National Recovery Plan for the Christmas Island Spleenwort Asplenium listeri
A.4 Meeting objects of the EPBC ActA.4 Meeting objects of the EPBC Act
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A.4 Meeting objects of the EPBC Act
The EPBC Act requires that recovery plans specifically address the objects of that Act:
a) to provide for the protection of the environment, especially those aspects of the environment that are matters of national environmental significance; and
b) to promote ecologically sustainable development through the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of natural resources; and
c) to promote the conservation of biodiversity; and
d) to promote a co-operative approach to the protection and management of the environment involving governments, the community, land-holders and indigenous peoples; and
e) to assist in the co-operative implementation of Australia's international environmental responsibilities; and
f) to recognise the role of indigenous people in the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity; and
g) to promote the use of indigenous peoples' knowledge of biodiversity with the involvement of, and in cooperation with, the owners of the knowledge.
The Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) considers that objects a), b), and c) are inherently addressed by virtue of the purpose of a recovery plan. The remaining objects are addressed specifically below.