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in the identified priority areas.
Action 1.2 follows on from action 1.1 by ensuring that control efforts are focused on a wider and more holistic landscape-scale, rather than on small patches of land and including all land tenures such as private land and urban areas. By focusing efforts in this way, control activities can be planned in a strategic manner to take advantage of environmental conditions and other complementary activities in the area.
Action 1.3 relates to action 1.2, by using incentives for land managers to undertake more strategic and landscape-scale approaches to control programs. This should include coordination of control activities across neighbouring properties, including adjacent public and private land. It should be noted that incentives can include non-cash benefits such as training or community facilitation.
Both action 1.3 and 1.2 help to maximise effectiveness and minimise costs by avoiding a piece-meal approach to rabbit control which facilitates immigration from adjoining or adjacent land where no control has been undertaken.
Action 1.4 focuses on assessing the implementation of regional and state and territory based control programs via regular and coordinated monitoring and reporting mechanisms. Monitoring rabbit control programs is critical to assist in determining whether a management program has been successful or not and what the failure points might be. This is particularly important at the regional and state/territory level where funding and effort are put into very similar activities and under similar environmental conditions, but by a range of different groups and individuals. By making program reports readily available, this will help ensure that any future control activities are as effective as possible by allowing management programs to be adapted and avoiding duplication or the implementation of actions that are unlikely to succeed. Where possible, a common and best practice approach to rabbit monitoring should be undertaken to enable comparisons to be made between control activities. Further information on monitoring approaches for rabbits can be found in the background document (Department of the Environment and Energy 2016a).
Action 1.5 focuses on targeted eradication efforts on high priority islands identified through action 1.1. Eradications of rabbits from islands may be feasible, particularly if the risk of new arrivals can be mitigated against. The use of integrated and well-thought out management plans will be critical in such eradication programs to avoid unexpected consequences and to ensure their success.
Performance indicators

       * Regional priority areas for rabbit control are determined.
       * Rabbits maintained at or below threshold (0.5 rabbits per hectare) levels in identified priority areas.
       * Landscape scale control programs are implemented and monitored at regional levels.
       * Eradication of rabbits on islands is successful where this is attempted.

Action                                                                                                                                                    Priority and timeframe                                                         Outcome                                                                                               Output                                                                                                                        Responsibility

1.1. Prioritise areas on