Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00346:reg:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00346
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 1/23)
Character Range: 90692–93889

7               Recovery Plan
The long-term vision for Spiny Rice-flower recovery is to ensure Spiny Rice-flower can survive, flourish, and retain its potential for evolutionary development in the wild through the continuation of threats abatement and maintained or enhanced viable in situ populations.
The first Recovery Plan for Spiny Rice-flower has provided a foundation to further promote the ongoing recovery effort needed to meet the vision through enhancing habitat protection, improving habitat quality and connectivity, and improving Spiny Rice-flower's population trajectory.
Within the lifespan of this Recovery Plan (10 years), the objectives for Spiny Rice-flower are:
    * A maintained or increasing positive trend in the area of occupancy
    * A maintained or increasing number of viable populations (compared to 2021/22 baseline counts).
    * All populations of the Spiny Rice-flower are identified, managed and protected from key threats to ensure its persistence.
    * Community and institutional support are maintained and enhanced.

7.1                 Performance criteria
This Recovery Plan will be deemed successful if by 2032, all the following have been achieved:
    1. The number of known viable 2021/22 populations (both wild and translocated) has been maintained or increased from 2021/22 baseline counts.
    2. The number of individuals in each population has been maintained or increased from 2021/22 baseline counts.
    3. All known populations records are surveyed and accurately and mapped in 2028 and every 5 years thereafter.
    4. All known populations are identified, protected and managed to support recovery and persistence.
    5. The area of occupancy of Spiny Rice-flower has increased through the establishment and protection of new viable populations.
    6. The number of populations subject to formal protection measures has increased by at least 10%.
    7. Knowledge of Spiny Rice-flower ecology, recruitment and seedling survivorship, genetic variation, and ecological requirements has increased, and this information has been incorporated into the adaptive management plans.
    8. Participation in recovery planning and actions by key stakeholders and Traditional Owners has increased.

7.2                 Actions
The recovery actions will respond to on-ground threats to stop the decline of Spiny Rice-flower.  The recovery actions are designed to meet these objectives within the lifespan of this Recovery Plan and can be categorised under the following strategies.
    * Strategy 1: Protecting and managing all populations and habitats (Table 2).
    * Strategy 2: Increasing knowledge of reproductive ecology, population and habitat extent, and disturbance ecology, and incorporate this knowledge into adaptive management plans (Table 3).
    * Strategy 3: Increasing community awareness and involvement and support of and managers, community, and Traditional Owners to include adaptive habitat management planning in their work which will ultimately support the recovery of Spiny Rice-flower (Table 4).

Strategy 1: Protecting and managing all populations and habitats

This strategy mainly consists of two dimensions – to secure