NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 16 Management principles of national parks (scientific)

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 16

16 Management principles of national parks (scientific)

(1) A national park (scientific) is to be managed to—

(a) protect the area’s exceptional scientific values and, in particular—

(i) to ensure that the processes of nature continue unaffected in the area; and

(ii) to protect the area’s biological diversity to the greatest possible extent; and

(b) allow controlled scientific study and monitoring of the area’s natural resources.

(2) However, if threatened wildlife is a significant natural resource for the area, management of the area may include—

(a) manipulation of the wildlife’s habitat; and

(b) the control of threatening processes relating to the wildlife, including threatening processes caused by other wildlife.

(3) Subject to subsections (1) and (2) , a national park (scientific), or a part of a national park (scientific), that is also an indigenous joint management area is to be managed, as far as practicable, in a way that is consistent with any Aboriginal tradition applicable to the area, including any tradition relating to activities in the area.