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Rehabilitation and remediation

The policy objective is to restore and rehabilitate degraded ecosystems, and strengthen and further develop species recovery plans where practical and where this will make a significant contribution to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity.

In collaboration with interested and affected parties, Government will:

1. Develop a programme to rehabilitate degraded systems of national concern. This includes the identification of key sites for restoration, (Objective 1.1)and developing and implementing rehabilitation plans for such sites; provision of jobs for the disadvantaged in the remedial field; supporting remedial research; monitoring the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures; and regulating and minimizing adverse impacts of harmful activities on biodiversity.
2. Continue to conserve and restore populations of threatened species by developing appropriate legislation; developing tools to enable their identification; developing and implementing recovery plans for species at risk; and promoting the use and involvement of off-site (ex-situ) conservation facilities and expertise where necessary.
3. Require rehabilitation measures to be undertaken as an integral part of environmental impact assessments, to minimize potential negative impacts and to enhance possible positive impacts on biodiversity.
4. Address concerns relating to the genetic contamination and loss of genetic variability amongst populations.