Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020

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

to monitor and review the conservation status of the plant and its habitat; and

to the extent practicable, to put into effect strategies to address any threats to the conservation of the plant; and

to act to prevent the further population decline of the plant in the wild; and

to cooperate with the Commonwealth and other State agencies—

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

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

to monitor and review information about the requirements for the conservation of the plant and its habitat; and

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

if a threatening process is affecting the plant to the extent that it is likely to become classified as extinct wildlife, extinct in the wild wildlife, critically endangered wildlife, endangered wildlife or vulnerable wildlife (each the new class of wildlife)—to manage the plant as if it were in the new class of wildlife until the plant is reclassified as a new class of wildlife; and

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

to monitor and review environmental impact procedures to ensure they—

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

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

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