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population outside the Norfolk Island Group.

5.3.2        Budget estimates
The results of the analysis indicate that a significant budget would be needed to fully deliver the activities required to achieve the targets of the plan. There is a large amount of variation around that estimate, illustrating the effect that fluctuations in variable costs might have. Approximately 64% of costs would be associated with management in the national park, 20% with management in reserves and 16% with management on other land (Table 34). This reflects the size of the park relative to reserves, and the wider ranging and/or more ambitious management targets (especially for restoration of vegetation) that have been set for the park in comparison with other types of land. It is also influenced by the fact that all research costs were assigned to the park.
More than 99% of costs would be for the 'core' management programs. Contingency management programs represent a very small part of the budget but have a wide range of possible costs due to the inherent uncertainty of occurrence of invasion or fire events that might require management.
Of the different programs, restoration of native vegetation was estimated to be by far the most resource-intensive, representing over 50% of the total budget. Rodent control was the next most expensive ongoing program, at 15% of the total. Translocations were also a major component (approximately 13%), but it should be noted that this was an aggregate cost for nine independent translocation projects, each of which would be relatively inexpensive in the context of the total budget.
Across the programs, the bulk of funds would be for on-ground management (78.5% of the total), followed by research (10.5%), with all other activity categories requiring some budget (Table 35).
Table 34 Estimated cost of management programs over five years for Norfolk Island National Park, public reserves and other land
Management program type                             Program name                            Norfolk Island National Park 5‑year present value  Norfolk Island National Park range  Public reserves 5‑year present value  Public reserves range       Other land 5‑year present value  Other land range
Core management program                             Rodent control                          $5,577,767                                         $3,803,335 to $8,612,725)           $2,456,567                            $1,599,527 to $3,969,152    $4,451,020                       $2,865,737 to $7,138,565
Control of free-roaming cats                        $2,502,177                              $1,898,626 to $3,597,111                           $2,049,920                          $1,568,485 to $3,020,115              n/a                         n/a
Feral chicken control                               $877,998                                $569,232 to $1,425,131)                            $253,284                            $157,619 to $428,348                  n/a                         n/a
Crimson rosella control                             $466,425                                $302,085 to $763,857                               $207,541                            $128,908 to $351,992                  n/a                         n/a
Provision of nest sites for threatened birds        $2,204,448                              $1,708,445 to $3,017,368                           $239,620                            $149,767 to $399,673                  n/a                         n/a
Restoration of native vegetation                    $18,029,178                             $13,008,176 to $26,785,527                         $9,391,592                          $6,819,767 to $14,073,612             $9,433,321                  $6,668,857 to $14,175,808
Fire management                                     $1,294,150                              $977,774 to $1,921,068                             n/a                                 n/a                                   n/a                         n/a
Fencing—predator proof sanctuaries                  $752,724                                $588,572 to $1,054,926                             n/a