COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF APPROVED

WILDLIFE TRADE MANAGEMENT PLAN

I, Deb Callister, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act), declare under subsection 303FO(2) of the Act, that the plan ‘Tree Fern Management Plan for the Sustainable Harvesting, Transporting or Trading of Dicksonia antarctica in Tasmania 2012’ (prepared by the Tasmanian Forest Practices Authority) is an Approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan for the purposes of section 303FO of the Act.

This declaration has effect subject to the following condition applied under section 303FT of the Act:

1. The Tasmanian Forest Practices Authority must provide an annual report to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, at the end of each financial year.  The report must include details of:

• the number of Forest Practices Plans that include tree fern harvesting
•  the number of Tree Fern Tags issued
• monitoring and investigations of tree fern harvesting compliance
•  research projects and outcomes.

2.      This declaration is valid from 18 October 2012 until 17 October 2017.

Dated this 18 day of October 2012

Signed Deb Callister

Deb Callister

Delegate of the Minister of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, a person or persons whose interests are affected by this declaration may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, for the reasons for the decision. An application for independent review of the decision may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, on payment of the relevant fee, by or on behalf of the person or persons whose interests are affected, either within 28 days of receipt of the reasons for the decision, or within 28 days of this declaration if reasons for the decision are not sought. Further information may be obtained from:

Director, Wildlife Trade Assessments

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

GPO Box 787

CANBERRA ACT 2601

Telephone: (02) 6274 2880 Facsimile: (02) 6274 1921