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of the appropriate use, appreciation and enjoyment of the area by the public.

      The purposes for which Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park was declared are consistent with the characteristics for IUCN protected area category II 'national park'.

      In addition to assigning a Commonwealth reserve to an IUCN protected area category, a management plan may also divide a Commonwealth reserve into zones and assign each zone to an IUCN category. The category to which a zone is assigned may differ from the category to which the reserve is assigned (s.367(2)). The provisions of a management plan must not be inconsistent with the management principles for the IUCN category to which the reserve or a zone of the reserve is assigned (s.367(3)).

      In 2017, the Director granted a township sublease to the Executive Director of Township Leasing over an area of the park which includes the Muṯitjulu community. This area, called the Muṯitjulu Township Zone, remains part of the Commonwealth reserve and a World Heritage area and is assigned IUCN category VI 'managed resource use protected area' by this management plan (Figure 3). Accordingly, development in the Muṯitjulu Township Zone must occur in a sustainable manner, consistent with the relevant aspects of this management plan, the terms and conditions of the Sublease, and other relevant legislation. For more information, see Section 4.2 Muṯitjulu community.

      Prescriptions

          1.5.1        The park is assigned IUCN protected area management category II 'national park'.

          1.5.2        The park is divided into two zones, the National Park Zone and the Muṯitjulu Township Zone. The location and boundary of each zone is set out in Figure 3.

          1.5.3        The National Park Zone is assigned to Australian IUCN protected area management category II 'national park', and will be managed in accordance with the principles set down in Schedule 8 of the EPBC Regulations being:
            1. natural and scenic areas of national and international significance should be protected for spiritual, scientific, educational, recreational or tourist purposes.
            2. representative examples of physiographic regions, biotic communities, genetic resources, and native species should be perpetuated in as natural a state as possible to provide ecological stability and diversity.
            3. visitor use should be managed for inspirational, educational, cultural and recreational purposes at a level that will maintain the reserve or zone in a natural or near natural state.
            4. management should seek to ensure that exploitation or occupation inconsistent with these principles does not occur.
            5. respect should be maintained for the ecological, geomorphologic, sacred and aesthetic attributes for which the reserve or zone was assigned to this category.
            6. the needs of Indigenous people should be taken into account, including subsistence resource use, to the extent that they do not conflict with these principles.
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