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dan positif dalam proses desain bersama yang tulus akan membantu memastikan taman lautan ini memberikan hasil yang terbaik. Director mengakui kerja Komiti Rencana Pengurusan Taman Lautan Pulu Cocos (Keeling), yang menyumbangkan masa, pengetahuan dan kepakaran mereka secara voluntir dalam tempoh 18 bulan untuk membantu menyediakan rencana pengurusan ini.

      1.0    Introduction
Image: Burung maen-maen (red-footed booby) (sula sula) (Parks Australia)

  1.1           Introductory provisions

Name

This instrument is the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park Management Plan) Instrument 2025.

Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation

Authority

This instrument is prepared by the Director of National Parks under sections 366 and 368 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and is approved by the Minister under sections 370(3) and 371(1) of the EPBC Act.

  1.2           Management plan overview

Figure 1.1 Overview of the management plan

  1.3           Australian marine parks
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park is one of a national network of Australian marine parks managed by Parks Australia under the direction of the Commonwealth Director of National Parks. These marine parks have been established in Commonwealth waters across all Australian marine regions as part of Australia's National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (NRSMPA). Marine parks have also been established by state and territory governments in their respective waters as part of this system.
Pulu Keeling National Park is also managed by Parks Australia. It has protected North Keeling Island and a small marine area around the island since 1995. However, until March 2022, when Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park and Christmas Island Marine Park were established, the waters of Australia's Indian Ocean Territories were a key gap in the NRSMPA. Like Pulu Keeling National Park and other Australian marine parks, Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park is a Commonwealth Reserve, proclaimed under the EPBC Act.

  1.4           Context for management
Cocos (Keeling) Islands is one of Australia's Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) and is governed by the Australian Government. An Administrator appointed by the Governor-General of Australia represents the Australian Government in these territories.
At the time this plan is made, the Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (DITRDCA) is responsible for overseeing administration of the IOT, including the management of fisheries on Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Most state-level services such as education, water, electricity generation and distribution and community services are provided by Western Australian Government agencies through service delivery arrangements with the Commonwealth. Local government functions and services are provided by the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
The Director of National Parks is required to prepare management plans for Australian marine parks. In recognition of the importance of the marine