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Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island regional bushfire recovery workshop report Summary of outcomes from the regional co-design workshop 18 August 2020 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Kangaroo Island regional bushfire recovery workshop report © Commonwealth of Australia 2020 Ownership of intellectual property rights Unless otherwise noted, copyright (and any other intellectual property rights) in this publication is owned by the Commonwealth of Australia (referred to as the Commonwealth). Creative Commons licence All material in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence except content supplied by third parties, logos and the Commonwealth Coat of Arms. Inquiries about the licence and any use of this document should be emailed to [email protected]. Cataloguing data This publication (and any material sourced from it) should be attributed as: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 2020, Kangaroo Island regional bushfire recovery workshop report summary of outcomes from the regional co-design workshop - 18 August 2020, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra, February. CC BY 4.0. ISBN 978-1-76003-349-1 This publication is available at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/bushfire-recovery/regional-delivery- program Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Telephone 1800 900 090 Web awe.gov.au The Australian Government acting through the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has exercised due care and skill in preparing and compiling the information and data in this publication. Notwithstanding, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, its employees and advisers disclaim all liability, including liability for negligence and for any loss, damage, injury, expense or cost incurred by any person as a result of accessing, using or relying on any of the information or data in this publication to the maximum extent permitted by law. Acknowledgements The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment wants to thank workshop participants for their input. Thanks to Hannah Fraser, Terry Walshe and Libby Rumpff for their workshop facilitation and for compiling this report. Cover photo credits: Bushfire regrowth Oliver Tester. Kangaroo Island echidna, Alamy. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment ii Kangaroo Island regional bushfire recovery workshop report Contents 1 Executive summary................................................................................................................................iii 2 Background ............................................................................................................................................... ii 2.1 Regional bushfire recovery funding ................................................................................................... ii 2.2 Workshop approach ................................................................................................................................iv 3 Workshop findings .................................................................................................................................. v 3.1 Proposed management actions ............................................................................................................ v 3.2 Additional considerations ................................................................................................................... vii Appendix A: Kangaroo Island regional workshop agenda ............................................................. 10 Appendix B: Participating organisations ............................................................................................. 12 Appendix C: Regional Profile for Kangaroo Island ........................................................................... 13 Tables Table 1 Proposed budget breakdown for bushfire recovery actions on Kangaroo Island .................. 9 Maps Map 1 A map of the seven bushfire affected regions that are the focus of regional investment ...... ii Map 2 A map of Kangaroo Island, showing the severity of the 2019-20 bushfires .............................. iii Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment iii Kangaroo Island Regional Bushfire Recovery Workshop Report 1 Executive summary The Australian Government is investing $110 million to provide strategic on-ground support for the most impacted native species, ecological communities and natural assets across seven bushfire affected regions. A series of co-design workshops were held with regional stakeholders across the seven regions to guide the Australian Government's continued investment in bushfire recovery. The aim of each workshop was to engage and collaborate with regional stakeholders to: 1) identify priorities amongst species, ecological communities and natural assets, identified as high priorities for urgent management intervention, that require additional funding to secure their recovery following the devastating 2019-20 summer bushfires 2) identify an action plan to guide the allocation of additional funds from the Australian Government to maximise the chances of recovery of those priority species, communities, and assets, and to build on existing planning and recovery work. This action plan can also act as a guide for other investors. The first workshop was held with stakeholders from the Kangaroo Island region, on 18 August 2020. With an indicative budget of $5 million, participants specified a strategy with an emphasis on continuing cat control efforts, investing in species specific interventions, and fire management planning, including capacity building and implementation. There was strong support for each of these actions, and agreement on the broad allocation of the budget. Further work is required to clarify details, notably the location and type of cat control across the island (in consideration of current investments), the priority species that will be the focus of ‘watch and act’ species specific efforts, and the balance required between planning, capacity building and implementation of fire management for ecological values. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 1 Kangaroo Island Regional Bushfire Recovery Workshop Report 2 Background 2.1 Regional bushfire recovery funding The Australian Government is investing $110 million to provide strategic on-ground support for the most impacted native species, ecological communities and natural assets, such as World Heritage Areas and Ramsar listed wetlands, across seven bushfire affected regions: Rainforests of south-east Queensland, Rainforests of the NSW north coast and tablelands, The Greater Blue Mountains and World Heritage Area, Forests of the NSW south coast, Australian alpine environment, Forests and coastal ecosystems of East Gippsland, and Kangaroo Island (Map 1). Map 1 A map of the seven bushfire affected regions that are the focus of regional investment A series of co-design workshops were held across the seven bushfire affected regions. The broad aim of these workshops was to engage and collaborate with regional stakeholders to inform Australian Government investment in on-ground bushfire recovery, targeted at medium-term recovery of priority species. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 2 Kangaroo Island regional bushfire recovery workshop report The workshops were designed to build on existing recovery planning work for each region, by sharing and consolidating knowledge of existing and proposed efforts and identifying a plan for action that targets gaps in investment. Specifically, the workshops aimed to: 1) identify priorities amongst the large number of species, ecological communities and natural assets which have been identified as high priorities for urgent management intervention and that require additional funding to secure their recovery following the devastating 2019-20 summer bushfires 2) identify an action plan to guide the allocation of additional funds from the Australian Government to maximise the chances of recovery of those priority species, communities, and assets, and to build on existing planning and recovery work. The first online workshop was focused on Kangaroo Island (Map 2), which was allocated an indicative amount of $5 million to support actions that target gaps in investment for relevant priority species. The agenda and list of attendees are found in Appendix A and B, and the regional profile, which outlines the priority species, priority actions and works underway or planned is found in Appendix C. This was provided to workshop participants before the workshop, to inform discussions. The Australian Government will use the action plans developed at this workshop to guide investment across the seven bushfire affected regions. Action plans will be reviewed by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and some aspects will be further explored with targeted stakeholders to identify key actions that can be delivered for priority environmental matters by June 2022. Investment decisions will also take into account community capacity and existing funding and recovery actions underway in the region. These investments will primarily be administered through existing delivery arrangements, for example with NRM regions and/or state governments. This will include developing or continuing formal and informal partnerships with other organisations and community groups where this will enhance recovery outcomes. Map 2 A map
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