC.
1d      Identify any other sites for occupancy survey necessary for reporting against performance criterion 2(a).                                                                                                                                                                              As Action 1c Partners
1e      Develop and publish monitoring and survey protocols.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   As Action 1c Partners
1f      Standardise and implement a set of simple and repeatable occupancy/habitat survey methods for bilbies, predators and herbivores across the range of the bilby, including those that are suitable to determine change in bilby population parameter trends and the effect               As Action 1c Partners
        of management.
1g      Investigate and establish, if feasible, a 'national database' or 'national map', combining data from all sources (records from research and surveys, mapping and so on) to enable on-ground recovery actions. Include layers/data on climate, vegetation, geology and fire frequency   Recovery team, DAWE, state and territory government conservation agencies.
        mapping.

Photo: Bilby monitoring – bilby scats © Jessica Chapman

6.3.2             Supporting Strategy: Traditional Owner research and management
The majority of wild bilbies occur on Indigenous-managed land in WA and the NT, yet until recently the development of bilby conservation plans and strategies did not usually involve effective consultation with Indigenous people. The future of the Greater Bilby relies on the skills, expertise, experience, connection to Country, and capacity of Indigenous land managers, including Traditional Owners and Indigenous rangers.
The Greater Bilby persists in areas where Indigenous rangers can implement management and monitoring activities, and where some traditional land management activities are still carried out. Increased capacity and support for local communities reduces the expense of management activities in otherwise remote and sparsely populated areas. The harsh environments and substantial distances