Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00795:schedule:1:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00795
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 4/11)
Character Range: 9636–12707

promote and support water and related resource management practices which are compatible with the spirit and intent of the Agreement;
         (h) to encourage and promote research and monitoring to improve understanding and support informed decision making in the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area;
         (i) to provide for the review and, if necessary, revision of the Agreement from time to time; and
         (j) to raise general public awareness of the special biodiversity and heritage values of the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area.

Part III ‑ Guiding Principles

    3.1 Consideration of all issues and the making of all decisions under this Agreement will be guided by the following Principles, namely that it be acknowledged:
          (a) that the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area has important social, environmental, economic and cultural values which need to be conserved and promoted;
          (b) that there are landscapes and watercourses in the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area that are valuable for aesthetic, wilderness, cultural and tourism purposes;
          (c) that naturally variable flow regimes and the maintenance of water quality are fundamental to the health of the aquatic ecosystems in the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area;
          (d) that the water requirements for ecological processes, biodiversity and ecologically significant areas within the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area should be maintained, especially by means of flow variability and seasonality;
          (e) that flooding throughout the catchments within the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area is beneficial in that it makes a significant contribution to pastoral activities as well as flood plain ecosystem processes;
          (f) that the storage and use of water both within and away from watercourses, and the storage and use of water from associated ground water, are all linked and should be considered together, and that water resources throughout catchments within the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area should be managed on an integrated basis;
          (g) that precautionary approaches need to be taken so as to minimise the impact on known environmental attributes, and reduce the possibility of affecting poorly understood ecological functions;
          (h) that natural resource management decisions need to be made within the context of the National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development and relevant national and international obligations;
          (i) that the collective local knowledge and experience of the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area communities are of significant value; and
          (j) that decisions need to be based on the best available scientific and technical information together with the collective local knowledge and experience of communities within the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area.

Part IV ‑ Roles of the Parties

Responsibilities and Interests of all Parties

    4.1 The following will guide the Parties in defining the roles, responsibilities and interests of the Parties in relation to the achievement of the objectives of