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Nature Conservation Act 1992
sec.73Management principles of protected wildlife
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### sec.73 Management principles of protected wildlife
Protected wildlife is to be managed to—
conserve the wildlife and its values and, in particular to—
ensure the survival and natural development of the wildlife in the wild; and
conserve the biological diversity of the wildlife to the greatest possible extent; and
identify, and reduce or remove, the effects of threatening processes relating to the wildlife; and
identify the wildlife’s critical habitat and conserve it to the greatest possible extent; and
ensure that any use of the wildlife—
for scientific study and monitoring; or
for educational, recreational, commercial and authorised purposes; or
by Aboriginal peoples under Aboriginal tradition or Torres Strait Islander peoples under Ailan Kastom;
is ecologically sustainable.
s 73 amd 2024 No. 17 s 192 sch 1 pt 3
- (a) conserve the wildlife and its values and, in particular to— (i) ensure the survival and natural development of the wildlife in the wild; and (ii) conserve the biological diversity of the wildlife to the greatest possible extent; and (iii) identify, and reduce or remove, the effects of threatening processes relating to the wildlife; and (iv) identify the wildlife’s critical habitat and conserve it to the greatest possible extent; and
- (i) ensure the survival and natural development of the wildlife in the wild; and
- (ii) conserve the biological diversity of the wildlife to the greatest possible extent; and
- (iii) identify, and reduce or remove, the effects of threatening processes relating to the wildlife; and
- (iv) identify the wildlife’s critical habitat and conserve it to the greatest possible extent; and
- (b) ensure that any use of the wildlife— (i) for scientific study and monitoring; or (ii) for educational, recreational, commercial and authorised purposes; or (iii) by Aboriginal peoples under Aboriginal tradition or Torres Strait Islander peoples under Ailan Kastom; is ecologically sustainable.
- (i) for scientific study and monitoring; or
- (ii) for educational, recreational, commercial and authorised purposes; or
- (iii) by Aboriginal peoples under Aboriginal tradition or Torres Strait Islander peoples under Ailan Kastom;
- (i) ensure the survival and natural development of the wildlife in the wild; and
- (ii) conserve the biological diversity of the wildlife to the greatest possible extent; and
- (iii) identify, and reduce or remove, the effects of threatening processes relating to the wildlife; and
- (iv) identify the wildlife’s critical habitat and conserve it to the greatest possible extent; and
- (i) for scientific study and monitoring; or
- (ii) for educational, recreational, commercial and authorised purposes; or
- (iii) by Aboriginal peoples under Aboriginal tradition or Torres Strait Islander peoples under Ailan Kastom;