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wattle
   Acacia ammobia; and the herb Stylidium inaequipetalum (Morton et al. 1995).

   Eleven plant species that are 'rare in the Northern Territory' occur in the Park (ANCA data base). These are the adder's tongue ferns Ophioglossum lusitanicum and O.polyphyllum, the sedge Juncus continuus, the lily Wurmbea centralis, the grasses Enneapogon caerulescens, Eragrostis sterilis, the chenopod Maireana lanosa, Goodenia occidentalis, Sida calyxhymenia, the daisy Chthonocephalus pseudevax and the pea flower Isotropis centralis.

   An unusually diverse fauna assemblage occurs in an area extending north from Uluṟu, to the west of
   Yulara town-site and West to the Sedimentaries. The park has a very rich reptile fauna of high conservation significance with 73 species recorded (DNP 1999). The fauna is richer than that recorded for any other area of comparable size in the semi-arid zone. These include species of 5 legless lizard, 11 geckoes, 8 dragons, 6 goannas, 29 skinks, 3 blind snakes, 2 pythons and 8 elapid snakes (Reid et al. 1993).

   Criteria: D

   The place has significant heritage value because of the place's importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of:
     1. a class of Australia's natural or cultural places; or

     2. a class of Australia's natural or cultural environments.

   Values

   Uluṟu and Kata Tjuṯa represent outstanding examples of tectonic and geomorphic processes and of the long history of the Australian landscape.

   The geological history of Uluṟu and Kata Tjuṯa starts around 400 million years ago with an episode of folding and vaulting which lasted 100 million years. Rocks were rotated and tilted. During the 300 million years since that time, much of Australia was eroded down to a great plain leaving only the harder rocks protruding. This process created the monoliths that are now known as Uluṟu and Kata Tjuṯa (Sweet and
   Crick 1992). The different composition of these two relatively close outcrops and the different extent of block tilting and types of erosion.
 Appendix F
 Legislative context

 The EPBC Act and EPBC Regulations

 Objects of the Act

 The objects of the EPBC Act as set out in Part 1 of the Act are:

   •      to provide for the protection of the environment, especially those aspects of the environment that are matters of national environmental significance;

   •      to promote ecologically sustainable development through the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of natural resources;
   •      to promote the conservation of biodiversity;

   •      to provide for the protection and conservation of heritage;

   •      to promote a co-operative approach to the protection and management of the environment involving governments, the community, land-holders and Indigenous peoples;
   •      to assist in the co-operative implementation of Australia's international environmental responsibilities;

   •      to recognise the role of Indigenous people in the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity; and