sec.16Management principles of national parks (scientific)

### sec.16 Management principles of national parks (scientific) A national park (scientific) is to be managed to— protect the area’s exceptional scientific values and, in particular— to ensure that the processes of nature continue unaffected in the area; and to protect the area’s biological diversity to the greatest possible extent; and allow controlled scientific study and monitoring of the area’s natural resources. However, if threatened wildlife is a significant natural resource for the area, management of the area may include— manipulation of the wildlife’s habitat; and the control of threatening processes relating to the wildlife, including threatening processes caused by other wildlife. Subject to subsections (1) and (2) , a national park (scientific), or a part of a national park (scientific), that is also an Indigenous joint management area is to be managed, as far as practicable, in a way that is consistent with any Aboriginal tradition applicable to the area, including any tradition relating to activities in the area. s 16 prev s 16 sub 1994 No. 42 s 5 amd 2011 No. 11 s 32 om 2013 No. 55 s 115 pres s 16 ins 2016 No. 22 s 7 amd 2024 No. 17 s 192 s ch 1 pt 3 (sec.16-ssec.1) A national park (scientific) is to be managed to— protect the area’s exceptional scientific values and, in particular— to ensure that the processes of nature continue unaffected in the area; and to protect the area’s biological diversity to the greatest possible extent; and allow controlled scientific study and monitoring of the area’s natural resources. (sec.16-ssec.2) However, if threatened wildlife is a significant natural resource for the area, management of the area may include— manipulation of the wildlife’s habitat; and the control of threatening processes relating to the wildlife, including threatening processes caused by other wildlife. (sec.16-ssec.3) Subject to subsections (1) and (2) , a national park (scientific), or a part of a national park (scientific), that is also an Indigenous joint management area is to be managed, as far as practicable, in a way that is consistent with any Aboriginal tradition applicable to the area, including any tradition relating to activities in the area. - (a) protect the area’s exceptional scientific values and, in particular— (i) to ensure that the processes of nature continue unaffected in the area; and (ii) to protect the area’s biological diversity to the greatest possible extent; and - (i) to ensure that the processes of nature continue unaffected in the area; and - (ii) to protect the area’s biological diversity to the greatest possible extent; and - (b) allow controlled scientific study and monitoring of the area’s natural resources. - (i) to ensure that the processes of nature continue unaffected in the area; and - (ii) to protect the area’s biological diversity to the greatest possible extent; and - (a) manipulation of the wildlife’s habitat; and - (b) the control of threatening processes relating to the wildlife, including threatening processes caused by other wildlife.