Examples of TSC Act in a sentence
The BioBanking Trust Fund is an element of the Biodiversity Banking and Offsets Scheme (BioBanking Scheme) established under Section 127A of the TSC Act.
Supplier further represents, warrants, and covenants that all color additives covered under this Purchase Order shall be manufactured by Supplier and (where color additive regulations require certification) are from batches certified in accordance with the applicable regulation promulgated under the FDC Act or TSC Act, as applicable.
Thus, the listing of threatened species under the TSC Act ensures very little real protection as the final outcome is dependent on the discretion of development consent authorities.
In NSW species may be listed under the TSC Act once they reach a particular level of endangerment (for example, vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered).
The Scientific Committee, established under the TSC Act, is responsible for determining whether a particular species, population or ecological community is to be included on or omitted from the list of threatened species.
It is clear that the TSC Act is not achieving its objective of conserving and protecting biodiversity in NSW, particularly threatened species, endangered ecological communities and critical habitat.
The Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act) has been in operation since 1995 but despite strong objectives, it has failed to arrest the decline of biodiversity in NSW.
There are considerable benefits and strengths of the current listing process under the TSC Act.
There are currently only four areas declared as critical habitat under the TSC Act: the Wollemi Pine, the Gould’s Petrel, Little Penguin population in Sydney Harbour, and the Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail.93 The area declared as critical habitat ranges from tens of ha (Little Penguin and Gould’s Petrel) to 5,000 ha (the Wollemi Pine).
For example, a species from Queensland may move into NSW in response to climate change and establish small populations but would not be eligible for listing under the TSC Act; and• Climate change is likely to increase the extinction risk of many species, which will further exacerbate the problem of limited conservation budgets making prioritisation of listing processes a necessity.