Sessional Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development Written Submissions Received Volume 2 Issues associated with the progressive entry into the Northern Territory of Cane Toads October 2003
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Environment Australia Part I Written Submissions Cane Toad Inquiry Report Volume 2 112 The Bushcare Program will invest in activities that will contribute to conserving and restoring habitat for our unique native flora and fauna which underpins the health of our landscapes. The Rivercare Program will invest in activities that will contribute to improved water quality and environmental condition in our river systems and wetlands. The Coastcare Program will invest in activities that will contribute to protecting our coastal catchments, ecosystems and the marine environment. Together these programs will invest in the ten Natural Heritage Trust areas of activity, which are: 1. protecting and restoring the habitat of threatened species, threatened ecological communities and migratory birds; 2. reversing the long-term decline in the extent and quality of Australia's native vegetation; 3. protecting and restoring significant freshwater, marine and estuarine ecosystems; 4. preventing or controlling the introduction and spread of feral animals, aquatic pests, weeds and other biological threats to biodiversity; 5. establishing and effectively managing a comprehensive, adequate and representative system of protected areas; 6. improving the condition of natural resources that underpins the sustainability and productivity of resource based industries; 7. securing access to natural resources for productive purposes; 8. encouraging the development of sustainable and profitable management systems for application by land-holders and other natural resource managers and users; 9. providing land-holders, community groups and other natural resource managers with understanding and skills to contribute to biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resource management; and 10. establishing institutional and organisational frameworks that promote conservation and ecologically sustainable use and management of natural resources. ATTACHMENT B Impact of Cane Toads on Native Frogs, ROPER RIVER VALLEY & Kakadu National Park Gordon Grigg, Andrew Taylor and Hamish McCallum See Submission No. 12 in this volume