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seek to be and are engaged in the range of recovery actions.

8.1.1             Priorities
In some conservation scenarios elsewhere, the relative costs and benefits of candidate management actions can be readily compared, with priority then accorded to those actions that bring the greatest return on investment (Carwardine et al. 2011; Carwardine et al. 2014). This Plan does not provide such an evaluation, largely because the relevant evidence base is limited with respect to cost effectiveness, and because it is not straightforward to compare recovery benefits that may arise from, for example, research on mechanisms to reduce fire impacts, or continuation of an enhanced monitoring program, or establishment and maintenance of an effective recovery team: all are important and probably indispensable. Furthermore, the Plan is based on the premise that a very substantial range of complementary actions are required to deliver an effective conservation response.
All proposed actions will collectively contribute to the ongoing recovery needs of Leadbeater's possum and all individual actions are considered priorities for implementation. However, the extent of implementation will be subject to budgetary and other resource constraints. To guide implementation decisions and adaptive responses to any such resource constraints, actions are assigned priorities:
    * urgent – the conservation future of the species depends upon this action being implemented;
    * essential – the conservation future of the species will be jeopardised if this action is not implemented;
    * highly beneficial – this action will contribute to the conservation future of this species.
Table 9: Indicative timeframes, priorities and estimated costs ($000's) of recovery actions over the first five years of implementation
Actions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Priority           Potential implementation partners  Year 1 cost  Year 2 cost  Year 3 cost  Year 4 cost  Year 5 cost  Total
1.1 Review and, where required, revise existing relevant planning and policy settings, to ensure that they provide for maximising the chances of long-term survival of Leadbeater's possum.                                                                                                                            Urgent             DEECA, AG                          $100         $100         $50          –            –            $250
1.2 Ensure that future relevant planning and policy settings maximise the chances of long-term survival.                                                                                                                                                                                                               Urgent             DEECA, AG                          –            $50          $50          $50          $50          $200
2.1 Ensure that predicted impacts from climate change on Leadbeater's possum and habitat are assessed and ameliorated to the extent possible.                                                                                                                                                                          Urgent             DEECA, Uni                         $50          $50          –            –            –            $100
2.2. Ensure that modelling under Action 2.1 is used to inform and adaptively update planning for all relevant in situ and ex situ management responses. Refine on-ground fire management activities to maximise the positive benefits for this species and those for people and community safety as much as possible.  Urgent             DEECA, AG, Uni                     $50          $50          $50          $50          –            $200
2.3 Continue to refine and update occupancy and other relevant distributional and population viability modelling, in