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Committee, and Tourism Top End; and working with Northern Territory Government emergency services in relation to incident management operations such as search and rescue.

Neighbours

Parks Australia works closely with park neighbours, including Energy Resources Australia, Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area, Nitmiluk National Park, Mt Bundy Military Reserve and pastoral properties to manage a range of common issues including weed, feral animal and fire management. Parks Australia also collaborates with neighbours on incident management and joint training. The Kakadu Board of Management has a representative on the Nitmiluk National Park Board of Management.

Partnerships

Parks Australia has cooperative relationships with a range of agencies based outside the Kakadu region including non-government organisations such as universities and other research organisations. Many of these agencies have interests in and/or skills and knowledge that can contribute to the management of the park. As a consequence, these partners play an essential role in the effective management of the park. At the time of preparing the plan, partnerships included the National Environmental Research Programme, Conservation Volunteers Australia, the Institute of Professional Practice in Heritage at the Australian National University, Charles Darwin University, the Supervising Scientist and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Climate Adaptation Flagship.

Management issues

    * Maintaining good relationships and networks is essential to effective park management

    * Particular attention needs to be paid to working with neighbours on all park boundaries in the management of fire, feral animals and weeds.

    * Mining operations at the Ranger uranium mine may conclude during the life of this plan with processing operations currently scheduled to continue until 2021, and rehabilitation to be completed by 2026. While closure of the mine is not expected to directly impact park operations, there will be a potential reduction in size of Jabiru and potentially significant impacts on services and support available in the town. The lease area may be incorporated back into the park at some point after the closure. Prior to incorporating the mine area into the park a number of issues need to be resolved and agreed regarding ongoing management responsibilities.

Policies

     9.7.1              The Director will further develop and maintain good working relationships with park stakeholders, neighbours and other organisations and individuals who have an interest in the park.

     9.7.2              To help facilitate participation of appropriate stakeholders in park management, the Board may:

        (a)      seek representation on relevant advisory, project and steering committees (see Section 4.1: Making decisions and working together (Board of Management))

        (b)      establish additional advisory, management and consultative committees

        (c)       contribute to regional programmes and assist neighbours and stakeholders in a manner consistent with this plan.

     9.7.3              Consistent with Section 4.1.4, the Director will, as far as practicable, consult with stakeholders where their