Declaration of an Approved Existing Stocks 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 EXISTING STOCKS WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION – NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ABORIGINAL KAKADU PLUM ALLIANCE COOPERATIVE LIMITED (NAAKPA) 2023-2026

I, Belinda Jago, Branch Head, Oceans and Wildlife Branch, as Delegate of the 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 export existing stocks of harvested Kakadu Plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana), is an existing stocks wildlife trade operation, as defined by regulation 9A.20(4) and (5) under subsection 303FN(10)(f).

I declare under subsection 303FN(2) that the Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance Cooperative Limited (NAAKPA) is an approved existing stocks 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 12 May 2023.

2. Commercial harvest for export is restricted to Kakadu Plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana).

3. This approval covers Kakadu Plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) acquired and recorded by the Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance Cooperative Limited (NAAKPA) prior to the approval of NAAKPA's Developmental Wildlife Trade Operation on 27 June 2023.

4. This declaration is valid for three years from the date after its registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.

5. Commercial harvest must have been undertaken in accordance with the necessary permits and approvals required under Western Australian and Northern Territory laws.