Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285:reg:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4
Character Range: 148683–151774

4                   Recovery plan vision, objectives and strategies

4.1           Long-term vision
The populations of albatross and petrel species breeding and/or foraging in Australia's jurisdiction have increased to such a size that each species no longer qualifies for listing as threatened under any of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) listing criteria.

4.2           Recovery plan objective
The objective of the recovery plan is:
    To improve the conservation status of albatrosses and petrels so that these species are on a trajectory towards no longer being threatened in Australia's jurisdiction.
The success or otherwise of the recovery plan including the trajectory of species will be measured according to progress on the plan's strategies and overarching actions. The objective will be achieved if within three generations (60 years approx.) there is a measurable and sustained positive population trend (compared to 2021 baseline counts) in the number of mature individuals within the Australian breeding populations of albatross and petrel species within the recovery plan. The recovery plan includes strategies and overarching actions to be applied within Australia's jurisdiction that protect albatross and petrel breeding habitats, address threats to the conservation of the species on land and at sea, generate new knowledge to guide recovery, and increase public awareness. The plan will also assist in the implementation of Australia's international environmental responsibilities, in particular to give effect to obligations under the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels and Convention on Biological Diversity, and including engagement with relevant regional conservation and fisheries organisations and arrangements to advance the conservation of albatrosses and petrels.

4.3           Strategies to achieve the objective
While it is not expected that the recovery plan objective will be reached in full within the timeframe of this plan, the following strategies are developed for the period of this plan to focus action towards achieving the objective and long-term vision:
    1. Ensure ongoing protection of albatross and petrel breeding sites and habitats in Australia's jurisdiction.
2.       Improve the understanding of the size, structure and population trends for albatrosses and petrels breeding in Australia's jurisdiction.
3.       Improve effectiveness of management measures that reduce land-based threats to albatrosses and petrels breeding in Australia's jurisdiction.
4.       Improve effectiveness of management measures that reduce marine-based threats to albatrosses and petrels foraging in Australia's jurisdiction.
5.       Improve understanding of generalised threats to albatrosses and petrels breeding and foraging within Australia's jurisdiction.
6.       Improve community awareness of the conservation of albatrosses and petrels.
7.       Achieve substantial progress towards global conservation of albatrosses and petrels in international conservation and fishing forums.