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or zone is best conserved by protecting it from disturbance and threatening processes. Potential adverse impacts on the natural, cultural and social environment and surrounding communities should be minimised as far as practicable.
5 Ecologically sustainable use                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           3.3, 5.1, 5.2
If resource use is consistent with the management principles that apply to a reserve or zone, it should (if it is carried out) be based on the principle (the principle of ecologically sustainable use) that:
  (a)       natural resources should only be used within their capacity to sustain natural processes while maintaining the life-support systems of nature; and
  (b)       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.
6 Transparency of decision-making                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        7.1, 7.5
The framework and processes for decision-making for management of the reserve or zone should be transparent. The reasons 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.

EPBC Regulation schedules and management principles                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Sections of management plan that address principles
Part 2 – Principles for each IUCN category

1 Strict nature reserve (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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         2.1, 3.1 to 3.3
   (3)        Genetic resources should be maintained in a dynamic and evolutionary state.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.1 to 3.3
   (4)        Established ecological processes should be maintained.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     3.1 to 3.3

   (5)        Structural landscape features or rock exposures should be safeguarded.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     3.1, 3.3
   (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.                                                                                                                                                                3.1, 3.3, 5.3
   (7)        Disturbance should be minimised by careful planning and execution of research and other approved activities.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               3.3, 5.1, 7.1
   (8)        Public access should be limited to the extent it is consistent with these principles.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3.1, 7.1, 7.2
3 National park (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, recreational or tourist purposes.                                                                                                                                                                                            2.1, 3.1 to 3.3, 5.1
  (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.                                                                                                                                           3.1 to 3.3, 7.1
  (4)       Visitor use should be managed for inspirational, educational, cultural and recreational purposes at a level that will maintain