Informal Reserves. Reserves, on Public Land comprising an area identified as a Protection Zone under the Management Decision Classification System or other administrative reserve on Public Land which is managed to protect CAR values. • Values managed by prescription. These include those areas protected by management prescription under the Forest Practices Code or in Forest Management Plans.
Informal Reserves. This comprises elements of the Special Protection Zone (SPZ) in State forest.
Informal Reserves. This comprises elements of the Special Protection Zone (SPZ) in State forest. Values protected by Prescription. This comprises those CAR values protected by prescriptions. The CAR Reserve System covers an area of approximately 592,000 hectares (about half of the public land in the region or 26 percent of the entire region). Approximately 174,000 hectares have been added to the existing reserve system of 418,000 hectares.
Informal Reserves. These areas comprise: • FMZ* 2 (FMZ* 2) under SFNSW* Forest Management Zoning System (Attachment 5 provides a description of the Forest Management Zoning System). Mineral exploration* and mining* are permitted activities, but logging and grazing must be excluded. The Minister for Forestry must create these informal reserves* pursuant to the amended Forestry Act 1916 by October 1999 and they must be called special management zones*. • The FMZ* 2 areas will comprise:
Informal Reserves. This comprises elements of the Special Protection Zone (SPZ) in State Fforest and other areas of Public Land;.
Informal Reserves. 2.1 State forest areas 16. Indicative areas of new Informal Reserves totalling approximately 53,000 hectares are identified on Map 1.
Informal Reserves. This comprises those parts of the Special Management Zone (FMZ 2) under the Forest Management Zoning system that are greater than 40ha, and more than 200m wide, or are directly adjacent to Dedicated Reserves. It also includes those areas dedicated as Crown Reserves State Conservation Areas under the provisions of the Crown Lands Act 1989 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW) and State Recreation Areas which are managed by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Plans of Management for Crown Reserves will be prepared by 1 January 2005 as outlined in the New South Wales Lower North East Region Forest Agreement. It also includes Commonwealth Defence lands managed in accordance with Clauses 7 – 10 of this attachment. • Values protected Protected by Prescription. These comprise those elements of habitat protected by Regional Prescriptions as detailed in the Integrated Forestry Operations Approval covering the Lower North East region and areas within the Harvesting Exclusions (FMZ 3A) and Special Prescription Zone (FMZ 3B) under the Forest Management Zoning system that will be are excluded from harvesting. They also include elements of the Special Management Zone (FMZ 2) that, due to the size or shape, do not meet the Informal Reserve category outlined above. The Integrated Forestry Operations Approval complements the Dedicated and Informal Reserve network and includes additional levels of protection for rare non-commercial forest types, Old Growth forest, rainforest and threatened species in all areas that have been identified to be primarily managed for sustainable production. 5 NSW will finalise boundaries of the CAR Reserves to enable its implementation within six month of signing this Agreement. Finalisation will include identifying suitable management boundaries. Wherever possible, these will follow easily identifiable features such as cadastre and roads and natural or ecological boundaries. Finalisation will also consider field verification of values being protected and appropriate boundaries mapped to protect the identified values. NOT USED
Informal Reserves. This comprises those parts of the Special Management Zone under the Forest Management Zoning system that are greater than 40ha, are more than 200m wide, or are directly adjacent to Dedicated Reserves. It also includes those areas dedicated as Crown Reserves under the provisions of the Crown Lands Act 1989 (NSW) which are managed by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Plans of Management for Crown Reserves will be prepared by 1 January 2002 as outlined in the New South Wales Eden Region Forest Agreement. • Values protected by Prescription. These comprise those elements of habitat protected by Regional Prescriptions as detailed in Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals covering the Eden region and areas within the Special Prescription Zone under the Forest Management Zoning system that will be excluded from harvesting. They also include elements of the Special Management Zone that are less than 40ha and less than 200m wide. The Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals complement the Dedicated and Informal Reserve network and include protection of rare non-commercial forest types, Old Growth forest, rainforest and threatened species in all areas that have been identified to be primarily managed for sustainable production.
Informal Reserves. (c) areas with CAR Values protected by prescription; and
Informal Reserves. This comprises elements of the SPZ shown on Map 1 in State Forest and other areas of Public Land;.
