Management of Commercial Harvesting of Protected Flora in Western Australia 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2018
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- 5.3.2 Licence Application, Licensing Procedures and Flora Returns
| Figure 2. DEC's administrative boundaries (9 Regions).
The six flora industry management regions comprise: · Southern Sandplain (which largely corresponds with DEC's South Coast Region, plus the eastern part of DEC’s Warren Region); · Southern Forest (which consists of the western two thirds of DEC's Warren Region, and the southern half of DEC’s South West Region); · Northern Forest (which consists of the northern half of DEC’s South West Region, with the southern half of Swan Region); · Northern Sandplain (the northern part of DEC’s Swan Region, in addition to the sandplain north to Carnarvon); · Wheatbelt; and · Rangelands (including the goldfields, desert, Pilbara and Kimberley areas). 
Figure 3. DEC Flora Industry Management Regions. 
Figure 4. IBRA biogeographic regions. 5.3.2 Licence Application, Licensing Procedures and Flora Returns Application forms must be completed by an applicant before an application for a commercial flora licence can be considered. The application form for a Commercial Purposes Licence is at Appendix 5, and the application form for a Commercial Producer’s or Nurseryman’s Licence is at Appendix 6. Each licence applicant must nominate area(s) where they wish to pick, and produce written permission from the management authority for that land, where such an authority exists, as part of their licence application. This is to ensure that applicants are aware of the requirement to have permission of land managers before picking, in accordance with regulation 56E(2) of the Wildlife Conservation Regulations 1970 for Crown land, and section 23D(1) of the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 for private property. The licence issued has the nominated picking area(s) endorsed on it. In the case of Crown land licences, additional areas can be accessed for flora harvesting provided that the written authority is carried by the picker, as required under licence conditions. In the case of private property, properties must be nominated at the time of licence issue, and protected flora taken from additional properties may not be sold under the licence, even where the landowner has given permission for the flora to be harvested. On receipt of an application for a commercial flora licence, the DEC screens the application to ensure that it has been completed, and the necessary authorisations are attached. The application is also screened in relation to the flora and products being requested to harvest or sell. Licensees are advised when their application includes prohibited flora, or flora for which special management conditions apply to their harvest, and are required to provide specific justification for such flora to be included in a licence. In such situations, permission is only granted where such conditions can be applied to ensure the conservation of the flora, such as through the species-specific endorsements (Section 5.1.2.4). In the case of private property, applications to sell flora that is otherwise restricted, are investigated to ensure that the flora either is being cultivated on the property, or occurs in sufficient quantity to permit sustainable harvest. This may include property inspections where corroborating evidence is not available. As a requirement of licence conditions, and in order to facilitate monitoring and enforcement, all commercial licence holders, operating on both Crown and private property, must submit quarterly returns detailing flora taken each month. Data required include taxon, quantity, the unit of measure, and part of flora taken, product use, the status of the land where harvesting was undertaken, whether the flora, is cultivated or wild picked, the name of the private property owner where taken from private land, the grid square location of the flora and the person to whom the flora was supplied. The licensing system is computerised, containing records of past and present licence holders and all licences held currently and in the past by these persons. In addition, a database management system, containing records of flora returns submitted by licensees, is maintained. The month prior to the expiry of their licences, licensees receive a renewal notice if the requirement to submit flora returns has been complied with, or, where the requirement has not been met, notification that their licence will not be renewed unless returns are submitted. Reminder letters are automatically computer-generated for those licensees who have overdue flora returns. Failure to submit returns results in non-renewal of the licence. The State Minister for Environment may revoke a licence that has been issued, or refuse to issue a licence under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 to any person who has been convicted of any offence against the Wildlife Conservation Act or Regulations. This includes offences relating to the contravention of conditions attached to licences. Directory: system -> files -> resources resources -> Environmental Best Practice Port Development: An Analysis of International Approaches resources -> The National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List: 1 july 2008 30 june 2013 resources -> Reference list for water related coal seam gas and coal mining research resources -> Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators isd sections of Law resources -> Executive Summary 3 Background 4 Developing the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme 4 resources -> Threat abatement plan for disease in natural ecosystems caused by resources -> Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Annual Report 2011–12 resources -> Sawfish and River Sharks Multispecies Issues Paper Download 2.23 Mb. Share with your friends:
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