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and animal species and environments are present in the park

    * ascribe significance and priority to those values

    * identify threats to the park's values

    * inform and refine management goals and objectives

    * formulate effective mechanisms to conserve values and control threats

    * inform visitors and residents about the park so their experience is enhanced

    * measure the effectiveness of management actions

    * report to various stakeholders on the park's condition.

Knowledge derives from:

    * targeted and highly specific scientific investigation

    * law and experience handed down over countless generations by Indigenous and other landowners

    * the experience of rangers and managers

    * ongoing monitoring of changes in species' abundance and environmental condition

    * the sharing of information among neighbours

    * sophisticated but increasingly accessible remote sensing.

As noted in Section 4.1 (Making decisions and working together), the Kakadu Research and Management Advisory Committee (KRMAC) provides advice to the Board of Management on research and management issues and priorities.

Consistent with recognised best practice, most research in the park has been undertaken using a collaborative approach. This approach has seen Bininj/Mungguy and Parks Australia work with researchers from government and non-government agencies across Australia and internationally.

As described in Section 5.3 (Managing park-wide threats affecting park values), the Supervising Scientist and ERISS have research and monitoring functions to perform in the park which relate to uranium mining operations. ERISS has an additional function to conduct research on environmental matters for other persons on a commercial basis. The Supervising Scientist and ERISS carry out their functions in accordance with protocols developed and agreed by the Director and the Supervising Scientist.

Research activities contribute to implementing the Parks Australia Management Effectiveness Framework, including adaptive management to take account of the latest information (see Section 9.10: Implementing and evaluating the plan). It is also important that Bininj/Mungguy and other stakeholders are kept informed of the results, outcomes and adoption of research. To allow this to happen, a range of approaches are used including Board of Management updates, community meetings, workshops and symposia, subsidiary strategies, media releases, publications and park reporting.

Part 13 of the EPBC Act provides for the conservation of biodiversity including listed threatened species and ecological communities, listed migratory species, cetaceans, and listed marine species. Actions in the park that affect individual members of protected species and communities require a Part 13 permit under the Act unless done in accordance with this management plan.

Part 13A of the EPBC Act and Part 9A of the EPBC Regulations prohibit and/or regulate the international movement of wildlife specimens for scientific purposes.

Section 10.12 (Research and monitoring activities and access to genetic resources) sets out the prescriptions for authorising and managing research and