Review of the Nature Conservation Act 1980

Media release: Have your say on Nature Conservation Act review Friday 3 December 2010

The Nature Conservation Act 1980 is the chief legislation for the protection of native plants and animals in the ACT and for the management of the conservation reserve network.

The Act protects native plants and animals, and provides management authority for conservation lands. It provides the legal underpinning of nature conservation policy, management and action across the Territory.

A review of the Act is being undertaken by the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate on behalf of the ACT Government.

A Discussion Paper on the review of the Act was released for public comment on 3 December 2010. To download, click here (PDF 1.8MB).

A copy of the Nature Conservation Act 1980 is available at www.legislation.act.gov.au.

The first step of the Nature Conservation Act 1980 review was the appointment of Marsden and Jacob Associates (MJA) to provide advice on the form, scope, function, policy, principles and objectives of contemporary best practice nature conservation legislation. The MJA report is available to download from here (PDF 373KB).

Community forum

A community forum was held on Tuesday 1 February 2011. A report from this forum is available here.

Submissions

The closing date for submissions was 18 February 2011 with 32 submissions received to date. These submissions can be viewed below.

1. Frankie Seymour
2. Friends of Aranda Bushland
3. Land Development Agency
4. Canberra Ornithologists Group
5. Margaret Peachey
6. Belconnen Community Council
7. Ginninderra Catchment Group
8. Friends of Grasslands
9. Rosemary Blemings
10. Dr Don Driscoll
11. Ian Smith
12. Geoffrey Dabb
13. SEE-Change
14. ACT Natural Resource Management Council
15. ACT Rural Landholders Association
16. ACT Equestrian Association
17. Limestone Plains Group
18. Animal Liberation ACT
19. Birds Australia
20. The Wilderness Society Inc.
21. Southern ACT Catchment Group Inc.
22. Freshford Landcare Group
23. Watson Community Association Inc.
24. ACT Heritage Council
25. Friends of the Pinnacle
26. Red Hill Regenerators Inc
27. National Parks Association of the ACT Inc
28. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Commonwealth)
29. Conservation Council ACT Region Inc
30. Adrian Manning and David Shorthouse
31. Environmental Defender's Office ACT Inc
32a. ACT Flora and Fauna Committee
32b. ACT Flora and Fauna Committee

Contact Us

The Secretariat can be contacted by calling Canberra Connect on 13 22 81, by email or in writing at the following address:

Secretariat for the review of the Nature Conservation Act 1980 
ESDD
GPO Box 158
Canberra  ACT  2601