Recovery plan for the brush-tailed rock-wallaby - Department of ...

9.3 Social and economic issues......................................................................................... 35
9.3.1 Social issues ...................................................................................................... 35
9.3.2 Economic issues................................................................................................ 35
9.4 Scientific and taxonomic value ................................................................................... 36
9.5 Role and interests of indigenous people ..................................................................... 37
9.6 Biodiversity benefits ................................................................................................... 37
9.7 Overview of Evolutionary Significant Units (ESUs).................................................. 37
9.7.1 Northern ESU.................................................................................................... 38
9.7.2 Central ESU ...................................................................................................... 39
9.7.3 Southern ESU (Victoria)................................................................................... 40
10 Previous actions undertaken ............................................................................................ 41
10.1 Surveys...................................................................................................................... 41
10.2 Captive populations................................................................................................... 41
10.3 Predator control......................................................................................................... 41
10.4 Competitor control .................................................................................................... 43
11 Species ability to recover .................................................................................................. 44
12 Recovery objectives and performance criteria............................................................... 45
12.1 Overall objectives ..................................................................................................... 45
12.2 Coordination objectives and actions ......................................................................... 48
12.3 Research objectives and actions................................................................................ 49
12.4 Site management objectives and actions................................................................... 56
12.5 Captive breeding and translocation objectives and actions ...................................... 63
12.6 Community involvement objectives and actions ...................................................... 66
13 Alternative management strategies ................................................................................. 71
13.1 Alternative action 1 – translocation between ESU ................................................... 71
13.2. Alternative action 2 – accelerated breeding............................................................. 71
14 Implementation ................................................................................................................. 72
15 Preparation details ............................................................................................................ 73
15.1 Date of last amendment............................................................................................. 73
15.2 Review date............................................................................................................... 73
16 Acronyms and abbreviations............................................................................................ 74
17 Further reading ................................................................................................................. 75
Appendix 1. Recovery plan cost schedule ............................................................................ 82
Appendix 2. Summary of advice provided by the NSW Scientific Committee. ............... 84