Irenepharsus trypherus (Illawarra Irene) Recovery Plan
NSW Department of Environment and Conservation, 2005
ISBN: 1 7412 2145 5
Appendix 6: Summary of advice from the NSW Scientific Committee
Under Section 66A of the TSC Act (1995), recovery plans must include a summary of any advice given by the NSW Scientific Committee, details of any amendments made to the plan to take account of that advice and a statement of reasons for any departure from that advice. The Scientific Committees comments on the draft Irenepharsus trypherus Recovery Plan and details of the amendments made are tabled below.
| Section | Comment | Response |
|---|---|---|
| - | Replace NVC Act with NV Act | Amended |
| Section 6 | There is good distributional data in the plan but virtually no biological data. | No amendment necessary. All known biological data for the species is included in the plan. Specific Objective 6 aims to promote research that will assist in the management of the species. |
| 8.3.2 | Who will carry out the exclusion experiment? | No amendment necessary. This will be addressed in the relevant site management statement(s). |
| Table 7 | Does the Mount Annan Botanic Gardens have the capacity, budget and resources to handle seed for all the threatened plants in NSW? | No amendment necessary. The DEC has committed in-kind funds to undertake the long- term storage of seed of this species. |
| Table 7 | In light of DEC budget stringency, are the proposed budgets feasible? | No amendment necessary. The proposed budget is feasible provided that external funds can be secured to implement the actions that are identified in Table 7 as having unsecured funds. |