Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles in Australia
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The content of recovery plans is specified in Section 270 of the EPBC Act, which requires that a plan state:
objectives;
actions to achieve the objectives; and
criteria against which the success of the actions are measured.
The Recovery Plan Guidelines (Environment Australia 2000) specify the need for an overall objective and specific objectives. The overall objective is expected to be achieved in the longer term and not within the five-year life of the plan whereas the specific objectives must be achievable within this time. The means for achieving these objectives must also be consistent with the Objects of the Act (Section 3), which include the principles of ecologically sustainable development (Appendix 6), and the efficient and effective use of resources.
Lead agencies are referred to throughout this part as the managers of many actions in the tables that follow. Lead Agencies are those agencies that have primary responsibility for the management and conservation of marine turtles in their jurisdiction. Those agencies are Environment Australia (EA), Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), Queensland Environment Protection Agency (QEPA), Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory (PWCNT), and the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia (CALM).