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intervals and report trends in extent and/or condition to the relevant management agencies

       * Improve understanding of fragmentation impacts on Littoral Rainforest and the contribution of small patches to the long-term viability of the ecological community

       * Monitor structural and compositional change at a sample of sites with varied levels of protection and exposure to threats
       * Develop effective restoration techniques tailored to specific species assemblages and threat contexts.
Figure 1: Map of the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia ecological community.

1.4      Legislative context
Recovery plans are a legislative instrument under the EPBC Act that detail the threats impacting on listed species and ecological communities, and identify the management responses required to protect, restore and recover the listed entity.
This is the first national recovery plan for the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia ecological community, listed as Critically Endangered under the EPBC Act.

1.4.1      National conservation status
Littoral Rainforest is typically considered threatened due to:

      * A very restricted geographic distribution coupled with demonstrable threats, and

      * A severe reduction in community integrity across its range.

Listing under national legislation means that any new or intensified activities that may have a significant impact on Littoral Rainforest require approval under the EPBC Act. Relevant national policies and resources for Littoral Rainforest, including the national Listing and Conservation Advices can be found at: http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicshowcommunity.pl?id=76

1.4.2      State conservation status
Littoral Rainforest is also attributed various levels of protection under State legislation within the different states in which it occurs, as shown in Table 1.
Table 1: National and state conservation status of Littoral Rainforest (as of November 2016).
Legislation*                                                    Conservation Status
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999   Critically Endangered
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (NSW)**                Endangered
Vegetation Management Act 1999 (Qld)***                         Least concern / Of concern / Endangered

*At the time of writing, Littoral Rainforest (as defined within the Commonwealth Listing Advice) was not included in the list of 'Taxa and Communities of Flora and Fauna which are Threatened' under the Victorian  Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

**The above-listed conservation status of Littoral Rainforest in New South Wales only applies to patches identified in the 'Littoral Rainforest in NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions – endangered ecological community listing', which can be found at:

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/determinations/LittoralRainforestEndSpListing.htm

***The Vegetation Management Act 1999 status (i.e. conservation status) of patches of Littoral Rainforest in Queensland varies in relation to the Regional Ecosystem unit with which each patch is associated. Some patches that meet the EPBC Act listing are too small to be mapped as a Regional Ecosystem, and therefore have no Vegetation Management Act 1999 status.

1.5      Stakeholders and other interests
The groups