7. Monitoring and reporting
7.1 Monitoring Progressive monitoring shall be undertaken by a specialist ecologist to assess the success of translocation and enable the translocation contractor to take corrective actions in a timely manner if/when required. A series of permanent monitoring quadrats will be established within the recipient sites. Quadrats will be located and sized to capture a subset of at least 20 % of each cohort of translocated plants (i.e. those translocated/planted within any six month period) and monitored for a period of five years after planting, with monitoring concluding five years after the final cohort of plants have been planted. Monitoring will occur at the following intervals for each cohort: • Year 1 – Quarterly monitoring • Years 2 and 3 – Bi-annual monitoring • Years 4 and 5 – Annual monitoring Where possible, monitoring of multiple cohorts will be undertaken at the same time (i.e. same monitoring event). A final monitoring event for all cohorts will be undertaken 10 years after the commencement of the translocation program. The following parameters shall be recorded during each monitoring event: • The date of monitoring • The name of person undertaking monitoring • The number of live, dormant and/or dead translocated plants for each age class • Reproductive output (presence of megasporophylls (females) or pollen cones(male)) • Recruitment • Presence of pollinators • Evidence of insect attack or plant rot • Weed levels (as % cover) at the recipient site • Other disturbances, such as erosion (type, extent) and feral animal activity • Photographs of representative plant condition states Monitoring of individuals within the reference site will be undertaken on an annual basis until such time that monitoring of plants at the recipient site is completed, including tubestock. Parameters measured will be the same as those measured at the recipient site and will include representative age classes.
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Mundic Gully TSF Translocation Project - Cycas megacarpa
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