World Heritage Properties Conservation Regulations.

Subject

Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems

Keyword

Forestry protection measures Forest management/forest conservation Protected area Timber extraction/logging Cultural heritage Indigenous peoples Biodiversity Protection of species

Geographical area

Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific

Abstract

These Regulations specify areas that are declared to be part of the natural heritage. Properties specified in regulation 3 are declared to form part of the cultural heritage. Regulations 3A to 3E prescribe acts for purposes of subsection 9[1] of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983. Activities include the cutting of trees, the taking of plants, and the construction of dams. For the purposes of subsection 9(1) of the Act, each of the following acts is prescribed in relation to the relevant property (described in Schedule 2B):(a) for the purposes of, or in the course of carrying out, forestry operations: (i) killing, cutting down or damaging a tree in, or removing a tree or part of a tree from, the property; (ii) constructing or establishing a road or vehicular track within the property; or (iii) carrying out any excavation works within the property;(b) permitting, authorizing, directing or ordering, or purporting to permit, authorize, direct or order, the doing of an act of a kind referred to in paragraph (a).

Full text

English

Website

www.austlii.edu.au

References - Legislation

Implements

World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983.

Legislation | Australia | 1983 (1999)

Keyword: Protected area, Management/conservation, Classification/declassification, Cultural heritage, Indigenous peoples

Source: FAO, FAOLEX