Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020

to establish and maintain a database of information about the animal and its habitat; and

to the extent practicable, to prepare and put into effect recovery plans or conservation plans for the animal and its habitat; and

to seek funding to help achieve the objectives of the recovery plans or conservation plans; and

to act to ensure viable populations of the animal in the wild are preserved or re-established; and

to cooperate with the Commonwealth and other State agencies—

for the ongoing protection and management of the animal and its habitat; and

to work towards a national conservation status for the animal and its habitat; and

to implement education programs for land managers about—

threatening processes to the animal or its habitat; and

the conservation of the animal and its habitat; and

to regularly monitor and review the conservation status of the animal and its habitat; and

to encourage scientific research and inventory programs likely to contribute to an understanding of the animal or its habitat, including, for example, the requirements for conserving the animal or habitat; and

to protect the critical habitat, or the areas of major interest, for the animal; and

to monitor and review environmental impact procedures to ensure they—

accurately assess the extent of the impact, on the animal, of the activities to which the procedures relate; and

provide for effective measures to mitigate any adverse impact of the activities on the animal; and

if there is an adverse impact of the activities on an area in which the animal normally lives, provide for the enhancement of other areas where the animal normally lives.