ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 32 Content of recovery plans

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 32

32.(1) The recovery plan must provide for the research and management actions
necessary to stop the decline of, and support the recovery of, the species or
community so that its chances of long-term survival in nature are maximised.

(2) In particular, the recovery plan must:

   (a)  state an objective to be achieved (for example, removing the species
        or community from a list, or indefinite protection of existing
        populations of the species or community); and

   (b)  state criteria against which achievement of the objective is to be
        measured (for example, a specified number and distribution of viable
        populations of the species or community, or the abatement of threats
        to the species or community); and

   (c)  specify the actions needed to satisfy the criteria; and

   (d)  identify and specify the actions needed to protect the habitats that
        are critical to the survival of the species or community; and

   (e)  state the estimated duration and cost of the recovery process; and

   (f)  identify:

        (i)    interests that will be affected by the plan's implementation;
               and

        (ii)   organisations or persons who will be involved in evaluating the
               performance of the recovery plan; and

   (g)  specify any major benefits to non-target species or non-target
        ecological communities that will be affected by the plan's
        implementation.

(3) In preparing a recovery plan, regard must be had to:

   (a)  the objects of the Act; and

   (b)  the most efficient and effective use of the resources that are
        allocated for conservation of species and ecological communities; and

   (c)  consistent with the
        principles of ecologically sustainable development, minimising any
        significant adverse social and economic impacts.