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Climate Change Act 2017.

Legislation
February, 2017
Australia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
forestry
forest management plans
land law
environment
land management
forest conservation
forest land
private forests
The purpose of this Act, consisting of 102 sections divided into 11 Parts and completed by one Schedule, is to repeal and re-enact with amendments the Climate Change Act 2010: a) to set a long-term greenhouse gas emissions reduction target; b) to provide for the setting of 5-yearly interim greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in order to reach the long-term greenhouse gas emissions reduction target; c) to facilitate the consideration of climate change issues in specified areas of decision making of the Government of Victoria; d) to set policy objectives and guiding principles to infor
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National Park Estate (Lower Hunter Region Reservations) Act 2006.

Legislation
November, 2006
Australia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forest land
protected areas
public ownership
This Act transfers certain State forest and Crown lands to the national park estate, makes provision with respect to special areas under the Hunter Water Act 1991 and sets apart areas in State forests as flora reserves.
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National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2005.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forest land
protected areas
public ownership
This Act, consisting of three Parts completed by six Schedules, transfers certain State forest and Crown lands to the national park estate, makes provision with respect to special areas under the Crown Lands Act 1989 and the Forestry Act 1916 and provides for land transfers, ancillary and special provisions.
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National Park Estate (Riverina Red Gum Reservations) Act 2010.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forest land
protected areas
public ownership
This Act, consisting of 18 sections and completed by ten Schedules, aims at transferring to the national park estate certain river red gum State forest lands in the Riverina area; enabling the transfer to Aboriginal ownership and conservation of certain other State forest lands in the Riverina area; enabling forestry operations to continue on land in the Riverina area remaining as State forest; enabling the collection of firewood for non-commercial purposes to continue in areas reserved as national or regional parks; etc.
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National Park Estate (South-Western Cypress Reservations) Act 2010.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forest land
protected areas
public ownership
This Act, consisting of 19 sections divided into four Parts and completed by nine Schedules, aims at transferring certain State forest lands in the South-Western area to the national park estate; to make provisions with respect to forestry operations in that area; enabling the transfer to Aboriginal ownership and conservation of certain other State forest lands; specifying lands subject to Aboriginal land claims; approval for South-Western forestry operations; forestry operations on land remaining as State forest; etc.
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Pastoral Land Act.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Forest Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
customary law
pastoralists
forestry
land law
leases
agriculture
The objects of this Act are: (a) to provide a form of tenure of Crown land that facilitates the sustainable use of land for pastoral purposes and the economic viability of the pastoral industry; (b) to provide for (i) the monitoring of pastoral land so as to detect and assess any change in its condition; (ii) the prevention or minimization of degradation of or other damage to the land and its indigenous plant and animal life; and (iii) the rehabilitation of the land in cases of degradation or other damage; (c) to recognize the right of Aborigines to follow traditional pursuits on pastoral l
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Forestry and National Park Estate Act 1998.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
protected areas
public ownership
land-use planning
land management
customary law
forest land
Certain lands being at the time state forests are transferred to national park estate and Aboriginal ownership. The lands described in Schedule 3 that are within State forests are set apart as, or as part of, flora reserves under the Forestry Act 1916. Forest agreements may be made under Part 2 with respect to particular regions of the State. A forest agreement may only be made in respect of a region that has been the subject of a regional forest assessment carried out by or on behalf of the Resource and Conservation Assessment Council.
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Pastoral Leases (Rental) Act.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Forest Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
forestry
leases
agriculture
pastoralists
Notwithstanding any other law in force in the Territory, the terms and conditions of the pastoral lease or the fact that rental in respect of a pastoral lease may have been paid in pursuance of such terms and conditions in respect of the financial year before the Administrator's assent to this Act was declared, the rent payable in respect of a pastoral lease for the financial year is the rent that is or was otherwise payable in respect of that lease multiplied by a rental increase factor of 2.8, and the additional rent resulting from the application of the rental increase factor shall be pa
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Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 (Act No. 126).

An Act to make better provision for the use, protection and management of certain public lands and waters and the flora and fauna thereof, to establish authorities to be responsible therefore, and for incidental or connected purposes.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
protected areas
public ownership
land-use planning
forestry
land management
forest management plans
forest land
leases
forest conservation
This Act, consisting of 156 sections divided into twelve Parts and completed by one Schedule, establishes a comprehensive set of legislative provisions dealing with state conservation and land management matters. It establishes a number of statutory bodies including the Conservation Commission of Western Australia, the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority, and the Marine Parks and Reserves Scientific Advisory Committee, and it defines their composition, and functions and powers.
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Climate Change Act 2010.

Legislation
Australia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
forest management plans
land law
environment
land management
forest conservation
forest land
private forests
This Act, consisting of 65 Sections divided into six Parts and completed by two Schedules, aims at establishing a target to reduce Victoria's greenhouse gas emissions; to promote collaboration, cooperation and innovation in the Victorian response to climate change by strengthening the role of communities and other measures; to provide for a strategic response by the Government of Victoria to climate change through a Climate Change Adaptation Plan; to facilitate Victoria's contribution to national and international carbon sequestration efforts; to provide for the creation of forestry rights,