Vegetation Management Act 1999

The chief executive may declare an area to be an area of high nature conservation value only if the chief executive considers—

implementation of the management plan for the area will help to conserve its high nature conservation value; and

the area is 1 or more of the following—

a wildlife refugium;

a centre of endemism;

an area containing a vegetation clump or corridor that contributes to the maintenance of biodiversity;

an area that makes a significant contribution to the conservation of biodiversity;

an area that contributes to the conservation value of a wetland, lake or spring stated in the notice mentioned in section 19F(1) for the declaration;

another area that contributes to the conservation of the environment.

The chief executive may declare an area to be an area vulnerable to land degradation only if the chief executive considers—

implementation of the management plan for the area will help to prevent or minimise land degradation in the area; and

the area is subject to 1 or more of the following—

soil erosion;

rising water tables;

the expression of salinity, whether inside or outside the area;

mass movement by gravity of soil or rock;

stream bank instability;

a process that results in declining water quality.

An area declared under this subdivision may include an area of regrowth vegetation.