ILLAWARRA BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY Vol. 2 - Wollongong City ...

3.2 FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND POLICYAnumberof national statutesandpoliciesfurther define Australia’s commitment to biodiversityconservation. The most significant areoutlinedbelow.3.2.1 Environment Protectionand BiodiversityConservation Act1999 (EPBC Act)The EPBC Act providesanational scheme for environmentalprotectionand biodiversity conservation.The ActidentifiesapprovedmattersofNationalEnvironmental Significance(NES) andprovides anassessmentprocessforthese. MattersofNES include:• WorldHeritageProperties;• National Heritage Places;• Wetlandsof International Importance (Ramsarwetlands);• ThreatenedSpecies andEndangeredEcologicalCommunities;• Migratory Species-JAMBA/CAMBA/ROKAMBA Species;• CommonwealthMarine Areas; and• Nuclear Actions(includingmining).ImpactsonmattersofNEStraditionally triggerareferral process to the Department ofEnvironment,Water,Heritage and the Arts.However,since the Commonwealthand the NSWGovernment signedaBilateral Agreementon18January 2007, pursuant toSection45of theEPBC Act,impactsonmattersofnational environmentalsignificance arenow assessedunder the ImpactAssessment Regimes ofPart3a,4and5of theEPAAct. Thisbilateral agreementwillexpire on18January2012.Appendices 3, 4, 5 and6highlight thosespecies andcommunities in theIllawarra which arelisted underthe EPBC Act. Table 2: also lists the recovery plansmade under theEPBC Act thatare relevant to theIllawarra.Table 2: National RecoveryPlans for speciesoccurringin the IllawarraFloraDaphandra species CIrenepharsustrypherusZieriagranulataPterostylis gibbosaFaunaGiant Burrowing Frog(inpreparation)Green andGoldenBell Frog(inpreparation)StutteringFrog (inpreparation)EasternBristlebird(inpreparation)Spotted-tailedquoll(inpreparation)Grey-headed Flying-fox (inpreparation)BroadHeadedSnake(inpreparation)International migratorybirdsThe AustralianGovernment has entered intothreebilateralmigratory birdagreements. These are:• Japan-Australia MigratoryBirdAgreement(JAMBA);• China-AustraliaMigratory BirdAgreement(CAMBA); and• RepublicofKorea -Australia Migratory BirdAgreement (ROKAMBA).ILLAWARRA BIODIVERSITYSTRATEGYVol.2Background document 6