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DRAFT Tuart Conservation and Management Strategy

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APPENDIX 6.8<br />

EXISTING INITIATIVES AND ACTIONS<br />

OUTCOME 4: PARTNERSHIPS<br />

Partnerships will be built or consolidated within <strong>and</strong> between community groups with differing<br />

interests in tuart trees <strong>and</strong> tuart ecosystems.<br />

• Conducted the <strong>Tuart</strong> Science Workshop to consider priority areas for tuart health research.<br />

Involved Government agencies, research institutions, local government, companies <strong>and</strong><br />

community groups. Summarised research findings in the Status Report for <strong>Tuart</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> Protection.<br />

• Obtained external funding for tuart projects.<br />

• Conducted tuart education workshops on hydrogeology, tuart vegetation ecosystems <strong>and</strong><br />

communities, tuart decline, climate variability, tuart research framework, tuart in the l<strong>and</strong>scape <strong>and</strong><br />

planning for public involvement.<br />

OUTCOME 5: DEVELOPMENT PLANS<br />

All plans <strong>and</strong> processes for developing l<strong>and</strong> within tuart’s natural range will take account of the<br />

need to conserve tuart <strong>and</strong> its ecosystems.<br />

• Briefed statutory authorities, local governments <strong>and</strong> Natural Resource <strong>Management</strong> groups on the<br />

need to consider tuart conservation <strong>and</strong> management in strategic plans <strong>and</strong> town <strong>and</strong> district town<br />

planning schemes.<br />

OUTCOME 6: INCENTIVES<br />

Institutional arrangements will provide incentives <strong>and</strong> support to l<strong>and</strong> owners <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong><br />

managers for the conservation <strong>and</strong> management of tuart trees <strong>and</strong> its ecosystems.<br />

• Considered tuart protection incentive options for inclusion in the draft <strong>Tuart</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Management</strong> <strong>Strategy</strong> at the stakeholder <strong>and</strong> community workshops.<br />

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