Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00045:body:0:p26
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00045
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 87513–95627

ecological community and its vulnerability to damage by recreational activities to user groups through various media and interpretation methods.                                                                                                   Low-moderate                                                                                                                                                                      Moderate

   d.    Support research to understand the potential impacts of changing recreational use patterns (e.g. increased summer visitation, mountain bikes, horse riding) on the ecological community.                                                                                        Low                                                                                                                                                                               Low

   e.    Support research to understand the impacts of reducing snow depths and associated recreation use on the ecological community.                                                                                                                                                   Low                                                                                                                                                                               Low

4.3 Increase surveillance and enforcement of penalties to deter illegal activities that may impact the ecological community.                                                                                                                                                                 1. Improve surveillance for illegal activities that impact the ecological community, including in approved development areas (e.g. ski resorts, hydro leased areas).          Moderate         Moderate

   b.    Ensure that appropriate penalties are applied for illegal activities that damage the ecological community.                                                                                                                                                                      Moderate                                                                                                                                                                          Moderate

Action 5 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Tasks to avoid new impacts from resource use and minimise impacts where they do occur.                                                                                            Priority rating
RESOURCE USE
ACT/NSW/VIC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              TAS
5.1 Avoid impacts from resource use (e.g. peat, Sphagnum and timber harvesting, groundwater extraction), and mitigate past impacts, where possible.                                                                                                                                          1. For National Parks, State forests and other public land, prevent new resource use that will damage the ecological community.                                               Moderate         Highest

  b.      Minimise the impacts of resource use where it already occurs or has previously occurred in or adjacent to the ecological community (i.e. fence, buffer, prevent weed introduction and rehabilitate).                                                                           Low-moderate                                                                                                                                                                      Low-moderate

  c.       Develop and/or implement guidelines for resource management (including forestry) and other planning mechanisms to ensure resource use and regeneration activities occur over time and develop a temporal-mosaic within sub-catchments that contain the ecological community.  Moderate                                                                                                                                                                          Moderate

  d.      Work with landholders to minimise the impacts of resource use on the ecological community.                                                                                                                                                                                     Low-moderate                                                                                                                                                                      Moderate

5.2 Increase compliance and enforcement for illegal resource use.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Improve surveillance and compliance for illegal resource use.                                                                                                              Moderate         Moderate

  b.      Ensure that appropriate penalties are applied for illegal activities that damage the ecological community.                                                                                                                                                                     Low-moderate                                                                                                                                                                      Low-moderate

Strategy 2. MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE CONDITION OF THE ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY

Action 6 - CLIMATE CHANGE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Tasks to support resilience and adaptation to climate change impacts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Priority rating
ACT/NSW/VIC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       TAS
6.1 Implement Actions 1-5 under Strategy 1 to support resilience and adaptation to climate change impacts.                                                                                                                                                                                                        Implementing actions under Strategy 1 to manage and reduce the impacts of threats will contribute to making the ecological community more resilient to climate change. These actions are crucial to maintaining the extent and condition of the ecological community.                                                            Highest          Highest

6.2 Identify other potential climate change impacts and investigate latest research and techniques to combat them at a local scale.                                                                                                                                                                                   1. Further develop and use climate models to identify threats to the ecological community from climate change impacts in different parts of the landscape to identify where control