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Draft Recovery Plan Corchorus cunninghamii
Table of Contents
Foreword .....................................................................................................i
Acknowledgments...................................................................................... ii
Table of Contents ...................................................................................... iii
1 Introduction .......................................................................................... 1
2 Legislative Context ................................................................................ 1
2.1 Legal status...........................................................................................................................1
2.2 Responsibilities under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995............................1
2.3 Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999....... 2
2.4 Relationship to other NSW legislation ............................................................................... 3
3 Species Information ..............................................................................4
3.1 Description and taxonomy.................................................................................................. 4
3.2 Distribution ......................................................................................................................... 4
3.3 Habitat ................................................................................................................................. 4
3.4 Life history and ecology ......................................................................................................8
4 Threats ..................................................................................................9
4.1 Habitat loss.......................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 Inappropriate disturbance .................................................................................................. 9
4.3 Weeds................................................................................................................................. 10
4.4 Small population size ........................................................................................................10
5 Species' Ability to Recover ....................................................................11
6 Previous Recovery Actions....................................................................11
6.1 Recovery planning..............................................................................................................11
6.2 Population and habitat protection.....................................................................................11
6.3 Threat abatement .............................................................................................................. 12
6.4 Surveys............................................................................................................................... 12
6.5 Research ............................................................................................................................ 12
7 Proposed Recovery Objectives, Actions and Performance Criteria....... 12
8 Social and Economic Consequences..................................................... 15
9 Biodiversity Benefits ........................................................................... 15
10 Preparation Details ............................................................................. 15
11 Review Date......................................................................................... 15
12 Implementation................................................................................... 15
13 References........................................................................................... 16
14 Acronyms Used in this Document ........................................................ 17
Appendix 1 Submission ............................................................................ 19
Appendix 2 Public Authority Responsibilities ........................................... 21
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