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undertaken in the late 1990s using the contingent valuation method (Jakobsson and Dragun 2001). In a survey of Victorians, people's willingness to pay to protect Leadbeater's possum was estimated to be between $40 million ($29 per household) and $84 million a year, equivalent in value to both water conservation and recreational values at the time of the analysis.

8.4                 Affected interests
Listed below are key interested parties that may be involved in the development, implementation and review of the Leadbeater's possum Recovery Plan, or organisations likely to be affected by implementation of the actions proposed in this plan.

Government agencies
    * Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Cth
    * Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Cth
    * Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions, Vic
    * Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Vic (including the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research)
    * Melbourne Water
    * Parks Victoria
    * Trust for Nature (Victoria)
    * Zoos Victoria

Local councils
    * Baw Baw
    * Cardinia
    * Healesville
    * Marysville
    * Murrindindi
    * Powelltown
    * Toolangi
    * Warburton
    * Yarra Ranges

Indigenous groups
    * Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation.
    * Taungurung Land and Waters Council
    * Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation

Non-government organisations and community groups
    * Australian Conservation Foundation
    * Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
    * Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater
    * Friends of the Leadbeater's Possum
    * Healesville Environment Watch Inc
    * MyEnvironment
    * Regional tourism businesses
    * The Wilderness Society
    * Victorian National Parks Association
    * Warburton Environment Inc

Universities
    * Australian National University
    * Monash University
    * University of Melbourne

8.4.1             Role and interest of Indigenous groups
Consultation on the development and implementation of the Leadbeater's Possum Recovery Plan has been undertaken with the Wurundjeri, Taungurung and Gunaikurnai Indigenous communities whose traditional lands overlap with the range of the Leadbeater's possum. These traditional owner groups are concerned for the conservation of Leadbeater's possum, and state explicitly:
"The Wurundjeri, Taungurung and Gunaikurnai people are the traditional custodians of a large portion of the land on which the Leadbeater's possum is found. The Leadbeater's possum's range previously extended across much of Wurundjeri, Taungurung and Gunaikurnai Country but now, critically endangered, they are only found in small pockets of their former range.
Wurundjeri, Taungurung and Gunaikurnai welcome a Recovery Plan for the Leadbeater's possum, and the Threatened Species Strategy generally as taking a necessary step toward halting the decline in biodiversity. Wurundjeri Council, Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation, and Gunaikurnai Land and Water Aboriginal Corporation welcomes an inclusive plan to care for the land, plants, animals and waterways of Wurundjeri, Taungurung and Gunaikurnai Country.
The Wurundjeri, Taungurung and Gunaikurnai wish to acknowledge the current status and challenges