F.2 Resource allocation

Estimated costs assume that much of the work can be carried out by personnel on Christmas Island (i.e. no allowance is made for airfares and accommodation). Although some external assistance may be required in design of survey and documentation methods and in review of results, this may not need to be on-site.

Efficiencies may be gained by:

• combining the effort for actions 2.1 and 3.1 (combined cost about $7,000)

• ensuring that future versions of the Christmas Island National Park management plan incorporate actions arising from this recovery plan and from all others in force for the island

• integration of continued data collection with other Natural Heritage Trust programs and relevant environmental assessments on the island; and

• use of one recovery team on the island to implement and evaluate all recovery plans for threatened plant species and any relevant threat abatement plans.

For some actions in Years 3 to 5, likely costs are not known because they depend on the outcome of earlier efforts. For example, collation of data on known populations [2.1] may obviate the need for any additional expenditure on predictive models [2.2], or else may provide a firmer indication of the likely complexity of such models and what allocation may be required. Similarly, examination of potential for (re)introduction [3.3] may depend entirely on the outcome of examination of ex situ cultivation [3.2]. Such costings should be developed as the work of the recovery team progresses to Year 3.

Items shown as ‘minimal cost’ relate almost entirely to the national park area and would in most cases be expected to be contributed by Parks Australia.

REFERENCES

APSC [Australia Pacific Space Centre] (2003) Christmas Island Space Launch facility: Construction environmental management plan for South Point [with GHD] Feb 2003

CofA [Commonwealth of Australia] (2002) Christmas Island National Park management plan Environment Australia

Bennett, Mark in litt. ‘Draft National Recovery Plan for Asplenium listeri: CIP [Christmas Island Phosphates] comments’ [March 2004]

DoTaRS [Department of Transport & Regional Services] (2002) Christmas Island: general information www.dotrs.gov.au/terr/xmas/index.htm

DuPuy, D J (1993a) Christmas Island in Commonwealth of Australia (1993) Flora of Australia vol.50 Oceanic islands 2 pp.:1-30 Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra

DuPuy, D J (1993b) Aspleniaceae in Commonwealth of Australia (1993) Flora of Australia vol.50 Oceanic islands 2 pp.:554-558 Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra