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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 30G
State conservation areas
(1) The purpose of reserving land as a state conservation area is to identify,
protect and conserve areas-- (a) that contain significant or representative
ecosystems, landforms or natural phenomena or places of cultural significance,
and
(b) that are capable of providing opportunities for sustainable visitor
or tourist use and enjoyment, the sustainable use of buildings and structures
or research, and
(c) that are capable of providing opportunities for uses
permitted under other provisions of this Act in such areas, including uses
permitted under section 47J,
so as to enable those areas to be managed in
accordance with subsection (2).
(2) A state conservation area is to be
managed in accordance with the following principles-- (a) the conservation of
biodiversity, the maintenance of ecosystem function, the protection of natural
phenomena and the maintenance of natural landscapes,
(b) the conservation of
places, objects and features of cultural value,
(c) provision for the
undertaking of uses permitted under other provisions of this Act in such areas
(including uses permitted under section 47J) having regard to the conservation
of the natural and cultural values of the state conservation area,
(ca)
provision for the carrying out of development in any part of a special area
(within the meaning of the Hunter Water Act 1991 ) in the
state conservation area that is permitted under section 185A having regard to
the conservation of the natural and cultural values of the
state conservation area,
(d) provision for sustainable visitor or tourist use
and enjoyment that is compatible with the conservation of the
state conservation area's natural and cultural values and with uses permitted
under other provisions of this Act in such areas,
(e) provision for the
sustainable use (including adaptive reuse) of any buildings or structures or
modified natural areas having regard to the conservation of the
state conservation area's natural and cultural values and with uses permitted
under other provisions of this Act in such areas,
(f) provision for
appropriate research and monitoring.
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