32Management programs

32 Management programs (1) The Commission may formulate and implement or co-operate with the Commonwealth or a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth or with an authority of the Commonwealth or of a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth in formulating and implementing: (a) wildlife management programs for the protection, conservation, sustainable use, control and management of wildlife; (b) management programs for the control and management of feral animals; or (c) management programs for the prohibition, control and management of prohibited entrants. (2) In formulating and implementing a wildlife management program referred to in subsection (1)(a), the Commission must take into account: (a) the classification of the wildlife under section 29 to which the program relates; (b) the habitat of the wildlife to which the program relates; (c) the extent to which parks and reserves (including parks and reserves established under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory of the Commonwealth) assist in the conservation of the wildlife to which the program relates; (d) the population of the wildlife to which the program relates and the causes of any known increases or decreases in the population; Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 51 (e) any known response by the wildlife to which the program relates to any action taken for the purpose of the protection, conservation, control, sustainable use or management of the wildlife; and (f) the obligations of the Commonwealth under international treaties and agreements relating to the protection and conservation of wildlife, and is to provide for a review of the program to be undertaken at appropriate intervals. (3) The matters that a management program referred to in subsection (1)(b) is to provide for include: (a) assessment and analysis of the population and distribution of the feral animal within the Territory; (b) examination of the habitat of the feral animal within the Territory; (c) evaluation of the impact the feral animal has on wildlife and its habitat and on ecosystems, vegetation and the landscape in general; (d) control of the population and distribution of the feral animal within the Territory; (e) assessment of whether the survival of the feral animal in its natural habitat is threatened and, if so, whether its protection and survival in the Territory would assist its conservation; and (f) review of the program at appropriate intervals. (4) The matters that a management program referred to in subsection (1)(c) is to provide for include: (a) assessment of whether the survival of a prohibited entrant in its natural habitat is threatened and, if so, whether its protection and survival in the Territory would assist its conservation; (b) evaluation of the actual and potential threat the prohibited entrant poses to wildlife, habitats, ecosystems, vegetation and the landscape; and (c) review of the program at appropriate intervals. Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 52