Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01343:reg:16:p20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01343
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 16 (pt 20/51)
Character Range: 249599–252795

activities will be managed to:

• avoid undesirable conflict or overlap with other permitted activities;

• avoid disturbance to research and management activities;

• minimise or where possible avoid environmental damage; and

    • avoid inappropriate or significant demands on the AAD's resources or equivalent.

3.3 Public Awareness and Support

3.3.1 Implementation and Consultation

Policy (18) Stakeholders should be encouraged to contribute

The AAD recognises that the participation of stakeholders is essential to ensuring commitment and cooperation in the conservation of the site. Stakeholders will be consulted on changes to the site's management plans, and on other key management decisions which could affect the site and its heritage values.

The AAD will ensure that information about the site is publicly available. It will maintain a register of interested parties and where possible provide opportunities to submit comments on major or unusual proposed activities.

Key stakeholders include:

    • international polar bodies – including Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and the International Polar Heritage Scientific Committee of ICOMOS

    • Australian heritage organisations, collections agencies, professional groups and individuals

    • Australian government agencies

    • relatives of AAE members

    • the Australian community generally

    • tourists and tour operators who have visited the site

    • Mawson's Huts Foundation

    • people who have worked on or at Mawson's Huts including former AAD staff and ANARE/Australian Antarctic program expeditioners, the ANARE Club, and members of Project Blizzard expeditions

    • other Antarctic Treaty parties, especially France, the United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, which have logistic operations in the region or similar heritage management responsibilities.

3.3.2 Research

Policy (19) Research will be encouraged and coordinated

The AAD will endeavour to:

    • support research associated with understanding and protecting the site

    • seek to acquire and hold in the AAD Library, copies of research undertaken on the site

    • maintain associated databases

    • liaise with other authorities with an expertise and interest in managing similar sites, e.g. Antarctic Heritage Trust New Zealand, Antarctic Heritage Trust United Kingdom, and the International Polar Heritage Committee

3.3.3 Resources

Policy (20) Private resources should be encouraged to supplement public resources

The AAD is responsible for authorising activities at the site, in consultation with the DSEWPaC Heritage and Wildlife Division, the Australian Heritage Council and other parties as appropriate. The AAD is also responsible for ensuring the plan is implemented.

The AAD will continually monitor its capacity to provide logistic and other support for conservation works. The AAD will continue to promote cooperation with bodies competent to undertake conservation activities at the site where doing so would further the objectives of this management plan in an efficient way. In previous years this has been achieved through collaboration with the Mawson's Huts Foundation.

3.3.4