The Parks and Wildlife Service is working to develop a fire management plan for the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area as required by the 2016 Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Management Plan.
The development of the plan was also a recommendation of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Bushfire and Climate Change Research Project (Recommendation 1).
The TWWHA Fire Management Plan will provide a strategic and comprehensive management framework for guiding fire management and mitigating bushfire risk into the future.
The Fire Management Plan is a non-statutory subsidiary plan to the 2016 Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Management Plan.
Project stages
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| Stage 1 - Setting the background
- Development of draft background papers.
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| Stage 2 - Engagement
- Consultation with key stakeholders and release of public issues papers.
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| Stage 3 - Preparation on the draft plan
- Preparation of the draft fire management plan based on consultation and feedback received.
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| Stage 4 - Engagement
- Formal exhibition of the draft fire management plan for public comment.
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| Stage 5 - Review and finalise the plan
- Submissions are reviewed. A public comment report prepared and changes to the draft fire management plan will be made where appropriate.
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| Stage 6 - Formal approval
- Formal approval of the final fire management plan.
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| Stage 7 - Release
- The final fire management plan and public comment report published.
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Key dates
Release of issues papers for comment
Close of comment period for issues papers
Release of draft fire management plan for comment
Close of draft fire management plan comment period
Have your say – Setting the background
We are seeking your input with respect to the issues and options for the future fire management of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Your input will inform the development of the fire management plan for the area.
Public issues papers are available below. If you would like to provide feedback on these issues papers please email feedback to Fire.Management@parks.tas.gov.au.
Some questions to consider when leaving feedback are:
- Are there any other fire management issues that are not covered in these papers?
- What are your thoughts on 'The Way Forward' section presented in these papers?
- Is there important information that is missing or doesn't make sense?
The Right to Information Act 2009 and confidentiality
Information provided to the Government may be provided to an applicant under the provisions of the Right to Information Act 2009 (RTI). If you have indicated that you wish all or part of your submission to be treated as confidential, your statement detailing the reasons may be taken into account in determining whether or not to release the information in the event of an RTI application for assessed disclosure. You may also be contacted to provide any further comment.
Issues Papers
Reference documents