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