Biodiversity Assessment - Nsw South Western Slopes
Opportunities
| Opportunities | Comments |
|---|---|
| Lower Slopes (NSS2) | |
| Incentives | Further implementation of the Land for Wildlife Scheme (NPWS). Voluntary and non binding, provision of advice and support. Agreements negotiated with Local Government and community groups. |
| Revolving fund, established under the NSW Nature Conservation Trust, to purchase and covenant land for permanent protection. Land then sold to sympathetic buyer. Program still being formulated | |
| Legislation including duty of care for leasehold etc | Bogan/Nth Lachlan, Lower Macquarie - Castlereagh and Western Riverina Regional Vegetation Committees. RVC's produce Veg Mgt Plans which also have a regulatory provision under the EP&A Act 1979. Plans still to be drafted and gazetted. |
| Threat abatement planning | Bushfires that are too frequent listed as a key threatening process in the TSCA (1995) |
| Bushrock removal listed as a key threatening process in the TSCA (1995) | |
| Clearing of native vegetation listed as a key threatening process in the TSCA (1995) | |
| Climate change brought about by human activities listed as a key threatening process in the TSCA (1995) | |
| Predation by feral cats listed as a key threatening process in the TSCA (1995) | |
| Upper Slopes (NSS1) | |
| Incentives | Further implementation of the Land for Wildlife Scheme (NPWS). Voluntary and non binding, provision of advice and support. Agreements negotiated with Local Government and community groups. |
| Revolving fund, established under the NSW Nature Conservation Trust, to purchase and covenant land for permanent protection. Land then sold to sympathetic buyer. Program still being formulated | |
| Integration with Landcare, catchment & property planning | Hunter CMB was established early 2000 (CatchMgtAct 1989). Has not yet submitted draft Catchment Blueprint, which will give direction for community involvement and Government investment in the catchment. |
| Legislation including duty of care for leasehold etc | Hunter Valley, Lower Macquarie - Castlereagh and Northern Slopes & Plains Regional Vegetation Committees. RVC's produce Veg Mgt Plans which also have a regulatory provision under the EP&A Act 1979. Plans still to be drafted and gazetted. |
| Threat abatement planning | Bushfires that are too frequent listed as a key threatening process in the TSCA (1995) |
| Bushrock removal listed as a key threatening process in the TSCA (1995) | |
| Clearing of native vegetation listed as a key threatening process in the TSCA (1995) | |
| Climate change brought about by human activities listed as a key threatening process in the TSCA (1995) | |
| Predation by feral cats listed as a key threatening process in the TSCA (1995) | |
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