National recovery plan for Twelve Threatened Spider-Orchid Caladenia R. Br. Taxa of Victoria and South Australia 2000 - 2004
James A. Todd
Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria
Flora and Fauna Statewide Programs, March 2000
Action 10: Manage Recovery Plan implementation
Recovery of most of the threatened Caladenia taxa of southeast Australia will likely be a complex, difficult operation involving a high degree of uncertainty. Many different disciplines will be required for effective implementation of the Recovery Plan. Recovery program planning and management needs to be addressed to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the recovery program, through communication and coordination amongst all participants. This will be particularly important when dealing with such a large number of taxa spread over a wide geographic range and across state boundaries.
10.1 Expand the Threatened Orchid Recovery Team (TORT)
NRE formed the Threatened Orchid Recovery Team in 1999 to oversee orchid recovery in Victoria. This group is made up of various NRE representatives, botanists, orchid taxonomists, horticulturists and land management agency representatives, each with an active role in threatened orchid conservation and management in Victoria.
The TORT will be expanded to include representatives of EH, NSW NPWS and other regional organisations involved with the recovery of threatened orchids in southeast Australia. The Recovery Team will coordinate and maintain day to day operational implementation of the Recovery Plan, and develop targets and performance measures for actions under the Plan. Interstate consultation and site visits will be required in the first year of implementation, followed by one consultative Recovery Team meeting and one telephone conference meeting in subsequent years. Government agencies will be responsible for covering their own costs of participation in the recovery team.
Funding will be sought in years 1-5 of recovery to cover the cost of travel for community representatives attending Threatened Orchid Recovery Team meetings.
| C. amoena | C. audasii | C. formosa |
C. fragrantissima ssp. orientalis |
C. hastata | C. lowanensis | C. robinsonii | C. rosella | C. tensa | C. thysanochila | C. versicolor | C. xanthochila | |
|
Action 10.1 |
X |
X |
x |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Responsibility |
The Threatened OrchidRecovery Team will have a rotating chair and will include representatives of a number of stakeholder groups. |
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|
Source |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
Total |
|
Total |
$4,810 |
$2,900 |
$2,900 |
$2,900 |
$2,900 |
$16,410 |
10.2 Establish a regional recovery team for each taxon
Regional threatened Caladenia recovery teams will be established for each taxon. These teams will be facilitated by NRE/EH and include representatives of land management agencies, private landholders, local government, catchment management authorities, field naturalists clubs, NOGN, ANOS and other interested parties.
Teams already in existence for particular taxa will continue to be encouraged and supported by involvement in key recovery actions as set out in this plan. These groups will also be encouraged to take on the recovery of additional taxa that may occur in their geographic area. New groups will be established by approaches through existing regional natural history clubs and associations and through contact with the public via Action 9.1. Regional recovery teams may be responsible for one taxon in a particular area, one taxon across its range or a number of taxa within a particular area. The aim of recovery will be to ensure that each taxon has a regional recovery team that has delegated custodial and on-ground action responsibilities.
Links between regional recovery teams will be conducted through the Threatened Orchid Recovery Team (TORT - see Action 10.1) managed by NRE. These links will enable more efficient flow of information between and within groups and key regional recovery team members will be invited to join TORT. Recovery team members will be trained in the various aspects of threatened Caladenia conservation and recovery.
Funds are required in years 1-5 of recovery to cover travel costs of community group members attending key recovery actions and regional recovery team meetings. Community group members will provide their labour 'in kind' as their contribution to threatened Caladenia recovery. NRE will facilitate the establishment of new groups in Victoria and South Australia with the assistance of EH.
| C. amoena | C. audasii | C. formosa |
C. fragrantissima ssp. orientalis |
C. hastata | C. lowanensis | C. robinsonii | C. rosella | C. tensa | C. thysanochila | C. versicolor | C. xanthochila | |
|
Action 10.2 |
X |
X |
x |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Responsibility |
NRE - PFF/ PP, PV |
NRE - PFF/ NW, PV, BFNC, SFNC |
NRE - PFF/ SW, EH |
NRE - PFF/ PP, PV |
NRE - PFF/ SW, PV, PA, WGAC |
NRE - PFF/ NW, PV, UMILFR, FOKR |
NRE - PFF/ PP, Shire, FOBCCR |
NRE - PFF/ PP |
NRE - PFF/ NW, PV, EH, FOKR |
NRE - PFF/ PP, Shire, FOMERP |
NRE - PFF/ NW, SFNC |
NRE - PFF/ NW, BFNC, COM |
|
Source |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
Total |
|
Total |
$6,140 |
$6,140 |
$6,140 |
$6,140 |
$6,140 |
$30,700 |
10.3 Prepare and review the Victorian FFG Action Statements for various threatened Caladenia taxa
An Action Statement under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 exists for C. audasii while a number of draft action statements are in preparation for some other taxa (C. amoena, C. hastata, C. robinsonii, C. rosella and C. thysanochila). The remaining six taxa have no first draft Action Statement prepared.
Information and actions under the national recovery plan will be collated for inclusion in a generic Action Statement for threatened Victorian Caladenia taxa. This Action Statement will be an abbreviated version of the Recovery Plan and will fill a need for public information on the various taxa and recovery actions. The costs of preparing and publishing the Action Statement will be met by NRE.
| C. amoena | C. audasii | C. formosa |
C. fragrantissima ssp. orientalis |
C. hastata | C. lowanensis | C. robinsonii | C. rosella | C. tensa | C. thysanochila | C. versicolor | C. xanthochila | |
|
Action 10.3 |
X |
X |
x |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Responsibility |
NRE - PFF |
NRE - PFF |
NRE - PFF |
NRE - PFF |
NRE - PFF |
NRE - PFF |
NRE - PFF |
NRE - PFF |
NRE - PFF |
NRE - PFF |
NRE - PFF |
NRE - PFF |
|
Source |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
Total |
|
Total |
$0 |
$0 |
$5,000 |
$0 |
$0 |
$5,000 |