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in Sections 5.3.17 to 5.3.26 to:
        (a)      replicate the traditional floodplain burning regime
        (b)      reduce cover of Hymenachne, para grass and other floodplain weed species and promote Eleocharis and other native wetland plant species.

     5.2.6              Identify actions to limit the impact of saltwater intrusion in priority areas and implement them where practical and cost-effective.

     5.2.7              Manage native plants and animals in the floodplains, rivers and coastal environments through:
        (a)      development and implementation of a park strategy for the conservation of threatened species and threatened ecological communities, including, as appropriate, actions in recovery plans for relevant species
        (b)      identification of other significant species (e.g. culturally significant species) and implementation of specific management prescriptions for these species
        (c)       conducting survey and monitoring programmes for significant species.

     5.2.8              Take a lead role in liaising and cooperating with the Northern Territory Government and other relevant stakeholders, including relevant traditional owners, regarding the management of access to marine areas of the park and improved management and protection of adjacent coastal and marine environments.

     5.2.9              Continue work mapping and defining the northern boundary of the park.

The lowlands – Kukarnhkarndan

Outcome

    * The abundance of significant species is increased (where possible and appropriate) or maintained

Performance indicator

    * Abundance of significant species

Background

   'In the woodlands there are many uses for us, for instance gathering bark for shelters from the stringy-bark trees and also looking for young hollow trees to make didgeridoo. And there are many foods and meat to gather as well. The woodlands are important to gukburlerri from many years ago and from today.'
Yvonne and Nida Gangali, Mirarr/Gundjeihmi clan

Lowland plains stretch over much of the Top End and are the most obvious and widespread landscape in Kakadu, making up over 70 per cent of the park. This gently undulating landscape typically supports eucalypt woodlands and open forests with an understorey of shrubs and tall grasses. Darwin stringybark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta) and Darwin woollybutt (Eucalyptus miniata) are the main trees in the lowlands; they dominate some woodland communities and occur in varying proportions throughout most other woodlands and forests.

Where the woodlands form a riparian fringe to adjoining wetlands a special habitat dominated by Ironwood (Erythrophleum chlorostachys) and Scribbly Gum (or Snappy Gum, Eucalyptus racemosa) was particularly used for wet season camping by Aboriginal people.

The lowlands adjoining the stone country escarpment are often accessed by stone country bird and mammal species e.g. Chestnut-quilled rock pigeon Petrophassa rufipennis, and macropods for feeding forays.

Woodlands typically grow on sandy or lateritic soils, often shallow and gravelly; their trees are low and widely spaced and often lose their leaves in the dry season. The forests tend to grow on deeper soils and have year-round ground moisture