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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 72AA
Objectives and content of plans of management
72AA Objectives and content of plans of management
(1) The following matters are to be taken into consideration in the
preparation of a plan of management for land reserved under this Act-- (a) the
relevant management principles,
(b) the conservation of biodiversity,
including the maintenance of habitat, ecosystems and populations of
threatened species,
(c) the protection and appreciation of objects, places
and structures of cultural significance, and tracts of land,
(d) the
protection of landscape values and scenic features,
(e) the protection of
geological and geomorphological features,
(f) the protection of wilderness
values and the management of wilderness areas,
(g) the maintenance of natural
processes,
(h) the rehabilitation of landscapes and the reinstatement of
natural processes,
(i) fire management,
(j) in the case of a
plan of management for a national park, nature reserve or
karst conservation reserve, the prohibition of the execution of any works
adversely affecting the natural condition or special features of the park or
reserve,
(k) the potential for the reserved land to be used by
Aboriginal people for cultural purposes,
(l) the provision of opportunities
for public understanding and appreciation of natural and cultural heritage
values, including opportunities for sustainable visitor or tourist use and
enjoyment of the reserved land,
(m) the adaptive reuse of buildings and
structures,
(n) the appropriate (including culturally appropriate) and
ecologically sustainable use of the reserved land, including use by lessees,
licensees and occupiers of the land,
(o) the preservation of catchment
values,
(p) the encouragement of appropriate research into natural and
cultural features and processes, including threatening processes,
(q) the
identification and mitigation of threatening processes,
(r) the statutory
natural resource management, land use management plans and land management
practices of land surrounding or within a region of the reserved land,
(s)
the regional, national and international context of the reserved land, the
maintenance of any national and international significance of the reserved
land and compliance with relevant national and international agreements,
including the protection of world heritage values and the management of world
heritage properties,
(t) benefits to local communities,
(u) the social and
economic context of the reserve so as to ensure, for example, that the
provision of visitor or tourist facilities is appropriate to the surrounding
area or that pest species management programs are co-ordinated across
different tenures,
(v) the protection and management of wild rivers,
(w) the
impact of the management and the use of land acquired under Part 11 on the
reserved land's management.
(2) A plan of management must include the means
by which the responsible authority proposes to achieve the plan's objectives
and performance measures.
(3) The matters referred to in subsection (1)
(b)-(s) are to be taken into account, where appropriate, in the preparation of
a plan of management for a wildlife refuge, wildlife management area or
conservation area.
(4) A plan of management is to contain a written scheme of
operations which it is proposed to undertake in relation to the land that is
the subject of the plan of management.
(5) The written scheme of operations
for a plan of management must-- (a) if the plan is for land within a
conservation area, relate to the carrying out of operations for the purpose
and objects of the conservation agreement, and
(b) if the plan is for land
within a State forest, be consistent with the purpose and objects of this Act
and the Forestry Act 2012 .
(5A) A plan of management for a
karst conservation reserve is to include environmental performance standards
and indicators for the purposes of section 151D (1) that ensure the
environmental values of the reserve are conserved or restored.
(6) Without
limiting subsection (1), a plan of management may do any one or more of the
following-- (b) in relation to land within a state conservation area, specify
any activity proposed to be permitted in any part of the area and the nature
of any development proposed to be carried out to encourage the use of that
part for the activity so specified,
(c) in relation to land reserved under
Part 4A, provide for the use of the land for any community development purpose
prescribed by the regulations.
(7) A plan of management for a national park,
historic site, nature reserve or karst conservation reserve may relate to land
acquired or occupied, or proposed to be acquired or occupied, under Part 11.
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