Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747:reg:4:p31
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 31/80)
Character Range: 89950–92996

stopped and reversed to the extent that these species are no longer eligible for listing as threatened as a result of cat impacts. Recognising that some cat-susceptible species may also be affected by other factors, the effective control of cat impacts may not always be sufficient to allow for such recovery, and the conservation of such species may be contingent on management of cats and other threats.

    * Cat impacts are reduced across large landscapes and priority locations, such that no currently unlisted species become threatened because of impacts from cats.

This goal is consistent with, and will contribute to, 3 of the objectives of the Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032:

    Objective 1 – The risk of extinction is reduced for all priority species
    Objective 2 – The condition is improved for all priority places
    Objective 3 – New extinctions of plants and animals are prevented

To move strategically towards this long-term goal, this plan has 9 objectives to organise 70 actions over the next 5 and 10 years. The objectives have been developed following review of the previous threat abatement plans, and consultation with experts and stakeholder groups, including First Nations groups (see Appendix 7). Under each objective, the actions are grouped under 6 strategic themes: Improve legislation, regulation and planning frameworks; Prioritise and plan using evidence; Support management; Reduce cat impacts; Enhance knowledge; Maintain public support.

     8 Objectives, performance criteria, and actions

As described earlier, and in the EPBC Act (section 271), threat abatement plans provide for the research, management and other actions necessary to reduce the key threatening process concerned to an acceptable level in order to maximise the chances of the long-term survival in nature of native species and ecological communities affected by the process. Accordingly, this threat abatement plan identifies a suite of comprehensive, and complementary, objectives and actions that consider not only the necessary on-ground actions, but also the facilitatory settings, planning and implementation approaches, research and tools required to address the threat that cats pose to native wildlife. The implementation of these abatement actions will necessarily vary across landscapes and across jurisdictions, including with respect to the legislative and regulatory frameworks that govern cat management across Australia. However, as a national-level plan, it seeks to be comprehensive and appropriately ambitious, commensurate with the significance of the threat it addresses, and scale of action required from all stakeholders.

There are 9 objectives in this plan (Figure 2). Four are cross-cutting objectives that support the delivery of the on-ground actions covered in the other 5 objectives:

Cross cutting:

Objective 1 – Coordinate and enhance the legislative, regulatory and planning frameworks.

Objective 2 – Plan and implement cat management programs within an evidence-based framework, and use