Private Land Conservation Dr Ken Atkins Manager, Species and Communities Branch

Formal Conservation Reserve System - CAR

Other Crown lands managed for conservation

Lands managed by CALM

Distribution of Declared Rare Flora in WA

Off-Reserve Conservation Strategies

CompulsoryVoluntary Binding Non- binding

Off-Reserve Conservation Strategies CompulsoryVoluntary Binding Non- binding Legislation – clearing controls flora harvesting timber harvesting threatened species Lease conditions Land purchase Covenants Management Agreements NRM Planning Facilitation Advisory Services Funding Schemes Assistance Planning mechanisms

for clearing regulation enquires Regulation of native vegetation clearing Environmental Protection Act 10 clearing principals Exemptions

Wildlife Conservation Act licence to sell native flora taken from private lands – includes cultivated plant material Provides exemption for EP Act Each licence has conditions applying to it which are designed to ensure sustainability. Management plan for sustainable timber production Harvesting Native Flora (and Timber)

CAR Other Off-reserve Conservation Programs Land Purchase – CAR, BAS, Bush Bank

CAR Other Off-reserve Conservation Programs Conservation Covenants Land Purchase – CAR, BAS, Bush Bank

Nature Conservation Covenant Program. Coordinator – Emma Bramwell

CAR Other Off-reserve Conservation Programs Land for Wildlife Conservation Covenants Section 16 Agreements Land Purchase – CAR, BAS, Bush Bank

Land for Wildlife Coordinator – Penny Hussey

Florabase Xanthorrhoea preissii Endl. Grass tree Lehm., Pl.Preiss. 2:39 (1846) Conservation Status: Not threatened Name Status: CurrentNot threatenedCurrent Description: Perennial tree-like monocot, to 5 m high, trunk to over 3 m, scape length 0.6–1.0 m, spike length 1.5–2.5 m. Fl. white, cream, Jun–Dec. Grey to black sands, grey-brown loam, brown gravelly sandy clay, laterite, granite. Ranges, coastal plain, near watercourses. DistributionDistribution: SW: AW, GS, JF, SWA, WAR. Find related books in the Botanical Library.related books

CAR Other Off-reserve Conservation Programs Roadside Conservation Committee Land for Wildlife Conservation Covenants Section 16 Agreements Financial Incentives – CCG, Healthy Wetland Habitats, Bushland Benefits State Salinity Strategy Natural Diversity Recovery Catchments Urban Nature Land Purchase – CAR, BAS, Bush Bank Rivercare

Types of Incentives Financial assistance Labour programs Land sale, purchase or donation Legal protection Management agreements Technical advice Training

Removal of Disincentives Land tax for covenanted land Capital gains tax and Income tax Local government rates

Information on Threatened Species and Threatened Ecological Communities Threatened Flora: Ministerial permission to take Letters of notification Database information – Threatened Fauna: Licence to take Database information – Threatened Ecological Communities Database information –

Management support: Species and Communities Branch, Kensington Regional threatened species and communities officers Regional threatened species and communities recovery teams Recovery plans