Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287:reg:3:p108
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 108/276)
Character Range: 436643–439868

public reserves managed by NIRC detail specific values, threats and management strategies.

Other Commonwealth Government agencies

Legislative context

Under the Biosecurity Act 2015, the DAFF is responsible for regulating the importation of goods into Norfolk Island and protecting Norfolk Island's unique biosecurity status.
DITRDCA is responsible for state-type biosecurity functions and, in partnership with NIRC through a Service Delivery Agreement, administers several programs which support the management of biosecurity on Norfolk Island. These include targeted pest eradication programs and biosecurity surveys. DITRDCA also provides funding to and collaborates with Parks Australia and NIRC to manage invasive pest animal and plant species.
Other Australian Government agencies are responsible for parcels of Commonwealth land under their respective jurisdictions, including the Bureau of Meteorology and Australian Border Force (Department of Home Affairs).

Private landholders, community organisations and community members
The Norfolk Island community has a strong connection to the history and management of the islands of the Norfolk Island Group and will play an important role in the delivery of this plan.
Private land covers about three quarters of the island and offers great potential to support the conservation of core threatened species populations in the park and reserves. Appropriately managed private land may allow threatened species to increase their ranges and population sizes.
Self-funded and initiated biodiversity conservation works on private land are currently conducted by several private landholders. Works include habitat restoration through weeding and revegetation with locally native plants from the national park's nursery and pest animal control. Historically, funding has been available to private landholders conducting biodiversity conservation works on their land through a locally administered trust fund. With approximately 75% of the island privately owned, there remains a significant gap in support for landholders to manage land for conservation outcomes.
Providing support and incentives to private landholders to preserve valuable environmental areas is included as a priority action in NIRC's Environment Strategy 2018–2023. This includes the restoration of high value conservation areas, restoring and maintaining vegetation communities that represent habitat for threatened species and considering reintroduction of native species lost from parts of Norfolk Island.

Priority values and areas for management under this plan

Private land
Areas of private land that contain significant habitat for listed species (such as the Mission Road rainforest remnants) are of particular importance. However, significant contributions from many other areas of private land will be essential to long-term conservation success. Priority management actions include:
    * expansion of native vegetation, using a diversity of native plants (including from the national park nursery and privately propagated plants)
    * control of woody weeds
    * restoration of gullies, which are important areas for a range of native species and may become even more important in a changing