(EPBC Act) and Provides means of assessment Lepidochelys olivacea Environment of 'actions' within Australian Species listed as vulnerable: Protection and marine and terrestrial Chelonia mydas Biodiversity environments Conservation Eretmochelys imbricata Under this legislation it is illegal Regulations 2000 to harm, interfere with or disturb Natator depressus marine turtles except for Listed threatened species and traditional use (as pursuant to the ecological communities are Native Title Act 1993) recognised as a matter of Legislative role includes the national environmental listing and regulation of significance. Consequently, any threatened and protected species action that is likely to have a and communities, preparing significant impact on listed recovery plans for threatened and threatened species and protected species, identifying key ecological communities under threatening processes and, the EPBC Act are subject to where appropriate, developing referral and assessment under threat abatement plans and the Act recovery plans An action affecting marine See comments above regarding turtles that would otherwise be species listed as migratory, as in breach of the EPBC Act listed by appendices of the could be deemed to be a convention. 'controlled action' and require a greater scrutiny of environmental impact assessment and, if approved, conditions for control of the action Threat abatement plans guide industry regulation and outline the research and management actions required to address these threats: Threat abatement plan for the impacts of marine debris on vertebrate marine life (2009) Threat abatement plan for predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs (2005) Threat abatement plan for predation by European red fox (2008) Assessment and export approval processes for all fisheries with an export component (Wildlife Trade Operation) that must consider interactions with threatened species Penalties for non-compliance Processes of review Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef Provides for biodiversity Plans of management regulate Marine Park Act 1975 Marine Park Authority conservation through zoning, activities within the Marine Park and Great Barrier Reef permits and plans of relating to marine turtle Marine Park management that collectively conservation and other Regulations 1983 enable management of human protected species activities in the Great Barrier Activities within the Marine Park Reef Marine Park are managed spatially via Regulation 29, Table 29 of the zoning provisions within the Act Regulations provides a list of Under the Regulations, the protected species including all agency must not grant a permit marine turtles to enter, use, or carry on an The Regulations establish activity in the Marine Park provisions for the Cairns, unless an assessment has
(EPBC Act) and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 Provides means of assessment of 'actions' within Australian marine and terrestrial environments Under this legislation it is illegal to harm, interfere with or disturb marine turtles except for traditional use (as pursuant to the Native Title Act 1993) Legislative role includes the listing and regulation of threatened and protected species and communities, preparing recovery plans for threatened and protected species, identifying key threatening processes and, where appropriate, developing threat abatement plans and recovery plans See comments above regarding species listed as migratory, as listed by appendices of the convention. Lepidochelys olivacea Species listed as vulnerable: Chelonia mydas Eretmochelys imbricata Natator depressus Listed threatened species and ecological communities are recognised as a matter of national environmental significance. Consequently, any action that is likely to have a significant impact on listed threatened species and ecological communities under the EPBC Act are subject to referral and assessment under the Act An action affecting marine turtles that would otherwise be in breach of the EPBC Act could be deemed to be a 'controlled action' and require a greater scrutiny of environmental impact assessment and, if approved, conditions for control of the action Threat abatement plans guide industry regulation and outline the research and management actions required to address these threats: Threat abatement plan for the impacts of marine debris on vertebrate marine life (2009) Threat abatement plan for predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs (2005) Threat abatement plan for predation by European red fox (2008) Assessment and export approval processes for all fisheries with an export component (Wildlife Trade Operation) that must consider interactions with threatened species Penalties for non-compliance Processes of review Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983 Provides for biodiversity conservation through zoning, permits and plans of management that collectively enable management of human activities in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulation 29, Table 29 of the Regulations provides a list of protected species including all marine turtles The Regulations establish provisions for the Cairns, Plans of management regulate activities within the Marine Park relating to marine turtle conservation and other protected species Activities within the Marine Park are managed spatially via zoning provisions within the Act Under the Regulations, the agency must not grant a permit to enter, use, or carry on an activity in the Marine Park unless an assessment has Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
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