Rare and Endangered Species
Within Australia, rare and endangered species of flora and fauna are currently protected under both Commonwealth and state/territory legislation. The controlling legislation comes from the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
ImplementationThe protection of rare and endangered species is paramount throughout all decision making processes, given the important legislation governing rare and endangered species. This is to be implemented by undertaking an Environmental Impact Assessment in cooperation with statutory authorities, who will decide whether the project has approval to proceed. Should approval be granted it does not necessarily mean that there are no rare and endangered species impacted. However these will need to be managed to the satisfaction of the statutory authority involved through the issuing of approval subject to meeting conditions. These examples of these conditions may include:
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Ensuring that EMM Resources keeps in contact with state and federal environmental officials, and when required participates in EIA’s in the initial planning stages, is the most effective strategy to avoid irreparable harm to any rare and endangered species which may be encountered.
EvaluationEMM Resources will evaluate the effectiveness of this strategy by continually monitoring for any rare and endangered species during the life of the project, however this strategy is mainly effective in the early initial stages before any work begins. If the strategy is effective, then no impact to any of these species will be felt, however should this initial EIA be done without accuracy, the strategy will be considered completely ineffective. While this strategy should be implemented in the early stages, it cannot be truly evaluated until much further down the life of the site. In evaluating this, EMM Resources will consider the number of species needed to be relocated, and how many have survivied this process, along with the impact on biodiversity of those which haven't survived.
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http://www.edo.org.au/edonsw/site/factsh/fs03_1.php
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NSW EDO. (n.d.). Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 . Retrieved May 16, 2013, from Factsheet:
http://www.edo.org.au/edonsw/site/factsh/fs03_1.php
Sticky Tongue Project. (2013). Lawsuit begun to protect endangered fish from four corners coal pollution. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://thestickytongue.org/2010/10/14/lawsuit-begun-to-protect-endangered-fish-from-four-corners-coal-pollution/