Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00930:front:0:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00930
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 16100–19635

condition, or situation.
Habitat critical to the survival (HCTS)                   Areas that are necessary to a species: for activities including foraging, breeding, roosting, or dispersal; for the long-term maintenance of the species or ecological community; to maintain genetic diversity and long-term evolutionary development; for the reintroduction of populations or recovery of the species or ecological community.
Historic high use area                                    Areas where intensive and sustained shore-based whaling effort occurred (based on years of operation and number of stations) spanning at least two calving cycles (i.e., 6 years) and southern right whales occupied the area.
Impact                                                    A biologically significant effect that reflects a change whose direction, magnitude and/or duration is sufficient to have consequences for the fitness of individuals or populations. The likelihood of an activity having a significant impact is assessed under the EPBC Act Policy Statement 1.1 Significant Impact Guidelines - Matters of National Environmental Significance 2013.
Injury                                                    Physical harm or damage inflicted on the body of a whale. Evidence of injury could include bleeding, lacerations, loss or inability to use an appendage, and inhibition of sensory (e.g., auditory) capabilities.
Migration area                                            Areas known or likely to be regularly or repeatedly used by individuals or aggregations of a species for undertaking seasonal or other similar temporal scale movements which contribute to connectivity with other functionally important areas. This can include movement from foraging areas to breeding areas and coastal movement of whales in coastal connecting habitat between reproductive areas.
Occurrence (of a species)                                 The overall presence of a species in an area.
Offset                                                    A measure that compensates for the residual impacts of an action on the environment, after avoidance and mitigation measures are taken.
Population                                                An occurrence of the species or community in a particular area. Occurrence includes, but is not limited to, a geographically distinct regional population or collection of local populations, or a population or collection of local populations that occurs within a particular bioregion.
Precautionary principle                                   The precautionary principle is one of the principles of ecologically sustainable development outlined in subsection 3A(a) and section 391 of the EPBC Act, which states: 'that lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing a measure to prevent environmental degradation where there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage'.
Principles of ecologically sustainable development (ESD)  Defined as five principles at section 3A of the EPBC Act.
Protected species                                         Species listed under the EPBC Act as threatened (Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation Dependent), Migratory, or Cetaceans.
Recovery Plan                                             The purpose of a Recovery Plan is to ensure the protection, conservation, and management of listed threatened species or ecological community. A Recovery Plan is developed in accordance with Part 13 s269A and s270 of the EPBC