(1) The purpose of reserving land as a karst conservation reserve is to
identify, protect and conserve areas, including subterranean land, containing
outstanding or representative examples of karst landforms and natural
phenomena so as to enable those areas to be managed in accordance with
subsection (2).
(a) the conservation of the
karst environment, including the protection of catchment values, such as
hydrological processes and water quality,
(b) the conservation of cultural
values,
(c) the protection of natural water movement and air movement regimes
and processes within the karst environment,
(d) the conservation of
biodiversity, the maintenance of ecosystem function, the protection of the
geological and geomorphological features and natural phenomena and the
maintenance of natural landscapes, cave formations and fossil deposits,
(e)
provision for research and monitoring,
(f) the promotion of public
appreciation and understanding of the karst conservation reserve's natural and
cultural values,
(g) provision for sustainable visitor or tourist use and
enjoyment that is compatible with the karst conservation reserve's natural and
cultural values,
