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or as otherwise approved by the Board.

      10.13.13       Registered wildlife carers may keep native animals caught in the park only for the purposes of rehabilitation and release back into their natural habitat.

      10.13.14       To minimise the risk of introducing diseases into the park, injured or orphaned animals that are taken out of the park will not be allowed to be returned to the park except with the Director's approval.

Appendices

Appendix A

World Heritage attributes of Kakadu National Park

The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 1972 (World Heritage Convention) is concerned with identifying, protecting and conserving cultural or natural features of outstanding universal value. Kakadu is listed as a World Heritage area under the following cultural and natural criteria.
Cultural criteria

Criterion (i) Masterpiece of human creative genius

The rock art sites of Kakadu National Park represent a unique artistic achievement, spanning a continuum tens of thousands of years to the present and continuing to maintain an important function in the cultural and social aspects of contemporary Indigenous communities. The World Heritage values include rock art sites which:

    * in themselves represent a unique artistic achievement and which comprise one of the greatest concentrations of rock art in the world;

    * are of great antiquity and which represent a continuous temporal span from the Pleistocene Epoch to the present;

    * exhibit great diversity, both in space and through time, yet embody a continuous cultural development; and

    * demonstrate in the record of the art sites a living cultural tradition which continues today.

Criterion (vi) Directly associated with events or living traditions

Kakadu National Park is associated with events, ideas and beliefs of outstanding universal significance. The World Heritage values include cultural sites which:

    * form a rich collection of places imbued with strong spiritual associations relating to creator beings and are connected to the continuing practice of traditional beliefs and practices;

    * demonstrate in the art and the archaeological record a living cultural tradition that continues today;

    * are of great antiquity and represent a continuous temporal span from the Pleistocene Epoch to the present;

    * include archaeological sites which are currently some of the oldest dated within Australia;

    * exhibit great diversity, both in space and through time, yet embody a continuous cultural development;

    * preserve a record, not only in the form of archaeological sites but also through rock art, of human responses and adaptation to major environmental change including rising sea levels; and

    * preserve fragile items of material culture not commonly found within other archaeological sites.

Natural criteria

Criterion (vii) Contains superlative natural phenomena

Kakadu National Park has features of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance and contains superlative natural