Location of infrastructure Areas with extensive degraded n/a Any reserve management none Visitor Management: and facilities for Reserve or transformed footprints. infrastructure including n/a Administration & Natural or semi-natural offices, sheds, garages, stores, especially conservation habitats only where benefits at etc. Conservation Management: management facilities reserve scale outweigh local Roads required to access these Frequent footpath and road maintenance must be impacts. Not compatible with should be surfaced to reduce scheduled for high impact routes. tourism and tourism Areas able to accommodate long-term maintenance costs Accept some impact on natural habitats in this access. high disturbance, with no and environmental impact. zone unless these are specifically addressed in a identified sensitive Special Management Overlay. biodiversity. Visible impacts to adjacent Zones should be NOTE Areas providing easy access to mitigated. reserve and infrastructure. Reserve administrative offices Management should aim to contain all activities may also be located within Areas very close to zones within the smallest possible footprint. visitor reception facilities in requiring highest management Management Development - Low/High intervention, especially Largely transformed habitats with lower Intensity Zones - Low/High Intensity Zones. management requirements. Usually fire exclusion areas. Areas where risk of fire damage to infrastructure is Prevent or restore trampling or any other low or can be mitigated management impact. without unacceptable impacts Plan for a compact overall development footprint, on surrounding environment. avoiding dispersed infrastructure that will increase Areas where new fire risk and/or environmental footprint. This is infrastructure can be located most critical in fire-prone environments. Development with low visibility from the Consumptive Use: surrounding landscape. Areas not visible from Primitive or Sustainable use unlikely to be possible in small Wilderness Zones. zone. Areas with available potable water, and not sensitive to disposal of treated wastewater. Commercial or Areas identified for production May allow agri-tourism Any agricultural May allow agri-tourism Agricultural best practise to support surrounding subsistence farming. farming. infrastructure. natural areas, particularly with regard to river and - wetland buffer areas. (only applicable to Areas with extensive degraded privately owned & or transformed footprints. managed Contract Nature Natural or semi-natural Reserves) habitats only when use of these areas is supported by a Production bioregional plan and specialist Development site assessment.
Development - Management Location of infrastructure and facilities for Reserve Administration & especially conservation management facilities Not compatible with tourism and tourism access. Areas with extensive degraded or transformed footprints. Natural or semi-natural habitats only where benefits at reserve scale outweigh local impacts. Areas able to accommodate high disturbance, with no identified sensitive biodiversity. Areas providing easy access to reserve and infrastructure. Areas very close to zones requiring highest management intervention, especially Low/High Intensity Zones. Areas where risk of fire damage to infrastructure is low or can be mitigated without unacceptable impacts on surrounding environment. Areas where new infrastructure can be located with low visibility from the surrounding landscape. Areas not visible from Primitive or Wilderness Zones. Areas with available potable water, and not sensitive to disposal of treated wastewater. n/a Any reserve management infrastructure including offices, sheds, garages, stores, etc. Roads required to access these should be surfaced to reduce long-term maintenance costs and environmental impact. NOTE Reserve administrative offices may also be located within visitor reception facilities in Development - Low/High Intensity Zones none Visitor Management: n/a Conservation Management: Frequent footpath and road maintenance must be scheduled for high impact routes. Accept some impact on natural habitats in this zone unless these are specifically addressed in a Special Management Overlay. Visible impacts to adjacent Zones should be mitigated. Management should aim to contain all activities within the smallest possible footprint. Largely transformed habitats with lower management requirements. Usually fire exclusion areas. Prevent or restore trampling or any other management impact. Plan for a compact overall development footprint, avoiding dispersed infrastructure that will increase fire risk and/or environmental footprint. This is most critical in fire-prone environments. Consumptive Use: Sustainable use unlikely to be possible in small zone. Development - Production Commercial or subsistence farming. (only applicable to privately owned & managed Contract Nature Reserves) Areas identified for production farming. Areas with extensive degraded or transformed footprints. Natural or semi-natural habitats only when use of these areas is supported by a bioregional plan and specialist site assessment. May allow agri-tourism Any agricultural infrastructure. May allow agri-tourism Agricultural best practise to support surrounding natural areas, particularly with regard to river and wetland buffer areas.