Recovery actions and performance criteriRecovery actions and performance criteria

Recovery actions and performance criteria

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:747.7pt; margin-top:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:37.15pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:1pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Action</span></p></td><td style="width:360.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:1pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Description</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:1pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Performance Criteria</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:735.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d8d8d8"><p style="margin-top:2pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Specific objective 1- Protect, restore and enhance the breeding habitat of Abbott’s booby</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">1.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.9pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Manage the removal/mining of phosphate stockpiles in and adjacent to the Park in accordance with the mining lease and </span><span style="font-style:italic">Third Christmas Island National Park Management Plan</span><span>, to ensure this activity does not have a significant environmental impact on breeding habitat.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: PAN</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:0.2pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Removal of stockpiles proceeds in accordance with the CINPMP.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:0.2pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Breeding habitat is not compromised by removal of stockpiles.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">1.2</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Implement the Christmas Island Rainforest Rehabilitation Program, giving priorities for to mining fields detailed in Table 2 of the </span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-style:italic">Third Christmas Island National Park Management Plan</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> (Page 94, Environment Australia 2002)</span><span> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">with consideration of land tenure and long term success of the rehabilitation</span><span style="font-size:10pt">.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: PAN; DOTARS</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:0.2pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Mining fields rehabilitated in accordance with priorities in CINPMP.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:0.2pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Extent to which mining fields are rehabilitated.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:0.2pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Breeding success and survival of Abbott’s booby nesting adjacent to mining fields increased to levels observed in good (non-turbulent) habitat.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">1.3</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Continue to implement the </span><span>Christmas Island</span><span> weed management strategy.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: PAN</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:0.2pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Extent to which the actions and priorities of the CI weed management are implemented.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">1.4</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Accurately map critical breeding habitat inside and outside the Park. The wind turbulence model (Action 7) will help to determine and assess potential breeding habitat.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: PAN</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:0.2pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Habitat critical to survival is mapped.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:735.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d8d8d8"><p style="margin-top:2pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Specific objective 2- Manage any threats posed by the crazy ant to ecosystem function in areas of infestation</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">2.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.9pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Continue control of crazy ants as a high priority action to preserve ecosystem integrity and hence protect breeding habitat.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: PAN</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside; -aw-list-padding-sml:0.2pt"><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Control program is maintained at, or increased above, current (2002) levels.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside; -aw-list-padding-sml:0.2pt"><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Crazy ants reduced to a level where ecosystem function is re-established in affected areas.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside; -aw-list-padding-sml:0.2pt"><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Crazy ant control has no negative impact on Abbott’s booby.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:735.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d8d8d8"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Specific objective 3- Ensure activities associated with construction and operation of Immigration Reception and Processing Centre do not impede recovery</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">3.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Closely supervise construction of the IRPC to ensure environmental impacts are minimised, in particular, design and siting of the Centre to minimise:</span></p><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">wind-turbulence effects on adjacent Abbott’s booby nests; and</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">removal of revegetation within the designated site.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: Department of Finance and Administration (DoFA)</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside; -aw-list-padding-sml:0.2pt"><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Removal of vegetation on site is minimised.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside; -aw-list-padding-sml:0.2pt"><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Wherever possible, revegetation is undertaken on parts of the site.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside; -aw-list-padding-sml:0.2pt"><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Development of the Centre is contained within the site</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside; -aw-list-padding-sml:0.2pt"><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Breeding success and survival of Abbott’s booby nesting adjacent to the Centre is not reduced.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">3.2</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Closely supervise road upgrading and infrastructure construction along </span><span>Murray</span><span>’s Road during development of the IRPC, to ensure environmental impacts are minimised. In particular:</span></p><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.45pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">rainforest clearing should be minimised if not prevented;</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.45pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">waste treatment and other services should be laid close together on the same side of the road;</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.45pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">minor road re-alignments should be considered to prevent destruction of nesting trees.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: DoFA</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside; -aw-list-padding-sml:0.2pt"><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Wind-shear effects on nests along </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Murray</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">’s Road are not increased.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside; -aw-list-padding-sml:0.2pt"><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Breeding success and survival of Abbott’s booby nesting along </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Murray</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">’s Road is not reduced.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">3.3</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:10pt"><span>The day-to-day operational activities of the IRPC are managed to ensure that environmental impacts are minimised. In particular, breeding of Abbott’s booby pairs nesting adjacent to the site should not be compromised by the Centre’s operational activities.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: DIMIA</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; page-break-after:avoid; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Breeding success and survival of boobies nesting adjacent to the Centre is not reduced as a result of routine operation of the facility.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">3.4</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="BodyText2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Establish and implement a monitoring program for construction and operational activities of the IRPC which:</span></p><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="BodyText2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">establishes baseline data; and</span></li></ul><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">rapidly detects any adverse impacts on Abbott’s booby (both short and long-term).</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: DoFA</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Monitoring program is established, preferably one that is integrated with the regular monitoring program (objective 7).</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:735.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d8d8d8"><p style="margin-top:2pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Specific objective 4- Ensure activities associated with the construction and operation of the </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Asia</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> Pacific Space Centre do not impede recovery</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">4.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="BodyText2" style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Establish a monitoring program of construction and operational activities of the APSC which:</span></p><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">collects baseline data for at least 3 years prior to the first launch; and</span></li></ul><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">detects any significant impacts on Abbott’s booby.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: APSC</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Monitoring program is established, preferably one that contributes to the regular monitoring program (objective 7).</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="FootnoteText" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">4.2</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span>If a significant impact is detected, any satellite launch regime should be suspended immediately and a review conducted. Any detrimental activity should not re-commence until the cause of the impact has been rectified.</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.3pt; text-indent:-14.3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">APSC activities suspended if an adverse impact identified.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">APSC activities not resumed until the adverse situation has been rectified and Abbott’s booby conservation assured.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:735.4pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Note: this objective and associated actions and criteria have been developed as a precautionary measure. Abbott’s booby nesting sites are located more than 5km from the APSC site, hence, the impact of satellite launches is unlikely to be a major threat. However, there is no data to support this assumption and monitoring of the situation is warranted, at least in the short to medium term, given the conservation status of Abbott’s booby. This should be coordinated with the regular monitoring program.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:735.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d8d8d8"><p style="margin-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Specific objective 5- Identify feeding habitat of adults and juveniles and develop appropriate management responses to any threats identified</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">5.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Investigate at-sea distribution of Abbott’s booby through the use of satellite telemetry to:</span></p><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:12.6pt; text-indent:-12.6pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">determine foraging range and potential overlap with threatening processes - e.g., fishing and hunting. Studies need to resolve at-sea range both spatially and temporally and account for sex, age class, season and breeding status;</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:12.6pt; text-indent:-12.6pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt; list-style-position:inside"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">resolve/define marine habitat critical to survival.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: PAN</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Satellite telemetry studies completed.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Marine habitat critical to survival (if any), and potential threats to this habitat, identified.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:735.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d8d8d8"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:12.6pt; text-indent:-12.6pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Specific objective 6- Establish a population monitoring program</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">6.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Develop and trial sampling techniques for use in monitoring program.</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.95pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Techniques for monitoring developed and trailed.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">6.2</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Develop and implement a cost-effective monitoring program for Abbott’s booby to:</span></p><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:1pt; margin-left:9.6pt; margin-bottom:1pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">detect changes in population with high precision;</span></li><li style="margin-top:1pt; margin-left:9.6pt; margin-bottom:1pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">monitor effectiveness of mine site rehabilitation on adjacent nesting Abbott’s boobies to ascertain whether population size, distribution and breeding success are increased;</span></li></ul><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:1pt; margin-left:9.6pt; margin-bottom:1pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">estimate total population size with low to medium precision; and</span></li><li style="margin-top:1pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">where possible, allow monitoring of other potential threats, such as from APSC and IRPC.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2.25pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: PAN; APSC; DOTARS; DIMIA</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">A regular monitoring program is implemented within two years.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Results of the monitoring program are reported immediately to assist in management and recovery.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Results of the monitoring program used to evaluate and guide CIRRP.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">6.3</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="FootnoteText" style="margin-top:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Upgrade existing monitoring data and ensure that the coding system is documented.</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Historical database upgraded and keyed.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:735.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d8d8d8"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:12.6pt; text-indent:-12.6pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Specific objective 7- Develop a wind turbulence model to guide and evaluate the CIRRP in restoration of Abbott’s booby breeding habitat</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">7.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Appraise effectiveness of mine site rehabilitation in ameliorating wind turbulence upwind of breeding sites through use of GIS and computer modelling. Use model to determine at what stage wind turbulence upwind of clearings is ameliorated to an extent that breeding success and survival of Abbott’s booby is not compromised, and to improve guidelines for rehabilitation, including stockpile removal, in consultation with DOTARS and PRL.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: PAN</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Refined wind turbulence model for Abbott’s booby breeding habitat developed.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Effectiveness of existing mine rehabilitation in improving habitat assessed.</span></li><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Rehabilitation priorities and prescriptions of CIRRP are re-evaluated.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:735.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d8d8d8"><p style="margin-top:0pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Specific objective 8- Monitor and assess the likely impact of developing fisheries in the </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Christmas Island</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> area</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">8.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="FootnoteText" style="margin-top:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">In the event of a fishery developing in the area, ensure observer coverage to identify whether bycatch is occurring; develop appropriate measures to eliminate any problem.</span></p><p class="FootnoteText" style="margin-top:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: PAN; Australian Fisheries Management Authority</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">As necessary, assessment of risk and development of preventative procedures.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:735.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d8d8d8"><p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:12.6pt; text-indent:-12.6pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Specific objective 9- Assess and revise the Recovery Plan as necessary</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">9.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Form Recovery Team and implement Recovery Plan. Team should include experts and stakeholder representatives and communicate via email and telephone conferencing.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: PAN</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt dotted #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Recovery Team formed and Plan implemented.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="width:21.6pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:4.65pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">9.2</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:376.2pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span>Prepare and submit nomination to TSSC for listing as Critically Endangered.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Agency responsible: PAN</span></p></td><td style="width:316pt; border-top:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-right:1.5pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt dotted #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:4.65pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:9.6pt; padding-left:3pt; font-family:serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Consistency across National and International threatened species lists.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="width:32.4pt"></td><td style="width:15.55pt"></td><td style="width:371.45pt"></td><td style="width:326.8pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>