Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00635:reg:1:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00635
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 14/23)
Character Range: 44835–57453

that were previously commonly used by the regent honeyeater.                                                          1             * Appropriate restoration plantings have been undertaken in degraded habitat that was formerly used by the regent honeyeater.                                                                                              BirdLife Australia                           $200,000
                                                                                                                                                                    * The characteristics of rehabilitated sites that are known to be used by regent honeyeaters (e.g., Lurg and Capertee) are investigated and the knowledge is applied to new and ongoing restoration planting activities.   Recovery Team
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1e  Habitat patches or corridors are enhanced in order to facilitate landscape scale movements.                                                       1             * Key habitat patches and corridors are identified and expanded and/or rehabilitated.                                                                                                                                      BirdLife Australia                           $500,000
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1f  Protect, maintain and improve Travelling Stock Routes (TSRs) in areas where regent honeyeaters are known or likely to occur.                      1             * TSRs in areas that are used by regent honeyeaters identified.                                                                                                                                                            State agencies                               Core government business
                                                                                                                                                                    * Conservation efforts – including establishing appropriate grazing regimes that promote natural regeneration, replanting, weed control and control of noisy miners – undertaken in identified TSRs.                       Local Land Services
                                                                                                                                                                    * The value of TSRs for the regent honeyeater is captured in any future review of their ownership and management arrangements.

1g  Noisy miner control actions undertaken.                                                                                                           1             * Indentify key areas important to regent honeyeaters for noisy miner control and implement control programs.                                                                                                              BirdLife Australia                           $190,000
                                                                                                                                                                    * Assess the impacts and benefits of any noisy miner control program.                                                                                                                                                      Recovery Team
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1h  Limit the impact of competition with commercial honeybee operations at key sites.                                                                 2             * Competition with commercial honeybees is limited to a level that does not threaten the survival of regent honeyeater populations.                                                                                        BirdLife Australia
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1i  Ecological thinning of dense regrowth forests.                                                                                                    2             * Thin select areas of habitat to encourage development of understorey and crown density.                                                                                                                                  BirdLife Australia
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Strategy 2: Bolster the wild population with captive-bred birds until the wild population becomes self-sustaining.
Research actions
    Action                                                          Priority  Performance Criteria                                                                                                            Responsible Agencies and potential partners  Indicative Cost
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2a  Develop a Population Response Model for the regent honeyeater.  1             * A population response model is designed to achieve the following objectives:                                              Research agencies                            $70,000
                                                                              -          a realistic recovery timeframe and trajectory, informed by knowledge of species biology and threats, is identified,
                                                                              -          the outcomes of observed population fluctuations can be predicted, and
                                                                              -          the effectiveness of recovery actions can be assessed.

On-ground actions
    Action                                                                                     Priority  Performance Criteria                                                                                                                                              Responsible Agencies and potential partners  Indicative Cost
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2b  Maintain a captive population of regent honeyeaters in order to:                           1             * Captive management plan implemented.                                                                                                                        BirdLife Australia                           $500,000
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                                                                                                          Key plan objectives to include:                                                                                                                                  State agencies
       * provide a