Success criteria for this plan The ultimate success criterion of this Plan is the extent to which it meets the explicit objectives defined in section 1 above: 1. The primary driver(s) of decline are clearly resolved, and guidelines applied for their effective management. 2. The overall population trend for this species is stable, or increasing. Both of these targets are measurable, and such measurement provides an appropriate overall gauge of the Plan’s success. Furthermore, progress against every activity described for every subpopulation in Appendix B can be assessed, and the extent to which the activity has been completed, and has been influential can be assessed as part of the overall Plan evaluation. A range of other, less tightly focused, measures may also be considered in an evaluation of the success of this Plan, including: the extent of active involvement in, and increased capacity for, conservation management by Indigenous ranger groups; the extent of collateral benefit for other co-occurring mammal (and other) species; the extent to which pervasive threatening processes (fire, weeds, feral animals) have been more effectively controlled, over specified areas; the extent to which integration and reporting of monitoring results for this species have been included within broader State of the Environment or other environmental trend reporting; the extent to which management actions taken for this species are specifically included in forthcoming Plans of Management for conservation reserves or other lands; the extent to which private industry or non-Government agencies contribute to activities in this Plan; the extent to the community is aware of, and interested in, the conservation of this species. Processes and timeframes for review and assessment of the effectiveness of management actions, and of auditing the effectiveness of this overall plan Annual reporting will describe the resourcing, activity and progress against all identified actions in this Plan, with this reporting serving to re-prioritise or refine actions, if necessary. In the event that a national coordinating facility becomes available to collate and display monitoring information for threatened species, this facility will serve as the central location for monitoring data for this species. Otherwise, the NT Department of Environment and Natural Resources will provide collated monitoring information on its website. A more formal assessment of the effectiveness of the Plan will be undertaken by major stakeholders at the end of Year 5, with external audit at end of Year 10.
Success criteria for this plan The ultimate success criterion of this Plan is the extent to which it meets the explicit objectives defined in section 1 above: 1. The primary driver(s) of decline are clearly resolved, and guidelines applied for their effective management. 2. The overall population trend for this species is stable, or increasing. Both of these targets are measurable, and such measurement provides an appropriate overall gauge of the Plan’s success. Furthermore, progress against every activity described for every subpopulation in Appendix B can be assessed, and the extent to which the activity has been completed, and has been influential can be assessed as part of the overall Plan evaluation. A range of other, less tightly focused, measures may also be considered in an evaluation of the success of this Plan, including: the extent of active involvement in, and increased capacity for, conservation management by Indigenous ranger groups; the extent of collateral benefit for other co-occurring mammal (and other) species; the extent to which pervasive threatening processes (fire, weeds, feral animals) have been more effectively controlled, over specified areas; the extent to which integration and reporting of monitoring results for this species have been included within broader State of the Environment or other environmental trend reporting; the extent to which management actions taken for this species are specifically included in forthcoming Plans of Management for conservation reserves or other lands; the extent to which private industry or non-Government agencies contribute to activities in this Plan; the extent to the community is aware of, and interested in, the conservation of this species. Processes and timeframes for review and assessment of the effectiveness of management actions, and of auditing the effectiveness of this overall plan Annual reporting will describe the resourcing, activity and progress against all identified actions in this Plan, with this reporting serving to re-prioritise or refine actions, if necessary. In the event that a national coordinating facility becomes available to collate and display monitoring information for threatened species, this facility will serve as the central location for monitoring data for this species. Otherwise, the NT Department of Environment and Natural Resources will provide collated monitoring information on its website. A more formal assessment of the effectiveness of the Plan will be undertaken by major stakeholders at the end of Year 5, with external audit at end of Year 10.
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