Elements and Performance Criteria
- Define the need for a management plan
- Undertake preliminary planning activities
- Major stakeholders are identified.
- Availability of specialists to assist in management planning work is ascertained and contracts are prepared where required.
- Timelines for development of the management plan and reporting arrangements to client are established.
- Resources required for the development of management strategies are identified.
- Prepare a site description
- Landscape values of the area are identified and mapped.
- Physical features and characteristics of the area are identified and mapped.
- Land uses, including current, cultural, and historical modifications, are researched and their effects on the designated area are determined and recorded.
- Physical condition of site is assessed and documented
- Biological characteristics of the site are documented.
- Analyse site information and description
- Information is evaluated in terms of core principles and objectives.
- Documents are produced including plans, technical reports and maps.
- Priorities and key conservation issues are determined.
- Longitudinal projections of continuing impacts are prepared.
- Land capability is assessed.
- Opportunities and constraints to meeting planning objectives and goals are identified and documented.
- Presentation to stakeholders/clients is undertaken and feedback incorporated into planning documentation.
- Identify management strategies
- Management strategies are identified that address defined objectives.
- Management strategies are designed to alleviate existing impacts or to target management actions.
- Management strategies are costed and compared to existing budgets and available resources.
- Staging of work is planned to prioritise outcomes and management resource allocation.
- Consultation with stakeholders/clients is undertaken and feedback incorporated into planning documentation.
- Prepare the management plan