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FORESTRY ACT 2012 - SECT 69L
Purpose of integrated forestry operations approvals
(1) The purpose of this Part is to provide a framework for forestry operations
to which this Part applies-- (a) that authorises the carrying out of those
forestry operations in accordance with
principles of ecologically sustainable forest management, and
(b) that
integrates the regulatory regimes for environmental planning and assessment,
for the protection of the environment and for threatened species conservation,
including threatened species, populations and ecological communities under
Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 .
(2) In this section--
"principles of ecologically sustainable forest management" means the
following-- (a) maintaining forest values for future and present generations,
including-- (i) forest biological diversity, and
(ii) the productive capacity
and sustainability of forest ecosystems, and
(iii) the health and vitality of
native forest ecosystems, and
(iv) soil and water quality, and
(v) the
contribution of native forests to global geochemical cycles, and
(vi) the
long term social and economic benefits of native forests, and
(vii) natural
heritage values,
(b) ensuring public participation, provision of information,
accountability and transparency in relation to the carrying out of
forestry operations,
(c) providing incentives for voluntary compliance,
capacity building and adoption of best-practice standards,
(d) applying
best-available knowledge and adaptive management processes to deliver
best-practice forest management,
(e) applying the precautionary principle (as
referred to in section 6(2)(a) of the Protection of the Environment
Administration Act 1991 ) in preventing environmental harm.
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