Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01818:front:0:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01818
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 16884–19984

9.6 Incident management 126

      9.7 Compliance and enforcement 127

      9.8 How proposals will be evaluated 129

      9.9 Resource use in park operations 130

      9.10 Subleases, licences and associated occupancy issues 132

      9.11 New activities not otherwise provided for in this plan 133

      9.12 Implementation and evaluation 134

  Appendices

   A Commonwealth Heritage values of Booderee National Park  140
   B Provisions of Lease between the Director of National Parks  148
   and the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council
   C Compliance with EPBC Regulations  164
   D Key plans and strategies used in the management of the park 170
   E Significant species of Booderee National Park  176

  Bibliography  181

  Maps

   1               Location of Booderee National Park  3
   2               Booderee National Park  4
   3               Management zones at Booderee National Park  38
   4               Location of the marine component of the nature conservation zone 39

  Tables

   1               Park values statement ii
   2               Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community timeline and the establishment  12
   of Booderee National Park
   3               Description of zones 34
   4               Types of activities appropriate to zones 36
   5               Guide to decision-making 44
   6               Key features of the EPBC Regulations on bioprospecting  87
   as they concern the park
   7               Approval of Department of Defence activities 114
   8               Guidelines for environmental assessment requirements 130
   9               Performance indicators 136

A description of
Booderee National Park

A unique place
Booderee is home to the Koori people of the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community. It holds the evidence of the traditional owners' ancestry and with the wind, the water and all life reflected in the past, it is the home and spirit of the Wreck Bay people. Koori people are born of the land and have lived off the land forever.

Booderee National Park is owned by the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council. Inalienable freehold title to the lands and waters of the park (and the then separate botanic gardens) was handed back to the Council in December 1995 under the Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986. A Memorandum of Lease between the Director of National Parks and the Council to jointly manage the park was signed in December 1995.

The park is a Commonwealth reserve under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 which replaced the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 (the Parks Act). The park was originally declared as Jervis Bay National Park on 27 February 1992 under the Parks Act, for the purposes of conservation and protection of terrestrial and marine wildlife and habitats, recreation, scientific research and education. The park was renamed as Booderee National Park on 29 October 1997 following its declaration as Aboriginal Land on 11 October 1995. The park is jointly managed by the Director and its traditional owners through a