National Recovery Plan for the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia Ecological Community (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Section 269A Instrument Making a Recovery Plan

I, MELISSA PRICE, Minister for the Environment, under subsection section 269A(2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, herby make a recovery plan for the listed threatened ecological community specified below: Listed Ecological Community Recovery Plan Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia National Recovery Plan for the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia Ecological Community

Dated this 15th day of February 2019

Melissa Price

Melissa Price Minister for the Environment

This recovery plan will come into force on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

National Recovery Plan for the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia Ecological Community

February 2019 Prepared by: Department of the Environment and Energy Made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

© Copyright Commonwealth of Australia, 2019. The National Recovery Plan for the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia Ecological Community is licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence with the exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the logo of the agency responsible for publishing the report, content supplied by third parties, and any images depicting people. For licence conditions see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This report should be attributed as 'National Recovery Plan for the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia Ecological Community Commonwealth of Australia 2019'. The Commonwealth of Australia has made all reasonable efforts to identify content supplied by third parties using the following format '© Copyright, [name of third party] '. Images credits Cover page: A patch of Littoral Rainforest in the Broken Head Nature Reserve south of Byron Bay in New South Wales (© Bill O'Donnell). General Acknowledgements The Department of the Environment and Energy is grateful to the organisations and individuals who contributed to or provided information for the preparation of the Recovery Plan and who were or are still involved in implementing conservation and management actions that benefit the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia ecological community. The Department acknowledges the effort provided by researchers and conservation experts, including academics, non-government organisations, Natural Resource Management organisations, Australian Government and State Government staff, and members of the public, who contributed to and provided advice on the Recovery Plan's preparation. In particular, this extends to the participants of the workshop held to discuss and review the recovery plan and actions required. Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country The Australian Government acknowledges Australia's Traditional Owners and pays respect to Elders past and present. We acknowledge the deep spiritual, cultural and customary connections of Traditional Owners to the Australian land and sea country, including the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia ecological community.