Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00346:reg:7:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00346
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 6/23)
Character Range: 149169–158956

and describe population size, extent and actions required to protect or expand population to prioritise resource allocation and recovery actions (Action 1.1 and 1.7).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     * Universities and botanic gardens
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      * Compile results and enter all data into the Spiny Rice-flower State-wide database (see Action 1.1).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               * Local communities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      * Establish responsibilities and protocols for on-going update and curation of the State-wide database.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      * Develop a simple protocol for field assessment of existing and possible new sites. Population information should include:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 + site number and name (and note whether it is a new site or an extension of an existing site) and brief location description,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 + description of land tenure, land use and current threats from standard list in this Recovery Plan,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 + record of accurate geographic reference (datum) of the population, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 + an accurate population census (must be conducted during the flowering season) and estimates of sex structure and population demography (e.g., Dear 2019).
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2.3         Identify knowledge gaps on key biological processes to facilitate a better and shared understanding of the ecology and the preferred management of the Spiny Rice-flower among experts and managers.  Population Viability Analysis for the Spiny Rice-flower has been developed that represent a repository of data and expert knowledge will help facilitate management of the Spiny Rice-flower (Regan et al. 2021). Further steps to enhance the management including prioritising monitoring and other recovery actions will need to be informed by detailed information on species biology. The action should include closing knowledge gaps on key biological attributes such as:  Improved understanding on species biology to inform on-ground management actions, in situ and ex situ conservation, and translocations.                                                                                                             * State Environment Departments (Arthur Rylah Institute, DEECA)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      * reproductive biology (key variables that drive seed production and seed viability, which will be useful to develop strategy for seed orchard and seed supply for translocation and grassland restoration),                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        * Pimelea spinescens Recovery Team
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      * germination ecology, including potential seasonal dormancy and fire-related cues, and seedling establishment, including fire-recruitment dynamics,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                * Universities and botanic gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      * pollinator and seed dispersal ecology, investigation of breeding system to determine the prevalence and importance of vector-driven outcrossing,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  * Parks Victoria
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      * genetic sampling and further analysis of within and between site variation (correlations with biogeographic variables) and the implications for restoration and translocation,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    * Research Partners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      * survivorship and the factors that influence it throughout the life cycle,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      * impacts of drastic environmental change (both in translocated and wild populations),
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      * effectiveness of disturbance treatments for vegetative renewal and reproduction .

Strategy 3: Enhanced local community, land managers and Traditional Owners engagement
The actions under this strategy focuses on community or site-based collaboration to ensure the practice of