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64 The PR Act and Code provide certainty for harvesting, which was previously provided under the Timber Plantations (Harvest Guarantee) Act 1995. Plantations certified under the Timber Plantations (Harvest Guarantee) Act are deemed to be authorised under the Plantations and Reafforestation Act. A statutory review of the Act and Code started in January 2005. As required, a report to Parliament on the outcomes of the review was filed in December 2005. During 2006 and 2007 inter-agency working groups developed amendments to the Act and Code based on the recommendations in the report. An Industry Reference Group was consulted on the proposed amendments. It is intended to place the proposed amendments on public exhibition, providing an opportunity for comment by the broader community. An Amendment Bill will then be introduced into Parliament. In 2005–2006, as part of data provision for the Commonwealth State of the Forest 2008 reporting process, Forests NSW and PWG rated the extent to which the existing legal framework, applicable to their tenure, provided for ESFM. The ESFM components considered included forest management planning and review, and public and indigenous participation (see tables in the 2006–2007 Annual Report). Forests NSW and PWG also considered whether the existing legal framework provided for best practice for a number of forest activities. Forests NSW and PWG considered that the existing legal framework overwhelmingly provides for the various ESFM aspects and coverage of forest activities. As in the 2005–2006 and 2006–2007 reporting years, management policies are reported on under Criterion 7.2. This is to align reporting with the national State of the Forests 2008 reporting requirements. Legal framework and Aboriginal interests The extent to which facets of Indigenous participation in ecologically sustainable forest management is provided for in the legal frameworks for nature conservation reserves in NSW has not changed from the previous reporting period. As at 30 June 2008, co-management arrangements in the regions included: In the UNE region: Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) with the Bundjalung people of Byron Bay (Arakwal) for Arakwal NP and a proposed Ti Tree Lake Aboriginal Area near Cape Byron; and with the Githabul people for ten parks in the Kyogle area. (DECC Annual Report 2007–08). In November 2007, the Federal Court recognised the Githabul people’s native title rights to over 112 000 ha of public lands, including DECC estate and state forests in the Kyogle, Woodenbong and Tenterfield areas of NSW. This is the largest determination of native title in NSW, and means the Githabul people are legally entitled to access and camp in the areas; fish, hunt and gather animal and plant resources for personal use; take and use water for personal use; access the area for spiritual purposes and access sites of spiritual significance; and protect places of importance from physical harm. The rights are non-exclusive, meaning that the wider community will still be able to access these areas. In the UNE, 30 782 ha of State forest tenure was recognised with Native Title with the Githabul people, and Forests NSW entered into an Indigenous Land Use Agreement with Aboriginal people over a total of 53 279 ha of land. Under the agreement, State Forests remains land manager while NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS
Aboriginal elders will have input to land management practices, and access to cultural teaching as well as a place where all people can come together to share cultural and historical information. The Githabul NPs Management Committee, whose role is to advise DECC on the care, control and management of the 10 parks, was appointed in November 2007. The Githabul People’s non-exclusive native title rights and interests have been recognised in nine national parks and 13 state forests in northern New South Wales. The parks are: Border Ranges National Park, Captains Creek Nature Reserve, Koreelah National Park, Mount Clunie National Park, Mount Nothofagus National Park, part of Richmond Range National Park, Tooloom National Park, Toonumbar National Park and Yabbra National Park. The State forests are: Bald Knob, Beaury, Bookookoorara, Donaldson, Edinburgh Castle, Koreelah, Mount Lindesay, Richmond Range, South Toonumbar, Toonumbar, Unumgar, Woodenbong, and Yabbra State Forest. Non-exclusive rights were also recognised over the Dairy Flat Travelling Stock Reserve through agreement with the Casino Rural Lands Protection Board. In the LNE region: Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) signed for parks in the Central Coast–Hunter Range Region. DECC is also working with the Forster Local Aboriginal Land Council to cooperatively manage lands at Seal Rocks. The Worimi Board of Management met for the first time in March 2008. The board, with a majority of Worimi registered Aboriginal owners, has the care, control and management of Worimi NP, Worimi RP and Worimi SCA. In the Southern and Eden regions: The Biamanga Board of Management, which is responsible for the care, control and management of Biamanga NP, and the Gulaga Board of Management, which is responsible for the care, control and management of Gulaga NP, met for the first time in August 2007. The members of both Boards are mainly Yuin registered Aboriginal owners. In 2004–2005 and 2006–2007 the level of Aboriginal community consultation and input into decision making for Parks in each FA was reported on for all regions using data from the SoP qualitative assessment so as to align the two reporting processes. A SoP survey did not take place in the 2007–2008 reporting year so this data is not available. NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS 65
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