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Agency Main legislation Purpose Tenure categories to which legislation applies Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW Department of Urban Affairs and Planning Department of Urban Affairs and Planning Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs Department of Land and Water Conservation National Native Title Tribunal 162 Wilderness Act 1987 To identify, protect and control use of wilderness. Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulations 2000 Plantations and Reafforestation Act 2001 Forestry Restructuring and Nature Conservation Act 1995 Forestry Restructuring and Nature Conservation Amendment Act 1999 No 50 Forestry and National Park Estate Act 1998 Native Vegetation Act 2003 Native Vegetation Regulation 2005 Soil Conservation Act 1938 No 10 Requires assessment of the environmental and other effects of activities that are not conducted under an integrated forestry operations approval issued under the Forestry and National Parks Estate Act 1998. To provide for accreditation and regulation of timber plantations (accredited plantations must be managed in accordance with a Code of Practice). An Act to provide for the payment of expenditure on forest industry restructuring, nature conservation and certain other environmental initiatives from the Environmental Trust, and for other purposes. To provide for Forest Agreements and Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals for licensing State Forest forestry operations for a 20-year period. To regulate the clearing of native vegetation (including trees) on private and some Crown lands, by requiring consent or compliance with a Regional Vegetation Management Plan or Code of Practice. To protect soil from activities that may cause erosion. Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 To establish the Aboriginal Land Council System and provide for the vesting of claimable Crown lands or freehold lands in the NSW Aboriginal Land Council or Local Aboriginal Land Councils. Native Title (NSW) Act 1994 To confirm certain Native Title rights and ensure NSW law is consistent with the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) To acknowledge native title and provide mechanisms to protect native title interests NSW Heritage Office Heritage Act 1977 To identify and conserve environmental heritage. NSW Fisheries Fisheries Management Act 1994 To protect fish habitat, threatened fish species and to maintain fish passage. Department of Agriculture Noxious Weeds Act 1993 To provide for categorisation of noxious weeds and specify the extent of control required for each category by private and public landholders. NSW Rural Fire Services Rural Fires Act 1997 To co-ordinate prevention and suppression of bushfires. Wilderness Act applies to many land tenures but is reported on here in respect of lands reserved under the NPW Act. PWG managed lands (a Group within the DECC) NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS
Agency Main legislation Purpose Tenure categories to which legislation applies NSW WorkCover Authority Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 National Park Estate (Reservations) Acts 2002, 2003, 2005 National Park Estate (Southern Regions Reservation Act) 2000 National Park Estate (Lower Hunter Region Reservations) Act 2006 Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005 To promote a safe work environment, use of safe equipment and adherence to safe working practices, including for forestry activities. To provide for Forest Agreements and Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals for licensing State Forest forestry operations for a 20-year period. To provide for Forest Agreements and Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals for licensing State Forest forestry operations for a 20-year period. Filming Approval Act 2004 Enables approvals to be granted to carry out filming in national parks, marine parks and other areas regulated under the NPW Act and the Marine Parks Act, provided certain criteria are met. The granting of such approval is limited in respect of wilderness areas to filming for educational, scientific, research or tourism purposes. Forestry Revocation and National Parks Reservation Act 1996 Forestry Revocation and National Parks Reservation Act 1983 This Act makes changes to DECC estate including: • Revocation of the dedication of certain land as flora reserves (within State Forests) and as State Forest. • Reservation or dedication of that land to create nine national parks (including South East Forest NP and Chaelundi NP), one nature reserve and to make additions to 15 existing national parks. • Revocation of certain land as national park, and re-reservation as other national park. • Alteration of names of certain national parks. The Act also provides that the Minister may exclude certain land and access roads from reservation as national parks estate. Such excluded land is vested in the Minister on behalf of the Crown for the purposes of Part 11 of the NPW Act. This Act revokes certain dedications of State forests, parts of State forests (including part of a national forest) and the status of certain lands as flora reserves, and reserves these lands as national parks (including Washpool NP) or parts of national parks. NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS 163
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NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATE
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INFORMATION This project has been c
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IV NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGR
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VI within the NSW forest agreements
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VIII Bushfire The incidence of bush
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Forest type and growth stage 8 Fore
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List of figures Figure 2-1A: Growth
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XIV NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS IMPLEMENT
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XVI RACAC Resource and Conservation
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XVIII National Parks and Wildlife A
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XX sustainable yield - The long-ter
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XXII NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTE
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Report structure Conclusion 2 Progr
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Five-year review of Crown reserves
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6 2 Introduction NSW FOREST AGREEME
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Criterion 1 - Biodiversity Forest t
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10 As noted in previous annual repo
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12 The amount of old growth forest
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Forest-dwelling species MIG indicat
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Table 2-1E: Status of forest-dwelli
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18 In the LNE, 843 threatened speci
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Criterion 2 - Productive capacity o
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Table 2-2A: Area of plantations aut
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% committed volume harveste 24 In t
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% effectively establishe Figure 2-2
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Figure 2-3A: Percentages of post-19
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Table 2-4A: Length of road by class
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48 identifies ways in which NSW pub
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50 In the LNE region, visitor surve
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52 Rawson Pass, the construction of
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54 reported for some sectors was le
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Gross income Indicator 6.5: Gross i
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58 retrieval and reburial of ancest
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60 not missed any detected sites. I
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62 Historic heritage features in St
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64 The PR Act and Code provide cert
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66 Public participation Public part
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68 DECC public education and awaren
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70 carbon sequestration, ecological
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72 DECC has many staff located outs
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74 DECC conservation compliance aud
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76 Results of both internal and ext
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78 where timber harvesting is permi
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80 3 Introduction NSW FOREST AGREEM
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82 As a result of the audit, DECC p
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84 repeated instances of administr
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