Booderee National Park Management Plan 2015-2025.

The Booderee National Park Management Plan 2015-2025 regulates the authorised activities to be performed within the park with following vision and objectives. The Park is owned by the traditional owners of the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community, its vision is to excel in the natural and cultural heritage management of Booderee by utilising traditional, contemporary and scientific expertise. The key objectives for the management of Booderee National Park are: to conserve the biodiversity and cultural heritage of the park to benefit members of the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council. There are some attributes of the park which are fundamental to the park’s purpose and significance. These cultural and natural values are summarised in the park values statement (Table 1). Identification and recognition of the park’s values ensures a shared understanding about what is most important about the reserve, and the value statement helps to determine management and planning priorities. If the values are allowed to decline the park’s purpose and significance would be jeopardised.
The text is divided into nine Sections: Introduction (Sec. 1); How the park will be managed (Sec. 2); IUCN category and zoning (Sec. 3); Joint management (including: Consulting and making decisions and Community use and occupancy - Sec. 4); Working towards sole management (including: A roadmap to sole management, Community development, employment and training, Community opportunities for business development (Sec. 5); Looking after culture and country (including: Protecting and promoting culture and knowledge, Aboriginal sites of significance, Historic sites of heritage significance, Landscape and geology, Marine, Freshwater, Fire, Native species, Living collection of the Botanic Gardens, Introduced species, Climate change, Research and monitoring – Sec. 6); Visitor management and park use (including: Tourism sector, Promotion and marketing, management and accommodation, Water-based activities, Recreational fishing, Other commercial activities - Sec. 7); Stakeholders and partnerships (including: Neighbours, stakeholders and partners - Sec. 8) and Business management (Sec. 9). Appendices deal with the following: Commonwealth Heritage values of the Park; Provisions of Lease between the Director of National Parks and the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council; Compliance with EPBC Regulations; Key plans and strategies used in the management of the park; Significant species of Park.
4 Maps are appended to the text as follows: 1. Location of Booderee National Park; 2. Booderee National Park; 3. Management zones at Booderee National Park; 4. Location of the marine component of the nature conservation zone.