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or leasehold land should not occur without intensive targeted surveys for the Christmas Island Shrew (see Appendix 1).
PART E: DURATION AND COSTS

Stage 1 – Costs of actions prior to location of extant populations

Recovery Action                                           Year of Implementation
                                                          1                       2      3      4      5      Total
Action 1: Investigate the taxonomic status                10000                   -      -      -      -      10000
Action 2: Investigate current status and distribution#    58000                   58000  58000  58000  58000  290000
Action 3: Develop wildlife management program             *                       *      *      *      *      -
Action 4:  Control abundance and spread of the crazy ant  *                       *      *      *      *      -
Action 5: Implement community awareness program           4000                    *      *      *      *      4000
TOTAL COST                                                72000                   58000  58000  58000  58000  304000

# = The cost of Action 2 is dependent on the number of years taken to locate extant populations and fully determine its distribution; * = Costs covered by Parks Australia North core duties.

Stage 2 - Alternative costs if extant populations found in Year 1

Recovery Action                                         Year of Implementation
                                                        1                       2      3      4      5      Total
Action 2: Investigate current status and distribution#  58000                   -      -      -      -      58000
Action 6:  Establish captive population¥                50000                   30000  30000  30000  30000  170000
Action 7:  Manage located populations                   10000                   10000  10000  10000  10000  50000
Action 8: Identify and describe habitat critical        29000                   29000  -      -      -      58000
Action 9: Identify threatening processes                15000                   15000  -      -      -      30000
TOTAL COST                                              162000                  84000  40000  40000  40000  366000

# = Depending on the year of location of extant populations; ¥ = This cost is assuming no reintroduction of captive shrews into the wild; * = Costs covered by Parks Australia North core duties.

Resource Allocation

The cost estimates are dependent on the year of location of extant shrew populations.  Resources have been allocated for the full five years to conduct surveys to locate shrew populations over one month periods in the wet and dry seasons of each year.

Some of the actions outlined (e.g. Actions 4) in this Plan are identified in the Christmas Island National Park Plan of Management (Commonwealth of Australia 2002), the strategic nature conservation document for the island, as broader actions necessary for the maintenance of fauna biodiversity on the island. Similarly, in this Plan some of the actions recommended (e.g. Action 4) correspond with those identified in other recovery (e.g. Abbott's Booby and Christmas Island Hawk-Owl) and action plans (e.g. Garnett & Crowley 2000). Consequently, opportunities exist for sharing resources, and a co-ordinated strategy to implement Recovery Plans for all threatened Christmas Island fauna requires investigation.

A number of Actions are already ongoing (e.g. Action 3, 4 and 9) and may be considered as core duties of PAN.

The establishment