Biodiversity Assessment - Naracoorte Coastal Plain
Activities
| Existing activities | Assessed effectiveness | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater (NCP1) | ||||
| Legislation including duty of care for leasehold etc | NRM instruments in place with some outcomes | National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Animal and Plant Control (Agriculture and Other Purposes) Act 1986 Soil Conservation and Landcare Act 1989 Native Vegetation Act 1991 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Mining Act 1971 | ||
| Other planning opportunities | NRM instruments in place with some outcomes | Biodiversity Plan for the South East of South Australia | ||
| Glenelg Plain (NCP2) | ||||
| Capacity building with stakeholders (specify) | Identified capacity to integrate conservation | Land for Wildlife - promotes voluntary habitat management for biodiversity on private land, conservation assessments and management advice. General recognition of issue and a variety of approaches under development with localised implementation. | ||
| Environmental management systems | Identified capacity to integrate conservation | EMS for Victorian Agriculture. Work being undertaken to integrate biodiversity considerations into EMS for grains, grazing and viticulture | ||
| Incentives | Identified capacity to integrate conservation | Fencing incentive schemes, generally well targeted for biodiversity protection outcomes. Rate rebates, limited in scope, variable in targeting for biodiversity services Weed control incentives - lack of biodiversity focus | ||
| Industry codes of practice | Identified capacity to integrate conservation | Code of practice for private forestry Code of practice for forestry (on public land) | ||
| Institutional reform | Identified capacity to integrate conservation | Support for adjustment of timber industry in line with sustainable yields as part of RFAs | ||
| Integration with Landcare, catchment & property planning | Identified capacity to integrate conservation | Living Systems Project. Helps farm families and agribusiness benefit from the contribution native biodiversity to ecological sustainability of farm business and lifestyle. 3 sub programs Education and Training, Industry Support, Community Planning. | ||
| Legislation including duty of care for leasehold etc | Identified capacity to integrate conservation | Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 -duty of care extends to native veg and indirectly to biodiversity, not yet widely accepted Wildlife Act 1978 regulates the taking and keeping of wildlife. Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 - Threatened species /communities and potentially threatening process management, controls on taking of flora and management agreements. Dependant on funding for activity. | ||
| Other - describe | Identified capacity to integrate conservation | Increased emphasis on ecological management of fire regimes | ||
| Other planning opportunities | Identified capacity to integrate conservation | Local Government. Planning Practice Note on Biodiversity. Incorporation of Biodiversity conservation objectives into Local Planning Schemes, encouragement of use of overlays and local policies to highlight and protect significant biodiversity value Local Government roadside conservation assessment and Plans - assess conservation significance of roadsides with the intent of protection form inappropriate management practices. NAP foundation year projects. Upgrading of information for NRM, completion of EVC mapping. revision of regional catchment Management Strategies. | ||
| Threat abatement planning | Identified capacity to integrate conservation | 10 Regional Catchment Management Strategies. Draft Victorian Pest Management framework- emphasises the importance of pest management for Biodiversity conservation. Draft Native Vegetation management Framework and 10 draft Native Vegetation Management Plans - systematic evaluation of conservation status and prioritisation of retention and enhancement of native vegetation based on Ecological Vegetation Classes a | ||
| Lucindale (NCP3) | ||||
| Legislation including duty of care for leasehold etc | NRM instruments in place with some outcomes | National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Animal and Plant Control (Agriculture and Other Purposes) Act 1986 Soil Conservation and Landcare Act 1989 Mining Act 1971 Native Vegetation Act 1991 | ||
| Other planning opportunities | NRM instruments in place with some outcomes | Biodiversity Plan for the South East of South Australia | ||
| Tintinara (NCP4) | ||||
| Integration with Landcare, catchment & property planning | NRM instruments in place with some outcomes | Upper South East Dryland Salinity and Flood Management Scheme | ||
| Legislation including duty of care for leasehold etc | NRM instruments in place with some outcomes | Mining Act 1971 Native Vegetation Act 1991 Animal and Plant Control (Agriculture and Other Purposes) Act 1986 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Soil Conservation and Landcare Act 1989 | ||
| Other planning opportunities | NRM instruments in place with some outcomes | Biodiversity Plan for the South East of South Australia | ||
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