Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287:reg:3:p91
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Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 91/276)
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the Norfolk Island reptiles could be translocated to provide insurance populations.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Norfolk Island robin:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Identify sites and assess feasibility of translocation, with the aim of establishing a population in at least one new site on Norfolk Island by 2027.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Norfolk Island golden whistler:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Trial translocation from Norfolk Island to Phillip Island following those of other non-threatened passerines (dependent on results of feasibility studies).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Norfolk Island morepork:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * If genetic rescue is required, introduce additional individuals from an appropriate source population.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Norfolk Island green parrot:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Explore options for translocation of the Norfolk Island green parrot to other islands to create insurance populations.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Threatened plants:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Increase representation of the species in seedbanks and botanic gardens collections.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Secure genetically representative ex situ seed collections, particularly for those plant species that are not predicted to respond to broader management actions.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Increase cultivation of epiphytic orchids when improved techniques have been developed.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          General:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Explore options for utilising zoos, botanic gardens, and other conservation organisations (for example, the Australian Native Plants Society) to assist with ex situ conservation on and off the island and with education.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Assess the appropriateness and feasibility of reintroducing locally extinct fauna (or related species that would fill the same ecological niches) following the control or eradication of rats. Candidate projects include:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   reintroducing reptiles from Phillip Island to Norfolk Island.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   introducing close relatives of bird taxa that have been lost from the Norfolk Island Group.
Contingency programs (post-border biosecurity measures on Phillip Island)  Invasive species eradication                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       * Implement appropriate control methods at the level of intensity required to achieve eradication.

4.4.1        Level of importance of each management program to each species
The expected importance to each threatened species of each management program outlined in Table 29 is summarised in Table 30. Refer also to risk assessment results in section 2.2 and the conceptual models of factors influencing species in Appendix A: Conceptual models.
Table 30 The importance of each management program for each species
Species type                               Species                        Biosecurity  Rodent control  Cat control  Chicken control  Swamphen control  Argentine ant eradication  Pathogen control  Re-vegetation a  Weed control a  Fire management  Provision of nest sites  Population management b
Fauna                                      Campbell's keeled glass-snail  Moderate     Critical        Negligible   High             Negligible        Low                        Low               Critical         Moderate        Moderate         n/a                      High
Suter's striped glass-snail                Moderate                       Critical     Negligible      Critical     Negligible       Low               Low                        Critical          Moderate         Moderate        n/a              High
Gray's glass-snail                         Moderate                       Negligible   Negligible      Low          Unknown          Negligible        Low                        Critical          Moderate         Negligible      n/a              Moderate
Norfolk Island stag beetle                 High                           Critical     Negligible      High         Negligible       Moderate          Low                        Critical          Low              High            n/a              High
Lord Howe Island gecko                     Moderate                       Negligible   Negligible      Negligible   Negligible       Low               Negligible                 Moderate          Negligible       Negligible      n/a              Negligible
Lord Howe Island skink                     High                           Negligible   Negligible      Negligible   Negligible       Low