Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

TERRITORY PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT - SECT 31

31. Principles of management

(1) The management of wildlife under this Act is to be carried out in a manner that promotes -

(a) the survival of wildlife in its natural habitat;

(b) the conservation of biological diversity within the Territory;

(c) the management of identified areas of habitat, vegetation, ecosystem or landscape to ensure the survival of populations of wildlife within those areas;

(d) the control or prohibition of -

(i) the introduction or release of prohibited entrants into the Territory; and

(ii) any other act, omission or thing that adversely affects, or will or is likely to adversely affect, the capacity of wildlife to sustain its natural processes; and

(e) the sustainable use of wildlife and its habitat.

(2) Species of wildlife are to be managed in a manner that -

(a) accords with their classification under section 29; and

(b) in the case of threatened wildlife - maintains or increases their population and the extent of their distribution within the Territory at or to a sustainable level (which may include breeding in captivity).

(3) Feral animals are to be managed in a manner that -

(a) reduces their population and the extent of their distribution within the Territory; and

(b) controls any detrimental effect they have on wildlife and the land.