Submission
The TNPA has many major concerns with the 2014 Draft MP:
• A failure to articulate the Outstanding Universal Values of the TWWHA and Key Guiding Principles.
• Removal of an effective management Zoning system to help effectively regulate use of the TWWHA.
• Removal of the recognition and protection of Wilderness as a management objective.
• Allowance of inappropriate New Uses.
• A less rigorous process for assessment of development proposals.
• Removal of effective management prescriptions to facilitate the assessment and achievement of Key Desired Outcomes.
• Provisions for mining and logging.
• Inadequate management actions to respond to the impacts of climate change.
• A diminution of the role for the Parks and Wildlife Service as the principal management agency for the TWWHA.
Franklin River, Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Photo: GrantDixon
The Tasmanian National Parks Association offers an independent voice for Tasmania’s national parks and reserves, to ensure they are managed for the conservation of the values for which they were proclaimed.