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levels in identified priority areas.
       * Landscape scale control programs are implemented and monitored at regional levels.
       * Eradication of rabbits on islands is successful where this is attempted.

Action                                                                                                                                                    Priority and timeframe                                                         Outcome                                                                                               Output                                                                                                                        Responsibility

1.1. Prioritise areas on a regional scale (NRM, catchment level), including islands, for:                                                                 High priority, short term                                                      Key species and ecological communities are prioritised and protected from the impacts of rabbits.     List of priority areas.                                                                                                       State governments, NRM and catchment groups.

a)  their conservation value                                                                                                                                                                                                             Linkages made to recovery plans (where available).                                                    Management actions undertaken with a measured reduction in the impact of rabbits on key species and ecological communities.   Consultation should include local land managers and friends groups.

b)  the potential for successful regeneration or rehabilitation of the species, and

c) the degree of threat from rabbits.

Undertake management action in these areas.

*Prioritisation should consider a range of factors (examples in the text above), including economic decision models.

1.2. Continue to develop and implement cost effective and coordinated management programs across all land tenures, including urban areas.                 High priority, medium term                                                     Coordinated and targeted action by land managers.                                                     Landscape scale management plans are adopted and implemented.                                                                 State governments, NRM and catchment groups, land managers and friends groups

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Measurable recovery in threatened species and ecological communities.                                 Rabbit numbers are reduced to less than 0.5 rabbits per hectare in priority areas.

1.3. Create incentives for coordinated and strategic control across adjacent properties in all areas occupied by rabbits.                                 Medium priority, long term                                                     Coordinated and strategic rabbit control resulting in slower reinvasion and more effective control.   Rabbit control is shared amongst adjoining land managers. Strategic control is undertaken across all adjoining land tenures.  State/territory governments and local councils

1.4. Develop regular and coordinated monitoring and reporting mechanisms at a regional and state scale to assess progress and apply adaptive management.  High priority, short, medium and long term (this will be an ongoing activity)  Land managers apply the most effective management actions to control rabbits.                         Adaptive management practices are adopted and information is shared.                                                          State governments, NRM and catchment groups, and land managers

1.5. Eradicate rabbits from identified islands                                                                                                            Very high priority, long term                                                  Measurable recovery in threatened species and ecological communities on identified islands.           Rabbits are eradicated or under sustained control on high priority islands.                                                   State/territory governments and land managers

Objective 2 – Improve knowledge and understanding of the impact of rabbits and their interactions with other species and ecological processes

The biology and ecology of rabbits has been extensively studied throughout Australia, but the interactions between rabbits and other fauna, as well as their contribution to a range of environmental processes, is still not well understood. Many studies describe economic losses to agriculture, but