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Australia's Faunal Extinction Crisis Submission The Threatened Species Section (TSS) of the Department Act) were assessed.The developers provi::led substantial excluded and shared costs).Where sufficient funds are not The outcomes represent significant steps in addressing of Primary Industries, Parks.Water and Environment guidance and support to the Threatened Species Seeton. available to carry out all projects simultaneously, extinction Recommendations 3, 4 and 14 of the 2CXJ9 Audtor (DPIPYVl:) was contracted by Tasmania's three NRM risk can only be minimised and not eliminated. However; Generol's $pedal Report on the Manogemert of threatened Projects were prioritised on 1he basis of their contribution to groups to prioritise threatened species recovery actions. many species are surprisingly inexpensive to secure: the species.The exercise provided key information for listing a single oqective: the minimisation ci number of extinctions top 28 species can be secured over a 50 year period for statements, recovery plans and monitoring plans, and Prioritisation of projects to secure threatened species was within the short term (50 years).This objective reflects the less than $ 1 million, with only $180,000 required in the identified species requiring a status review. undertaken on the basis of their cost efficiency in meeting requirerrent of the Threatened Spe:es Protection Act 1995 frst five years.To secure the top ranking 165 species the folowing objective and target: for a strategy to ensure the survival ofthreatened species. The list, 'Mien used correctly. represents <11 invaluable (96%) on List I costs less than half that required to Threatened species conservation helps address numerous decision making tool for planning threatened species Objective: Within 50 years, to secure in the wild secure the remaining 6 lowest ranking species.To minimise different d:>jectives. but it is ineffective and confusing to conservation programs, but there are a number of ways in in Tasmania the greatest number of extinction risk, it is most cost efficient to secure species prioritise projects on the tesis of some combination of which it can potentially be misused: threatened taxa as possible. in their priority order because of the genera Hy lower cost these; the relative inportance of each objecti-.e to funding higher likelihood of success and higher benefit of their • Selection ci single actions within high ranking projects A taxon is defined as secure when its agencies can change annualo/. Hcmever; weightings ar-i later Target: projects. Some lower ranking species may, however; rank as high priority for funding. be appied to the pioritised list if required. For example, if numbers and distribution are stable or highly on the basis of a different objective, such as iconic funders wish to fcM:>ur Tasmanian endemics, they ar-i either increasing, and are sufficient that there is species protection or ecosystem function protection, and • Grouping of common actions as priorities for multi fund ono/ projects on these species.or apply a ....eig-iting a 95% probability that it will survive the thereby receive funding sooner from a separate source. species recovery actions. stochastic events anticipated over a 50 based on dewee of endemicity to the list. • Treatment of projects ranking low or absent from List year timeframe, given that all known and The majority of projects ( 127 of 171) are confined to a Each project represents the minimum required to secure I as low priority for all conservation objectives. predicted threats are adequately mitigated. single NRM region (Cradle Coast 26; North 43; South each species over a 50 year time frame, but may not 58). Forty four; however; are shared between t'M:> or more necessarily be sufficient to secure all its populations, nor its • Assumption that a fully funded project will fiJly The Project Prioritisation Protocol (PPP), developed regions. reco-.er a species. by the University of Queensland (L.JQ) and the New genetic diversity. For the present purpose, the short term securing of extra species was viewed as a higher piority Key outcomes of the project were: Zealand Government's Department of Conservation • Assumption that the ranking presented in the report is (DOQ,provided a consistent and transparent approach than the securing of extra populations of a species already • A decision making tool allowing funders to understand exactly correct. in prioritising recovery projects to minimise threatened secure over the short term. A review of the implications the tradeoffs oftheir resource allocation between this species extinctions.This approach prioritises projects on of the selected objective is appropriate for future work. Recommendations for future 'M:>rk include a review of the and other objectives. the basis oftheir cost efficiency in meeting an objective, prioritisation within the next 5 years, in light of progress A prioritised list (List I ) indicates an order for funding to ensure that the maximum is achieved with a limited • Lists of. prioritised threatened species projects; data and new information, incorporating all Tasmanian species. recovery projects for the 17 1 species on which there was budget. One project was designed to secure each species. deficient species; species ak-eady secure; species Additionally, the objective needs to be more formally sufficient information and which experts considered could Projects we re ranked in the order that they should be excluded for specified reasons agreed in light of the implementation ofthe 2CXJ9 priority be secured purely through Tasmania based projects over a initiated, on the basis of their Benefit to the species, the list. A longer term objective may be more appropriate. If 50 year period.This order may change when cost sharing • Project prescriptions addressing a consistent objective likelihood of their Succe$ and their Cost. as a$essed by the approach is taken up nationally. species which cannot is incorporated by a coordinating agency. Cost sharing can for each of 171 species, with detailed costs, timing and relevant experts using the best available information.Two be secured purely through Tasmania based actions can be only be calculated when it is known which projects can be locations. interviewers maintained consistency using a standardised included. Biodiversity conservation could be most cost funded, since projects must be funded entirely to minimise set ofquestions. In view of time constraints, only species effbent if prioritisation is carried out across all objectives, extinctions cost efficiently. listed as Critically Endangered, Endangered orVulnerable and costs shared between funded projects across as well under either the Commonwealth Envirorrnent Protect.ion To secure all 171 threatened species on the priority as within these objectives. orx:J BiodNersity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) or the list over a 50 year period was estimated to cost Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 (TSP approximately $155 million (not withstanding some June 2010 Threatened Species Prioritisation Threatened Species Prioritisation June 20/ 0 iii Acknowledgements Terms and abbreviations lntl"'OCluction •••••••••••••••••••••••••• l Potential misuses of the priority list . .... 24 The ill)UI: ofthe following experts in providing the Benefit The level of contribution of a project Contract requi rement .......................... 2 Selection of single actions within hi~ ranking projects as high priority for funding . ..... .... 24 sul:61:antial information req..iired for the prioritisation towards a stated objective, defined for this Context . ....... .. ...... .. .. ... ... .. .... 2 process is gratefully acknO'Nledged: exercise in the Methods (PPP Step 5) Grouping of common actions as priorities Type of method required .... .. ....... .. .... 2 for multi species recovery actions ........ ...... 24 Rachael AJderman, Jayne Balmer, Leon Bannuta, Phil Cost Estimated total cost of a project Methods • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Bell, Stewart Blackhal, Kevin Bonham, Elill Brown, Alex Treatment of projects ranking low or absent CFCX: Caring for our Country (AL.lstralian Buchanan, Oberon Carter; Stuart Chicott.Peter Davies, How PPP works . .. ... ... .. .. .. .... .. .... 3 from List I as low priority for al conservation Government funding agenc y) Niall Doran, Mchael Driessen • Rob Freeman, Robbe PPP steps ....... .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .... 4 objectives . .. ... .... ..... .... ..... .. ..... 25 Gaffney. Rosemary Gales. Louise Gifedder. Mark Green, DEWI-IA Department of Environment, Water. I. Defi ne objective ............ .. .............. 4 Assumption that a fuly funded project wil Scott Hardie.Stephen Harris, Oare Hawkins.Dean Heinze. Heritage and the Arts fu Hy recover a species ....... ................. 25 Mick llowski,Jean Jackson, Menna Jones, Matt Larcombe, 2. List biodiversity assets........................ 5 Peter l ast, Balie Lazenby , Drew Lee, Peter McQuilan, l\ick DOC The New Zealand Government's Assumption that the priority list is exactly correct .. 25 3. Desi0" management projects .................. 6 Mooney, Sarah Munks, Matthew Pauza David Pemberton, Department of Conservation Future recommendations .............. 26 Annie Phi~ps,Wendy Potts.Karen Richards.Alastair 4. Estimate Cost and Success of each project ...... 6 DPIP-NE Department of Primary Industries. Parks, Regular review ............................... 26 Richardson,lim Rudman, Richard Schahinger.Andrew Water and Environment 5. Estimate Benefit of each project ............... 7 Sharman, Chris Spencer; Shaun
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