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or the list at Table 3.

Recommended actions and priorities

Action                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Priority
  Action 1.1 Identify native species, ecological communities and off-shore islands currently known to be at high to moderate risk. (Largely completed).                                                                                                                                                                     High priority, short term because currently underway
  Action 1.2 Identify the ways in which cane toads impact the native species and ecological communities listed in 1.1 (Largely completed).                                                                                                                                                                                  High priority, short term because currently underway
  Action 1.3 Where impact is unknown but may be high, establish and support research to further understand the impact of cane toads on the native species and ecological communities. Where appropriate, research ways to assist with the recovery of priority native species and ecological communities. (Has commenced).  Medium priority, medium term
  Action 1.4 Develop a prioritisation tool to guide allocation of resources for protection of native species and communities. Apply it to native species and ecological communities identified: first from Action 1.1, then from Action 1.3.                                                                                Low priority, medium term

The criteria to be used in the prioritisation tool (Action 1.4) will include:
       * protection of cane toad-free off-shore islands, particularly those that currently support populations of native species identified in Table 3 (Appendices 1, 2 and 3 contain a preliminary list of islands known to fall within this category)
       * protection of those species identified in Table 3
       * capacity to add species when evidence of impact becomes clear (e.g. species listed under Table 4)
       * Matters of National Environmental Significance.

Performance indicators
       * Lists showing off-shore islands and the EPBC Act listed ecological communities and species at risk from the impacts of cane toads developed by the Cane Toad Advisory Group (CTAG) and the Vertebrate Pest Committee (VPC), agreed by VPC and made available to all stakeholders within 12 months of the making of this TAP.
       * Scientific evidence, endorsed by the CTAG and VPC, is gathered for those species for which high impact from cane toads is currently suspected, but not yet confirmed within 18 months of the making of this TAP.
       * Research, which improves scientific understanding of impacts on native species and ecological communities; improves understanding of recovery measures; and which informs resourcing agreements between the Australian Government and affected jurisdictions is endorsed by the VPC as it becomes available.
       * Prioritisation tool for allocation of resources to ecological communities/species developed and agreed by the CTAG and the VPC within 24 months of the making of this TAP.
       * Prioritisation tool applied at a national level and application encouraged at jurisdictional, regional and local levels within 6 months of the prioritisation tool being agreed by the VPC.

Objective 2 - Reduce the impact on populations of native species and ecological communities

Under Objective 1, actions to determine