Private Land Conservation

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Private Land Conservation
Dr Ken Atkins Manager, Species and Communities
Branch
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Formal Conservation Reserve System - CAR
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Formal Conservation Reserve System - CAR
Other Crown lands managed for conservation
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Lands managed by CALM
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Distribution of Declared Rare Flora in WA
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Off-Reserve Conservation Strategies
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Off-Reserve Conservation Strategies
Compulsory Voluntary
Binding Non-binding
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Off-Reserve Conservation Strategies
Compulsory Voluntary

• Legislation clearing controlsflora
  harvestingtimber harvestingthreatened species

• Land purchase

• Planning mechanisms

Binding Non-binding

• Covenants

• Management Agreements

• Leaseconditions

• NRM Planning

• Facilitation

• Assistance

• Advisory Services

• Funding Schemes

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1800 061 025for clearing regulation enquires

• Regulation of native vegetation clearing
• Environmental Protection Act
• 10 clearing principals
• Exemptions

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Harvesting Native Flora (and Timber)

• Wildlife Conservation Act licence to sell native
  flora taken from private lands includes
  cultivated plant material
• Provides exemption for EP Act
• Each licence has conditions applying to it
  which are designed to ensure sustainability.
• Management plan for sustainable timber
  production

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Off-reserve Conservation Programs
Land Purchase CAR, BAS, Bush Bank
CAR
Other
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Off-reserve Conservation Programs
Land Purchase CAR, BAS, Bush Bank
CAR
Other
Conservation Covenants
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Nature Conservation Covenant Program. Coordinator
Emma Bramwell 9423 2477
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Off-reserve Conservation Programs
Land for Wildlife
Land Purchase CAR, BAS, Bush Bank
CAR
Other
Conservation Covenants
Section 16 Agreements
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Land for Wildlife Coordinator Penny Hussey 9423
2530
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Florabase http//florabase.calm.wa.gov.au

Xanthorrhoea preissii Endl. Grass treeLehm.,
Pl.Preiss. 239 (1846) Conservation Status Not
threatened Name Status Current DescriptionPere
nnial tree-like monocot, to 5 m high, trunk to
over 3 m, scape length 0.61.0 m, spike length
1.52.5 m. Fl. white, cream, JunDec. Grey to
black sands, grey-brown loam, brown gravelly
sandy clay, laterite, granite. Ranges, coastal
plain, near watercourses. Distribution SW AW,
GS, JF, SWA, WAR. Find related books in the
Botanical Library.
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Off-reserve Conservation Programs
Land for Wildlife
Land Purchase CAR, BAS, Bush Bank
Rivercare
Urban Nature
Roadside Conservation Committee
CAR
State Salinity Strategy Natural Diversity
Recovery Catchments
Other
Conservation Covenants
Financial Incentives CCG, Healthy Wetland
Habitats, Bushland Benefits
Section 16 Agreements
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http//www.calm.wa.gov.au/orc/pdf/biodiversity_inc
entives.pdf
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Types of Incentives

• Financial assistance
• Labour programs
• Land sale, purchase or donation
• Legal protection
• Management agreements
• Technical advice
• Training

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Removal of Disincentives

• Land tax for covenanted land
• Capital gains tax and Income tax
• Local government rates

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Information on Threatened Species and Threatened
Ecological Communities

• Threatened Flora
• Ministerial permission to take
• Letters of notification
• Database information 9423 2123

• Threatened Fauna
• Licence to take
• Database information 9423 2579

• Threatened Ecological Communities
• Database information 9423 2116

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• Management support
• Species and Communities Branch, Kensington 9423
  2455
• Regional threatened species and communities
  officers
• Regional threatened species and communities
  recovery teams
• Recovery plans

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http//www.calm.wa.gov.au/orc/pdf/biodiversity_inc
entives.pdf