Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00270:body:0:p71
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00270
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 196986–200186

programs to ensure an integrated monitoring and survey program across all tenures and management zones and develop effective public reporting of monitoring results. Collate existing monitoring data and programs that assess trends in abundance and incidence of Leadbeater's possum, extent and suitability of habitat (including key habitat attributes, such as the abundance of hollow-bearing trees and Acacia midstorey), and management effectiveness. This monitoring should also include ongoing assessment of forest dynamics across the total extent of possum habitat, in a manner that can readily identify priority areas or times for management inputs that will optimise the current and future extent of suitable habitat.

Action 6.2 – Priority: Essential
Identify key trigger events (for example, future widespread fires) or thresholds in monitoring results that would catalyse priority emergency response (and identify such emergency response options).

Action 6.3 – Priority: Essential
Where translocations are proposed (see Action 3.3 and Action 4.4), design translocation trials in a manner that allows for reporting on success or failure, and those factors that contribute to this fate. Monitor those trials, and use results to refine the efficacy of translocation protocols, or to assess critically whether they are of net benefit.

Action 6.4 – Priority: Essential
Monitor the extent of success, including cost-effectiveness and collateral benefits, of management actions individually and collectively (to include the effectiveness of habitat augmentation through the provision of nest boxes and artificially excavated hollows) and use such information as appropriate to refine actions.

Action 6.5 – Priority: Highly beneficial
Where appropriate, include monitoring of other threatened species within the design and implementation of monitoring programs for Leadbeater's possum.

Performance criteria
  1)      An integrated monitoring program reports effectively, regularly and publicly on key measures, including trends in relative abundance, extent of suitable habitat (and key habitat attributes), and management effectiveness.
  2)      Management actions are reviewed in response to evidence from monitoring, and revised accordingly.
Table 6: Objective 6 deliverables
Timing               Outcome
By end of 1st year       * An integrated monitoring program is developed (based on coordination or complementarity of existing, enhanced and new monitoring components), with such program including (1) timely public reporting on trends in possum abundance, key habitat features (for example, extent of old-growth forest, abundance of large and hollow-bearing trees) and extent of success of management actions, (2) explicit trigger points for defined emergency responses; and (3) secure commitment over at least the lifetime of this Plan (Action 6.1, Action 6.2 and Action 6.5).
                         * A reporting process is developed, with oversight by a recovery team, and implemented (for example, a website) to regularly provide updates to the public on progress of implementing the actions in this Recovery Plan (Action 6.1).
By end of 2nd year       * Integrated monitoring program