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XVIII National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and flora reserves under the Forestry Act 1916. Status of reserves requires action by Parliament in accordance with legislation for reservation or revocation. ecological community – An assemblage of species occupying a particular area. ecologically sustainable forest management (ESFM) – The management of forests so that they are sustained in perpetuity for the benefit of society, by ensuring that the values of the forests are not lost or degraded for current and future generations. ecosystem – Communities of organisms and their physical environment interacting as a unit. See ‘forest ecosystem’. ecosystem health and vitality – Ecosystem health is the state of an ecosystem’s processes (energy, nutrient, hydrological and biological), which maintains the vitality of the system, being the ability of an ecosystem to perpetuate itself. Environment Protection and Regulation Group (EPRG) of DECC – leads the State’s response to regulating a diverse range of activities that can affect the health of the NSW environment and its people. ‘Regulation’ is delivered by using a mix of tools, including education, partnerships, licensing and approvals, audit, enforcement and economic mechanisms. The group generally works outside the protected conservation areas and focuses on the areas where populations and economic activity interact with the environment. filter strip – A strip of vegetation or groundcover along each side of a watercourse/drainage line, retained for the purposes of retarding or reducing lateral flow of runoff and sediment movement into the watercourse/drainage line and reducing the risk of channel and streambank erosion. forest – A vegetation type dominated by woody vegetation having a mature, or potentially mature, stand height exceeding six metres, with an overstory canopy cover greater than 20%. forest ecosystem – Native vegetation overstory of trees with greater than 20% canopy cover. Forest ecosystems were mapped and defined during the CRAs in terms of floristic composition in combination with substrate and position within the landscape. The JANIS report identified forest ecosystems as the primary surrogate for biodiversity in CRAs. Forest Management Zone (FMZ) – A land classification system that sets out management intent across State forests and differentiates between those areas of State forest set aside for conservation and those areas available for timber harvesting and other activities. See also Special Management Zones. Forest Resource and Management Evaluation System (FRAMES) – Forests NSW statewide forest resource inventory, growth modelling, simulation and harvest scheduling system for the New South Wales public native forest resource. forest type – A class in the hierarchy of vegetation classification of forests characterised by the taxonomic and or structural composition of canopy trees (usually by a dominant species). gazettal – The formal process by which land becomes part of the NSW parks system, announced by a notice published in the NSW Government Gazette. habitat – The living space of a species or community, providing a particular set of environmental conditions. NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS
Informal reserve – A reserve that contains, and is managed for, conservation values that contribute to the CAR reserve system and meets the principles for Informal reserves as described in the JANIS report. JANIS report – The report by the Joint Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC)/Ministerial Council on Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture (MCFFA) National Forests Policy Statement Implementation Sub-committee, titled Nationally Agreed Criteria for the Establishment of a Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative Reserve System for Forests in Australia (Commonwealth of Australia 1997). native forest – Any locally indigenous forest community containing the full complement of native species and habitats normally associated with that community, or having the potential to develop those characteristics. old growth – Forest that is ecologically mature and has little disturbance by activities such as logging, building roads or clearing. The definition focuses on forest in which the upper layer or overstory is in the late-mature to over-mature growth phases. park – In this report, this refers to any area, within the Forest Agreement regions, of national park (NP), nature reserve (NR), State conservation area (SCA), regional park (RP), Aboriginal area, historic site or karst conservation reserve (KCR) managed by the Parks and Wildlife Group of DECC. See also reserve. Parks and Wildlife Group (DECC) – Manages NSW protected areas, including national parks, wilderness areas and marine parks for conservation, education and public enjoyment. The group also forms partnerships with communities to protect biodiversity and cultural heritage on private and other public lands. plantation – Intensively managed stands of trees of either native or exotic species, created by the regular placement of seedlings or seed. public forest – Any forest on Crown land for which management responsibility has been delegated to government agencies, local governments or other instrumentalities. regions – Relates to NSW forest agreement regions (UNE, LNE, Southern and Eden regions). reserve – Land identified for conservation or related purposes on a range of tenures, including Crown land, State forest and national park. See also park. Includes informal reserves and dedicated reserves. snig track – A track along which snigging equipment (i.e. wheeled or tracked vehicles) travels. species – A group of organisms that are biologically capable of breeding and producing fertile offspring with each other but not with other organisms in other groups. Special management zones – Under the Forestry Act 1916 the Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources may, by notice in the Government Gazette, declare any area of State forest (other than a flora reserve) to be a special management zone if satisfied that the area has special conservation value. Special Management Zones strengthen the conservation status of the informal reserve system and may only be revoked by an act of parliament. State forest – Land dedicated under the Forestry Act 1916. NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS XIX
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