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of land and water.............................168
       10.7  Recreational activities....................................170
       10.8  Commercial tourism and accommodation.......................175
       10.9  Filming and photography (and other commercial image capture)........178
       10.10  Commercial fishing......................................179
       10.11  Infrastructure and works..................................180
       10.12  Research and monitoring activities and access to genetic resources......181
       10.13  Bringing plants, animals and other materials into the park............184

      Appendices..................................................187
        Appendix A:  World Heritage attributes...............................188
        Appendix B:  Ramsar criteria......................................192
        Appendix C:  International agreements...............................193
        Appendix D: EPBC-listed migratory species recorded in Kakadu National Park.....195
        Appendix E:  Summary of the timeframes and consultation process
        used in developing this plan..............................198
        Appendix F: Glossary and interpretation..............................201
        Appendix G: Legislative context....................................208
        Appendix H:  IUCN administrative and management principle schedules...........216
        Appendix I:  Provisions of leases.....................................220
        Appendix J:  Species of conservation concern...........................241
      Bibliography...................................................245
      Map data sources..............................................248

Tables
      Table 1: Kakadu National Park Values Statement                         10
      Table 2: Focus of management for the protection of park values              21
      Table 3: Guide to decision-making                                   34
      Table 4: Impact assessment process                                137
      Table 5: Environmental impact assessment matters and considerations         138
      Table 6: Key EPBC requirements for access to biological resources
      as they concern the park                                  183

Figures
       Figure 1 Location of Kakadu National Park                             3
       Figure 2: Kakadu National Park 6
       Figure 3: Aboriginal land and land claims in Kakadu National Park as at April 2014   8
       Figure 4: Kakadu's major landscapes 14
       Figure 5: Conceptual framework for the structure of this plan               20
       Figure 6: Line of sight for Section 4: Joint management                    29
       Figure 7: Summary of programmes supporting Indigenous employment
       pathways in Kakadu                                     38
       Figure 8: Line of sight for Section 5.1: Looking after culture                 42
       Figure 9: Line of sight for Section 5.2: Looking after country                 58
       Figure 10: Endemic plants in the Northern Territory                       61
       Figure 11: Endemic vertebrates in the Northern Territory                   62
       Figure 12: Line of sight for Section 5.3: Managing park-wide threats affecting values 77
       Figure 13: Line of sight for Section 6: Kakadu as a visitor experience           100
       Figure 14: Line of sight for Section 7: Research and knowledge management     114
       Figure 15: Parks Australia's Management Effectiveness Framework            147
       Figure 16: Camping areas in Kakadu                                172

PART A

Introduction

     1                       A description of Kakadu National Park

     1.1                 Kakadu – a brief description

Kakadu National Park covers an area of 19,810 square kilometres within the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory of Australia. It extends from the coast in the north to the southern hills and basins 150 kilometres to the south, and 120 kilometres from the Arnhem Land sandstone plateau in the east, through wooded lowlands to the western boundary (Figure 1).

Kakadu is a cultural landscape that displays evidence of cultural practices dating back thousands of years and, in many cases, continue to be observed by Bininj/Mungguy in the