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because they were an important element in a relationship which united the National Triangle, the Central National Area and other Designated Areas.
The commitment of the Gardens to Australian flora has a wider context.  Since the inaugural tree planting in 1949, the Gardens have developed as the major national scientific and educational collection of Australian flora.  The display of Australian native plants is recognised nationally and internationally as one of the most comprehensive in the world including, as an integrated resource, a national collection of living and herbarium specimens for study, conservation, interpretation and display.
The Gardens support the goal of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) as outlined by the Australian Government.   One of the principles of ESD, the maintenance of bio‑diversity, is the basis of policies which sustain and expand the environmental resource base.  The Gardens recognise the need to extend the range of species in cultivation for Australian flora to be adequately preserved, interpreted and protected for posterity.  In doing so, it will further increase the botanical significance of the collection.
The scientific, aesthetic and recreational values of the Gardens have been recognised by inclusion in the Commonwealth Heritage List, thereby ensuring the protection of the philosophy, policies and physical structure of this precious natural resource.
The national significance of the Gardens is recognised as follows:
       * the Gardens are a national institution
       * the use of the site forms an integral component of Griffin's composition for Canberra
       * the Gardens contribute to the visual quality of the National Capital.

4.10.3 Objectives for Australian National Botanic Gardens Precinct
     1.        Ensure all developments are consistent with ESD principles.
     2.        Contribute to the special characteristics of the National Capital within the context of a cohesive framework.
     3.        Development of the Gardens will evolve incrementally and be capable of incorporating worthy changes within the framework in response to economic, administrative, management and environmental circumstances and in accordance with its national significance.
     4.        Development will allow for the establishment, maintenance and display to the highest possible standard of the national collection of Australian native flora and related species. This is to include research, conservation, education and recreation enhancing the existing standard of landscape, built form and environmental design.
     5.        Opportunities for the maintenance and enhancement of the linkages to adjacent sites and in particular the Central National Area, through paths and/or visual landscape corridors will be encouraged.

4.10.4 Land use for Australian National Botanic Gardens Precinct
Land use for the Australian National Botanic Gardens Precinct should be in accordance with Figure 108.
Figure 108: Land use for the Australian National Botanic Gardens Precinct
Figure 109: Australian National Botanic Gardens Master Plan

4.10.5 Detailed conditions of planning, design and development

Activity location
The location