Declaration of an approved Developmental Wildlife Trade Operation – Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance Cooperative Limited (NAAKPA) 2023-2026 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED DEVELOPMENTAL WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ABORIGINAL KAKADU PLUM ALLIANCE COOPERATIVE LIMITED (NAAKPA) 2023-2026

I, TANYA PLIBERSEK, Minister for the Environment and Water am satisfied that the operation conducted by the Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance Cooperative Limited (NAAKPA) to commercially harvest Australian native bushfood species for export is a developmental wildlife trade operation as defined by regulation 9A.20(3) under subsection 303FN(10)(c). I declare under subsection 303FN(2) that NAAKPA is an approved developmental wildlife trade operation.

This declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under section 303FT:

1. The operation is to be undertaken in accordance with the proposal submitted to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on 4 November 2022.

2. Commercial harvest for export is restricted to the following Australian native species. Additional species can be exported only after approval from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Species Common Name(s)

Terminalia ferdinandiana Kakadu Plum, Green Plum, Billy Goat Plum

Antidesma ghaesembilla Black Currant Tree, Minya Berries

Brachystelma glabriflorum Bush Potato

Buchanania obovata Green Plum

Eriosema chinense Bush Radish

Oecophylla smaragdina Green Tree Ant, Weaver Ant

Ipomoea costata Bush Potato, Wild Potato

Syzygium armstrongii Bush Apple, Small White Bush Apple

Syzygium eucalyptoides Bush Apple, White Apple

Syzygium forte Bush Apple, White Bush Apple