National Recovery Plan for the Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi (Cth)

NATIONAL RECOVERY PLAN FOR THE CHRISTMAS ISLAND FRIGATEBIRD Fregata andrewsi

Richard Hill and Andrew Dunn Birds Australia

Prepared by Richard Hill and Andrew Dunn, Birds Australia, for the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage.

Published by the Commonwealth of Australia.

Made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: August 2004

ISBN 0 642 55008 5

© Commonwealth of Australia This publication is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth. Requests and inquiries regarding reproduction should be addressed to: Assistant Secretary Natural Resource Management Policy Branch Department of the Environment and Heritage GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601

This plan should be cited as follows: Hill, R. and Dunn A. 2004. National Recovery Plan for the Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.

Disclaimer: This recovery plan sets out the actions necessary to stop the decline of, and support the recovery of, the listed threatened species or ecological community. The Australian Government is committed to acting in accordance with the plan and to implementing the plan as it applies to Commonwealth areas.

The plan has been developed with the involvement and cooperation of a broad range of stakeholders, but the making or adoption of this plan does not necessarily indicate the commitment of individual stakeholders to undertaking any specific actions. The attainment of objectives and the provision of funds may be subject to budgetary and other constraints affecting the parties involved. Proposed actions may be subject to modification over the life of the plan due to changes in knowledge.