Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan Whole Plant Sustainable Management Plan 2023-2027 for the commercial harvest, salvage and propagation of protected whole plants in NSW (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE MANAGEMENT PLAN

Whole Plant Sustainable Management Plan 2023-2027 for the commercial harvest, salvage and propagation of protected whole plants in NSW

I, Susan Cooper, Acting Principal Director, Wildlife Trade Office, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water declare under subsection 303FO(2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, that the Whole Plant Sustainable Management Plan 2023-2027 for the commercial harvest, salvage and propagation of protected whole plants in NSW is an approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan for the purposes of section 303FO of the EPBC Act.

Unless amended or revoked, this declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under section S303FT:

1. Harvesting and cultivation of whole plants in New South Wales is to be done in accordance with the Whole-Plant Sustainable Management Plan 2023-2027 for the commercial harvest, salvage and propagation of protected whole plants in NSW.

2. The approval excludes the wild harvest of specimens of species listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

3. The NSW Department of Planning and Environment must provide an annual report, on a financial year basis, to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 30 August each year. The annual report must include details of: * The number of licences and tags issued. * Harvest data: species harvested, number of plants harvested, source and location of the plant (picked and grown). * Compliance: statistics showing the number and type of offences detected, and the compliance action taken.