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FORESTRY REGULATION 2022 - REG 56
Management plans for cattle and other livestock grazing activities--the Act, s 21(3)
56 Management plans for cattle and other livestock grazing activities--the
Act, s 21(3)
(1) This section applies in the following regions if there is no grazing
management plan in force under the integrated forestry operations approval for
the region-- (a) Brigalow-Nandewar Region,
(b) Riverina Red Gum Region,
(c)
South-Western Cypress Region.
(2) The objective of this section is to ensure
a management plan is in force that regulates grazing for the following
purposes-- (a) to limit the adverse impacts on the environment caused by
grazing cattle and other livestock,
(b) to ensure that the use of grazing for
the purpose of bush fire hazard reduction is not compromised.
(3) A
management plan must specify the following-- (a) objectives in relation to the
regulation of grazing, during the term of the plan, and the strategies to be
adopted to achieve the objectives,
(b) methods that may be used to manage
grazing pressure on herbaceous vegetation while reducing bush fire hazards,
(c) environmental impacts of grazing, particularly on ecosystems sensitive to
grazing, and how the adverse impacts of grazing are proposed to be limited,
(d) procedures for selecting areas for the application and removal of grazing,
(e) the level of dry biomass at which the holder of a forest permit or forest
lease of land for grazing activities must remove grazing domestic livestock
from a forestry area.
(4) The management plan must provide for a process to--
(a) monitor the impact of grazing within State forests, and
(b) assess the
extent to which the objectives set out in the plan are achieved and the
effectiveness of strategies implemented under the plan to achieve them, and
(c) monitor the implementation and effectiveness of methods, measures and
procedures specified in the plan, and
(d) report on the results of monitoring
and assessment undertaken in accordance with the plan.
(5) At least every 5
years, the Corporation must review the management plan and consider the
following-- (a) information that has become available in relation to the
impacts on the environment of grazing cattle and other livestock in the area,
(b) developments in methods for controlling adverse impacts on the environment
by grazing cattle and other livestock after the plan was prepared,
(c) new
information relevant to the management of grazing pressure on herbaceous
vegetation.
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