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management of terrestrial fauna is closely linked to the management of vegetation communities. The park's diverse vegetation communities include relict rainforest, littoral rainforest, forest, woodland, wet and dry heath, coastal scrub and grassland communities. Extensive seagrass beds are a feature of the park's marine component and mangroves are also present.

Bowen Island requires a distinctive management approach in light of its unique vegetation communities and significance as seabird breeding habitat. Although the use of fire to manage Bowen Island was excluded under the first plan, future management may require use of fire to maintain the island's natural values.

The living collection of the Booderee Botanic Gardens contains open ground plantings of some 1,200 taxa, which are cultivated and displayed to facilitate the study, conservation, promotion and enjoyment of Australia's plant heritage, concentrating on species of the coastal regions of south-eastern Australia.

Climate change represents a major threat to the park's cultural and natural heritage. Traditional owners want both traditional and scientific knowledge used to ensure the park's cultural and natural heritage values are available to future generations.

    6.1           Protecting and promoting culture and knowledge

Aim
    * Culture and cultural knowledge are protected and maintained with traditional owners guiding their management and use.

Background
Aboriginal people play an active and significant role in shaping the heritage of Booderee. The Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community's association with the area is evident today in knowledge of sites and significant places, oral history and storytelling, together with strong family connections and associations to specific areas of the park. It is important to traditional owners that this association is maintained for future generations.

Aboriginal cultural heritage at Booderee includes physical cultural heritage such as shell middens and camp hearths as well as oral history and cultural associations with the landscape.

There have been several studies on physical Aboriginal heritage conducted in the area of the park (Sullivan 1977, Navin and Officer 1993, Sachs 1997). Other studies have recorded the cultural association and importance of the area to the Aboriginal people of Wreck Bay (Egloff 1981, Egloff, Navin and Officer 1995).

A time capsule was installed at Green Patch in July 1998 at the ceremony for renaming the park. The time capsule is to be re-opened when the Lease expires in 2094.

During the life of the first plan a Junior Ranger Program was initiated, aimed at educating young Community people about local Aboriginal culture as well as the natural values of Booderee. The program operates under a Memorandum of Understanding between the Director and the Jervis Bay Primary School and aligns with school curricula. The program's objectives are in keeping with the park's joint management philosophy and the provisions and obligations of the Lease (see also