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NATIONAL RECOVERY PLAN
FOR THE
Christmas Island Spleenwort
Asplenium listeri

Mark Butz

Prepared by Mark Butz, Futures by Design, for the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage
Published by the Commonwealth of Australia.

Made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999:

ISBN 0 642 55049 2

© Commonwealth of Australia
This publication is copyright.  Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth.  Requests and inquiries regarding reproduction should be addressed to:
Assistant Secretary
Natural Resource Management Policy Branch
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601

This plan should be cited as follows: Butz M. 2004. National Recovery Plan for the Christmas Island Spleenwort Asplenium listeri. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Cover illustration by E. Catherine in DuPuy (1993b) © Commonwealth of Australia

Disclaimer:

This recovery plan sets out the actions necessary to stop the decline of, and support the recovery of, the listed threatened species or ecological community. The Australian Government is committed to acting in accordance with the plan and to implementing the plan as it applies to Commonwealth areas.

The plan has been developed with the involvement and cooperation of a broad range of stakeholders, but individual stakeholders have not necessarily committed to undertaking specific actions. The attainment of objectives and the provision of funds may be subject to budgetary and other constraints affecting the parties involved. Proposed actions may be subject to modification over the life of the plan due to changes in knowledge.

INTRODUCTION

Purpose and legislative context

This draft recovery plan has been prepared under the terms of Part 13 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and associated Regulations.

The Minister must make and implement recovery plans, or adopt plans prepared by others (including State agencies), for threatened species (other than conservation dependent species) listed under the EPBC Act [ss.269; 269A].  When endorsed by the Commonwealth Minister, recovery plans are statutory documents.  They provide guidance for government decision makers when assessing development applications and Natural Heritage Trust funding proposals.

The EPBC Act sets out requirements for the content of recovery plans [s.270] with more specific requirements in Regulations [7.11].  Recovery plans:
     * set out management actions necessary to stop the decline of, and support the recovery of, the listed species to maximise the long term survival of the species in the wild;
     * set out actions required to protect and restore important populations of the species and its habitat, and to manage and reduce threatening processes; and
     * provide a planned framework for key interest groups and responsible government agencies to coordinate their work