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sustainable and equitable partnerships with the tourism industry.

   The Nagoya Protocol

   In October 2010 the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Australia signed the protocol in January 2012 and is committed to its full implementation and ratification.

   The protocol establishes an internationally recognised framework for access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge for research activities and sharing the benefits from their use. Access to biological resources in Commonwealth areas such as the park is regulated under the EPBC Act and EPBC Regulations (see also Section 3.1 Knowledge for managing country).

   UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

   On 3 April 2009 the Australian Government announced its support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Although the Declaration is non-binding and does not affect existing Australian law, it does set important international principles for nations to aspire to and many of its provisions are grounded in the core human rights treaties to which Australia is a party.

   World Heritage Convention

   The World Heritage Convention is an international agreement which encourages countries to ensure the protection of their natural and cultural heritage which has outstanding universal value. The convention aims to define and conserve the world's most outstanding heritage places by drawing up a list of sites whose outstanding universal value should be preserved for all humanity and to ensure their protection through cooperation among nations. Parties to the Convention undertake to identify, protect, conserve, present and transmit to future generations the World Heritage sites on their territory.

   Australia was one of the first countries in the world to ratify the convention, which came into force in 1975. At the time of preparing this plan, the park is one of only 38 World Heritage sites listed for both its natural and cultural heritage.

   The listing of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park as a World Heritage Cultural Landscape provides international recognition of Tjukurpa as a major religious philosophy which links Aṉangu to their environment. Appendix B summarises the park's World Heritage criteria and attributes.

   In 1995 the Director and the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa Board of Management were awarded the Picasso Gold Medal, UNESCO's highest award, for outstanding efforts to preserve the landscape and Aṉangu culture and for setting new international standards for World Heritage management.
 Appendix G
 Summary of the process used to prepare this plan

 In preparing this management plan, the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa Board of Management followed the process outlined in Section 368 of the EPBC Act. The actual steps taken by the Board, and the timing of each