• The acquisition of land for special soil conservation restoration projects.
• The enforcement and compliance procedures to rectify practical soil conservation
problems.
5.1.1 Main Elements of Other Principal Laws with Primary
Responsibility for Soil Conservation
The main aim of other principal laws with primary responsibility for soil conservation, including
• Victoria Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987.
• South Australia Natural Resources Management Act 2004 and the Pastoral Land
Management and Conservation Act 1989.
• Western Australia Conservation and Land Management Act 1984.
• Tasmania Natural Resource Management Act 2002.
is to achieve sustainable land management
61 by establishing an integrated
legislative scheme to promote the use and management of natural resources in a
manner that:
• Recognizes and protects the intrinsic values of soil resources.
• Protects biological diversity and encourages the restoration or rehabilitation of
soil ecological systems and processes that have been lost or degraded.
• Provides for the protection and management of catchments and the sustainable
use of land and seeks to restore land resources that have been degraded.
• Supports sustainable primary and other economic production systems with particular reference to the value of agriculture to the economy.
• Provides for the prevention or control of impacts caused by species of animals
and plants that may have an adverse effect on the environment, primary production or the community.
• Promotes educational initiatives and provides support mechanisms to increase the
capacity of people to be involved in the management of soil resources.
In these laws, the term “sustainable land management” comprises the use,
conservation, development and enhancement of natural resources in a way, and at
a rate, that will enable people and communities to provide for their economic, social
and physical well-being while
62 :
• Sustaining the potential of natural resources to meet the reasonably foreseeable
needs of future generations.
• Safeguarding the life-supporting capacities of natural resources.
• Avoiding, remedying or mitigating any adverse effects of activities on natural
resources.
61 This term is widely used in the principal laws.
62 E.g. Section 7 South Australia Natural Resources Management Act 2004; Section 7 Tasmania
Natural Resource Management Act 2002.
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• The enforcement and compliance procedures to rectify practical soil conservation
problems.
5.1.1 Main Elements of Other Principal Laws with Primary
Responsibility for Soil Conservation
The main aim of other principal laws with primary responsibility for soil conservation, including
• Victoria Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987.
• South Australia Natural Resources Management Act 2004 and the Pastoral Land
Management and Conservation Act 1989.
• Western Australia Conservation and Land Management Act 1984.
• Tasmania Natural Resource Management Act 2002.
is to achieve sustainable land management
61 by establishing an integrated
legislative scheme to promote the use and management of natural resources in a
manner that:
• Recognizes and protects the intrinsic values of soil resources.
• Protects biological diversity and encourages the restoration or rehabilitation of
soil ecological systems and processes that have been lost or degraded.
• Provides for the protection and management of catchments and the sustainable
use of land and seeks to restore land resources that have been degraded.
• Supports sustainable primary and other economic production systems with particular reference to the value of agriculture to the economy.
• Provides for the prevention or control of impacts caused by species of animals
and plants that may have an adverse effect on the environment, primary production or the community.
• Promotes educational initiatives and provides support mechanisms to increase the
capacity of people to be involved in the management of soil resources.
In these laws, the term “sustainable land management” comprises the use,
conservation, development and enhancement of natural resources in a way, and at
a rate, that will enable people and communities to provide for their economic, social
and physical well-being while
62 :
• Sustaining the potential of natural resources to meet the reasonably foreseeable
needs of future generations.
• Safeguarding the life-supporting capacities of natural resources.
• Avoiding, remedying or mitigating any adverse effects of activities on natural
resources.
61 This term is widely used in the principal laws.
62 E.g. Section 7 South Australia Natural Resources Management Act 2004; Section 7 Tasmania
Natural Resource Management Act 2002.
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