POLICIES 4.1 Indigenous species, habitats and ecosystems
4.1(a) The full range of indigenous species, habitats and ecosystems within a national park should be identified.
4.1(b) Indigenous species, habitats and ecosystems within a national park should be managed to:
- i) prevent the loss of, or decline in, their full range;
- ii preserve those with unique or distinctive values;
- iii) maintain viable representative examples across their full range;
- iv) maintain indigenous character and avoid adverse effects on habitats and ecosystems; and
- v) restore indigenous species (including genetic integrity and diversity), habitats and ecosystems identified as priorities, using national criteria and methodologies, or where identified in national park management plans.
4.1(c) National park management plans should:
- i) identify outcomes for the preservation of indigenous species, habitats and ecosystems at places in the national park;
- ii) integrate, as far as possible, relevant national species recovery and management objectives with actions for the management of threats to habitats and ecosystems at places in the national park; and
- iii) provide for advocacy and practical actions for the protection of indigenous species, habitats and ecosystems, and maintenance of national park values, in areas adjacent to, or impacting upon, the national park.
4.1(d) Care should be taken in restoration programmes to ensure that, whenever possible, the genetic integrity of local indigenous species and populations is maintained.
4.1(e) When preparing a sports fish and game management plan which covers any national park, the relevant fish and game council will identify the measures that will be taken to minimise any adverse effects on indigenous species within the national park.
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