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Objective

Recommendation

Key issues

Actions taken

Objective

To protect wetlands of conservation significance on Crown land.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Department of Environment and Land Management prepares, for the consideration of the Land Use Planning Review Panel, a draft Planning Note which provides advice to local government on the location of wetlands so that they may be identified in, and protected through, planning schemes.

Key issues

This information is available from Volume 2 of the last SoE Report (SDAC 1997), which can be downloaded. The final objective, final recommendation, and a summary of key management actions are detailed below.

Actions taken

There has been some progress in addressing the objective of the recommendation on the wetlands planning note since the previous SoE Report (1997). The Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment released 'A Wetlands Strategy for Tasmania - Draft Discussion Paper' (DPIWE 2000). The paper considered many mechanisms for the protection and management of wetlands, including the role of reserves. The suggested reserve strategies include that private owners of high conservation value wetlands will be encouraged to enter into management agreements, preferably conservation covenants, with the Parks and Wildlife Service. This paper noted that very few planning schemes contain provisions with respect to wetlands.