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2.3.2          As a priority, the remnant lowland subtropical hardwood forest will be maintained.

2.3.3          The Director may take actions or authorise (whether by permit, contract, lease, letter or licence) actions by other persons concerning species, including species listed under Part 13 of the EPBC Act, that are otherwise prohibited by the EPBC Act or Regulations for the purpose of managing the botanic garden's living collection and herbarium collection or where they are necessary to implement this plan.

2.3.4          The living and herbarium collections will give priority to plants native to Norfolk Island with an emphasis on EPBC Act listed species.
         Actions
2.3.5          Maintain the living collection to high curatorial standards.

2.3.6          Enhance the living and herbarium collections through the inclusion of threatened plants in ex situ conservation and preserved as herbarium specimens.
2.3.7          Maintain the botanic garden's infrastructure, including the Discovery Centre and associated displays, to reflect the focus on education, interpretation and tourism-related activities.
2.3.8          Maintain the herbarium collection as a park resource and for public reference, forwarding duplicates of herbarium specimens to reputable scientific institutions.
2.3.9          Make seeds, germplasm and/or vegetative material available to the National Seed Bank, the Millennium Seed Bank at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, or similar collections.

2.4 Research and monitoring

         Our aim
         Research and monitoring activities in the park and botanic garden contribute to improved conservation and management of park and botanic garden values.

         Background
         Research provides information about park and botanic garden values, visitor use and impact. Monitoring is an essential management tool for keeping track of changes to the environment and for measuring the success of management actions.

         Research and monitoring assist the Director to make decisions about management of the park and botanic garden. This work may be carried out by staff or consultants engaged by the Director or undertaken in partnership with other government agencies, universities, non-government organisations and individuals.

         In some cases, organisations and individuals carry out research and monitoring activities for their own purposes for either not-for-profit or commercial purposes.

         EPBC legislative provisions relevant to research and monitoring

         Under r.12.10 of the EPBC Regulations research may not be undertaken in the park unless it is provided for by, and carried out in accordance with, this plan, or is authorised by a permit. Research which involves taking, keeping, injuring, killing or moving native species, or is undertaken for commercial purposes, is prohibited by ss.354 and 354A of the Act except where undertaken in accordance with this plan.

         Research which involves actions that affect members of species that are protected under Part 13 of the EPBC Act (i.e. listed threatened species, ecological communities, migratory species, marine species, or cetaceans) must also comply with the provisions of Part 13