Private Land Conservation Dr Ken Atkins Manager, Species and Communities Branch.

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Private Land Conservation

Dr Ken Atkins

Manager, Species and Communities Branch

Formal Conservation

Reserve System - CAR

Formal Conservation

Reserve System - CAR

Other Crown lands managed for conservation

PERCENTAGE OF IBRA REGIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA COVERED BY LANDS MANAGED FOR NATURE CONSERVATION AS AT 30 JUNE 2005

IBRA REGIONS

N Former Leasehold & Freehold Conservation %

Total Multiple Use minus Plantations %

Total Conservation Estate %

Lands managed by CALM

Distribution of Declared Rare Flora in WA

9.520.0Private

28.211.9Other Unvested Crown Land

2.53.3Other Vested Crown Land

0.43.0Railway Reserves

1.14.8Main Roads

12.024.3Local Government

1. 54. 3State Forest

44.927.5Conservation Reserves

% PLANTS% POPSTENURE

Declared Rare Flora, 2001 by Tenure

Off-Reserve Conservation Strategies

Compulsory Voluntary

Binding

Non-binding

Off-Reserve Conservation Strategies

Compulsory Voluntary

Binding

Non-binding

•Legislation – clearing controlsflora harvestingtimber harvestingthreatened species•Leaseconditions

•Land purchase

•Covenants• Management

Agreements

•NRM Planning•Facilitation

•Advisory Services•Funding Schemes

•Assistance

•Planning mechanisms

1800 061 025for clearing regulation enquires

Regulation of native vegetation clearing

• Environmental Protection Act

• 10 clearing principals

• Exemptions

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

Harvesting Native Flora (and Timber)

Off-reserve Conservation Programs

Land Purchase – CAR, BAS, Bush

Conservation Covenants

Nature Conservation Covenant Program.

Coordinator – Emma Bramwell 9423 2477

Land for Wildlife

Conservation Covenants Section 16

Agreements

Land for Wildlife

Coordinator – Penny Hussey 9423 2530

Florabase

http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au

Xanthorrhoea preissii Endl. Grass treeLehm., Pl.Preiss. 2:39 (1846)Conservation Status: Not threatened Name Status: CurrentDescription:Perennial tree-like monocot, to 5 m high, trunk to over 3 m, scape length 0.6–1.0 m, spike length 1.5–2.5 m. Fl. white, cream, Jun–Dec. 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.

Roadside Conservatio

n Committee

Land for Wildlife

Conservation Covenants Section 16

Agreements

Financial Incentives

– CCG, Healthy Wetland Habitats, Bushland Benefits

State Salinity Strategy

Natural Diversity Recovery Catchments

Urban Nature

BankRivercar

http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/orc/pdf/biodiversity_incentives.pdf

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

Removal of Disincentives

Land tax for covenanted land

Capital gains tax and Income tax

Local government rates

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

Threatened Ecological Communities

Management support:

• Species and Communities Branch, Kensington 9423 2455

• Regional threatened species and communities officers

• Regional threatened species and communities recovery teams

• Recovery plans

http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/orc/pdf/biodiversity_incentives.pdf

Private Land Conservation Dr Ken Atkins Manager, Species and Communities Branch.

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