56Management plans for cattle and other livestock grazing activities—the Act, s 21(3)

56 Management plans for cattle and other livestock grazing activities—the Act, s 21(3)

56 Management plans for cattle and other livestock grazing activities—the Act, s 21(3)

(1) This section applies in the following regions if there is no grazing management plan in force under the integrated forestry operations approval for the region—

(a) Brigalow-Nandewar Region,

(b) Riverina Red Gum Region,

(c) South-Western Cypress Region.

(2) The objective of this section is to ensure a management plan is in force that regulates grazing for the following purposes—

(a) to limit the adverse impacts on the environment caused by grazing cattle and other livestock,

(b) to ensure that the use of grazing for the purpose of bush fire hazard reduction is not compromised.

(3) A management plan must specify the following—

(a) objectives in relation to the regulation of grazing, during the term of the plan, and the strategies to be adopted to achieve the objectives,

(b) methods that may be used to manage grazing pressure on herbaceous vegetation while reducing bush fire hazards,

(c) environmental impacts of grazing, particularly on ecosystems sensitive to grazing, and how the adverse impacts of grazing are proposed to be limited,

(d) procedures for selecting areas for the application and removal of grazing,

(e) the level of dry biomass at which the holder of a forest permit or forest lease of land for grazing activities must remove grazing domestic livestock from a forestry area.

(4) The management plan must provide for a process to—

(a) monitor the impact of grazing within State forests, and

(b) assess the extent to which the objectives set out in the plan are achieved and the effectiveness of strategies implemented under the plan to achieve them, and

(c) monitor the implementation and effectiveness of methods, measures and procedures specified in the plan, and

(d) report on the results of monitoring and assessment undertaken in accordance with the plan.