Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00298:schedule:9:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00298
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 9 (pt 2/7)
Character Range: 101766–104961

report to First Ministers within six months.
    8. The report referred to in clause 7 will take into account the preparation of an 'Australian National Strategy for the Conservation of Species and Communities Threatened With Extinction' by the Endangered Species Advisory Committee which was established to advise the Commonwealth Minister of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and the Territories and will include the following:
          (i) the identification of Australia's rare, vulnerable and endangered species of flora and fauna;
          (ii) the options for off reserve protection of species and habitats to complement the reserve system and the identification of ecologically significant remnant vegetation;
          (iii) the manner in which all levels of Government might ensure that land or resource use decision making processes explicitly identify circumstances where there is an impact on identified rare, vulnerable and endangered species and assess the nature of this impact prior to taking a decision;
          (iv) the development of mechanisms on a cooperative basis to address cross‑jurisdictional problems;
          (v) the setting of outcomes and goals and the allocation of tasks in relation to all States and the Commonwealth and monitoring and reporting on the achievement of those outcomes and goals;
          (vi) the co‑ordination of any research initiatives;
          (vii) the resource and financial implications and impacts of any national approach.
    9. The parties recognise the threat posed on both the natural environment and agricultural and maricultural production by pest species of introduced plants and animals and acknowledge that a cooperative national approach to their control has the potential to produce savings from a reduction of duplication of existing effort. The parties agree that the Commonwealth's role should be one of facilitating co‑ordinated State efforts within its national approach. Due to the nature of the threat, coordination of a national approach should be undertaken through the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council, the Australian Agricultural Council and the Australian Fisheries Council.
    10. The parties agree to co‑operate in fulfilling Australia's commitments under international nature conservation treaties and recognise the Commonwealth's responsibilities in ensuring that those commitments are met.
    11. The parties recognise the Commonwealth's responsibilities with regard to the implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the export of wildlife and wildlife products. The Commonwealth and the States agree to cooperate in the development of improved intergovernmental arrangements for regulating commercial use of native wildlife, including setting of nationally sustainable harvesting levels, establishment of national standards in marketing of wildlife products, and streamlining of permits and regulatory controls and enforcement.
    12. The parties agree that the management of parks and protected areas is largely a function of the States. The Commonwealth has a responsibility for parks