Schedule 4

Objectives for management of public reserves

In force

Sections 3A , 12D , 12E , 12H , 29A , 40 and 42

	Column 1	Column 2
	Reserve	Management objectives
	Public reserve	The following objectives:
		to conserve natural biological diversity;
		to conserve geological diversity;
		to preserve the quality of water and protect catchments;
		to conserve sites or areas of cultural significance;
		to encourage education based on the purposes of reservation and the significance of the public reserve;
		to encourage research, particularly that which furthers the purposes of reservation;
		to protect the public reserve against, and rehabilitate the public reserve following, adverse impacts such as those of fire, introduced species, diseases and soil erosion on the public reserve's natural and cultural values and on assets within and adjacent to the public reserve;
		to encourage tourism, recreational use and enjoyment consistent with the conservation of the area's natural and cultural values;
		to encourage cooperative management programs with Aboriginal people in areas of significance to them in a manner consistent with the purposes of reservation and the other management objectives;
		to provide for the taking, on an ecologically sustainable basis, of designated game species for commercial or private purposes, or both;
		to provide for the controlled use of natural resources;
		to provide for exploration activities and utilisation of mineral resources;
		to allow for private, commercial or industrial uses.

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