Rec The State Party and the Support The 2016 Management Plan 14 Tasmanian Government should recognises that for Aboriginal The Australian Government is jointly ensure an equal and people, natural values are committed to ensuring that the integrated consideration of the inseparable from their cultural property’s cultural and natural cultural and the natural heritage understanding of the natural heritage values are equally of the mixed property. world. considered and is working closely with the Tasmanian The management plan Government to achieve this establishes a framework for shared objective. management to ensure an appropriate level of integration of The new management plan for research and monitoring related the property will integrate the to all values is undertaken in management of natural and partnership with Aboriginal cultural values. The Tasmanian people. It also recognises that Government’s commitment to optimal management of natural develop joint management and Aboriginal cultural values is arrangements with the contingent upon an integrated Tasmanian Aboriginal approach. community will strengthen this integrated approach. The Tasmanian Government has established a Cultural On completion, the cultural Management Group within heritage study will provide more Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania to detailed information on the oversee implementation of the cultural heritage values of the Aboriginal cultural management property. This will provide a outcomes of the management strong basis on which to ensure plan and to provide ongoing a more equal and integrated support of Aboriginal cultural approach to the management of values management in the the property’s cultural and property. natural heritage values. Further information is in section 4 Further information is available in of the management plan. section 1.1 in the 2016 State Party Report.
Rec 14 The State Party and the Tasmanian Government should jointly ensure an equal and integrated consideration of the cultural and the natural heritage of the mixed property. Support The Australian Government is committed to ensuring that the property’s cultural and natural heritage values are equally considered and is working closely with the Tasmanian Government to achieve this shared objective. The new management plan for the property will integrate the management of natural and cultural values. The Tasmanian Government’s commitment to develop joint management arrangements with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community will strengthen this integrated approach. On completion, the cultural heritage study will provide more detailed information on the cultural heritage values of the property. This will provide a strong basis on which to ensure a more equal and integrated approach to the management of the property’s cultural and natural heritage values. Further information is available in section 1.1 in the 2016 State Party Report. The 2016 Management Plan recognises that for Aboriginal people, natural values are inseparable from their cultural understanding of the natural world. The management plan establishes a framework for management to ensure an appropriate level of integration of research and monitoring related to all values is undertaken in partnership with Aboriginal people. It also recognises that optimal management of natural and Aboriginal cultural values is contingent upon an integrated approach. The Tasmanian Government has established a Cultural Management Group within Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania to oversee implementation of the Aboriginal cultural management outcomes of the management plan and to provide ongoing support of Aboriginal cultural values management in the property. Further information is in section 4 of the management plan.
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