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General Policy for National Parks - POLICIES 4.7 Fire management

POLICIES 4.7 Fire management

4.7(a) A national park management plan may provide for prescribed burning where necessary to:

  • i) manage fuel loadings where this addresses a significant risk and is ecologically justified; or
  • ii) preserve specified indigenous species, habitats and ecosystems.

4.7(b) Fires may be allowed to burn where the Principal Rural Fire Officer considers the risks to people, places and property to be manageable in accordance with predetermined fire plans that should take into account national park values.

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