Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01082:reg:1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01082
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 2/30)
Character Range: 8577–11661

for success:
This recovery plan will be deemed successful if, within 10 years, all of the following have been achieved:
    * A successful conservation breeding program for the plains-wanderer has been established.
    * The number of plains-wanderers has increased from the very low levels recorded for the species in 2011-14.
    * The area of occupancy has increased from the level known in 2011-14.
    * A long-term monitoring program for the plains-wanderer and plains-wanderer habitat, has been implemented in the species' two strongholds - the Riverina region of New South Wales and the Northern Plains of Victoria; and assessment of population trends is indicative of a positive trajectory.
    * Monitoring has been conducted in other known plains-wanderer locations.
    * Threats impacting upon the survival of the plains-wanderer have been identified and assessed and appropriate management measures have been put in place.
    * Habitat quality has improved across all key locations to the extent that reductions in exotic annual grass cover and increases in native grass cover have been observed.
    * Fencing has been erected, in appropriate locations, to facilitate grazing management to soil type in key plains-wanderer habitats.
    * Strategies have been developed and implemented to provide refugia (i.e. designated areas where habitat structure is maintained within key parameters for the plains-wanderer) during periods of extreme environmental fluctuation.
    * A population response model, that identifies a realistic recovery time frame and trajectory, informed by knowledge of species biology and threats, has been developed and implemented for the plains-wanderer.

Criteria for failure:
This recovery plan will be deemed to have failed if; within 10 years, any of the following have occurred:
    * Known populations of the plains-wanderer have not recovered from the very low numbers, and limited area of occupancy, recorded in 2011-14.
    * Regular monitoring has not been conducted and population trends have not been assessed in the plains-wanderer's two strongholds.
    * Threats to survival have not been identified and appropriate mitigation measures have not been implemented.
    * Habitat quality has not improved in key locations, resulting in the disappearance of plains-wanderers from these sites.

2 Introduction
This document constitutes the National Recovery Plan for the Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus). The plan considers the conservation requirements of the species across its range and identifies the actions to be taken to ensure the species long-term viability in nature, and the parties that will undertake those actions.
The plains-wanderer has recently been upgraded to Critically Endangered on the list of threatened species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). In recent years, significant declines in numbers of plains-wanderers have been recorded in the species core locations. Monitoring across the New South Wales Riverina between 2010 and 2014 detected a decline