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 7. the benefit of the use to the present generation should not diminish the potential of the reserve or zone to meet the needs and aspirations of future generations;
 8. transparency of decision-making—the framework and processes for decision-making for management of the reserve or zone should be transparent. The reason for making decisions should be publicly available, except to the extent that information, including information that is culturally sensitive or commercial-in-confidence, needs to be treated as confidential; and
 9. joint management—if the reserve or zone is wholly or partly owned by Aboriginal people, continuing traditional use of the reserve or zone by resident Indigenous people, including the protection and maintenance of cultural heritage, should be recognised.
Principles for each IUCN category represented in the South-west Network
Part 2 of Schedule 8 of the EPBC Regulations sets out the management principles applicable to each category in the South-west Network. The principles provide guidance on the purposes for which an area should be used and the general types of activities that may be conducted. They underpin decisions and prescriptions for each IUCN category.
 1. Strict nature reserve (IUCN category Ia)
     1. The reserve or zone should be managed primarily for scientific research or environmental monitoring based on the following principles.
     2. Habitats, ecosystems and native species should be conserved in as undisturbed a state as possible.
     3. Genetic resources should be maintained in a dynamic and evolutionary state.
     4. Established ecological processes should be maintained.
     5. Structural landscape features or rock exposures should be safeguarded.
     6. Examples of the natural environment should be secured for scientific studies, environmental monitoring and education, including baseline areas from which all avoidable access is excluded.
     7. Disturbance should be minimised by careful planning and execution of research and other approved activities.
     8. Public access should be limited to the extent it is consistent with these principles.
 2. National park (IUCN category II)
     1. The reserve or zone should be protected and managed to preserve its natural condition according to the following principles.
     2. Natural and scenic areas of national and international significance should be protected for spiritual, scientific, educational, and recreational or tourist purposes.
     3. Representative examples of physiographic regions, biotic communities, genetic resources and native species should be perpetuated in as natural a state as possible to provide ecological stability and diversity.
     4. Visitor use should be managed for inspirational, educational, cultural and recreational purposes at a level that will maintain the reserve or zone in a natural or near-natural state.
     5. Management should seek to ensure that exploitation or occupation inconsistent with these principles does not occur.
     6. Respect should be maintained for the ecological, geomorphologic, sacred and aesthetic attributes for which the