Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01082:reg:1:p24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01082
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 24/30)
Character Range: 128427–132218

plains-wanderer habitat in National Parks and Reserves and other lands where plains-wanderers are a management target.                          80      -       -       -       -      80
Assess the impact of wide-spread pesticide use on plains-wanderers.                                                                                                                            100     -       -       -       -      100
Develop strategies and programs to protect and enhance plains-wanderer habitat.                                                                                                                100     100     100     100     100    500
Remove introduced trees and large boxthorns on, or within 300 m of, red soils where suitable plains-wanderer habitat exists.                                                                   4       4       4       4       4      20
Implement a long term plains-wanderer monitoring program in the species two strongholds.                                                                                                       30      30      30      30      30     150
Total                                                                                                                                                                                          1039    844     844     844     814    4385

    9 Effects on other native species and biodiversity benefits
Supporting work to improve habitat quality in grassland ecosystems is likely to benefit a range of other grassland species, and thus biodiversity in general, through improving the quality and extent of grassland habitat. Furthermore, the plains-wanderer distribution significantly overlaps with the critically endangered '7TNatural Grasslands of the Murray Valley Plains' ecological community, thus efforts to improve habitat quality for the plains-wanderer in this region are likely to have a positive effect on this grassland community.

    10 Social and economic considerations
The major economic impact of this plan will be on those who require approval to remove or modify plains-wanderer habitat and are prevented from doing so, or are required to modify their proposal by a consent authority. Consent authorities need to consider the impact of proposals on plains-wanderer habitat. Any further loss of native grassland habitat from areas known or likely to contain plains-wanderers is regarded as significant.
Plains-wanderer habitat has been heavily modified through clearing, development, fragmentation and degradation. The more fertile areas have been targeted for agricultural pursuits. Restrictions on further clearing of plains-wanderer habitat will impact on some landowners/managers and developers. These restrictions are not predicted to impact significantly on agricultural industries since the remnants of these grassland communities are generally located on less fertile soils and are, therefore, relatively unattractive for grazing or cropping. There is likely to be greater consideration of impacts from urban development.
In addition, some agricultural businesses may be negatively impacted by having to follow restrictions and regulations on the type of spraying allowed for the control of some insect pest species (e.g., plague locusts). However, these restrictions are currently already in place and this recovery plan does not require a further strengthening of these measures.
The main social benefit of this plan is that it addresses community concerns that further losses or local extinctions of charismatic fauna, or biodiversity in general, be prevented. Recent research indicates that across the Northern Plains Grasslands of Victoria a significant proportion of the population values the plains-wanderer and the species functions as an