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The Review developed recommended National Environmental Standards for matters of national environmental significance (MNES) that prescribe outcomes for the protection and conservation of MNES. The Standards include an overarching Standard that relates to all MNES and matter-specific Standards. The Standards clarify the existing settings of the EPBC Act to define clear limits of acceptable impacts for MNES, while providing flexibility to enable development. They represent an improvement on the status quo, where opaque rules and unfettered discretion in decision-making often results in the trading away of environmental outcomes. Decisions at all scales and by all parties should work together to deliver the Standards.

The Review developed a recommended National Environmental Standard for Indigenous engagement and participation in decision-making that will ensure that Indigenous Australians that speak for Country have had the opportunity to do so, and that their views and knowledge is explicitly considered in decisions in a culturally respectful and transparent way. This Standard sets out the minimum requirements for meaningful engagement and participation of Indigenous Australians in the legislative and policy processes related to the EPBC Act. This Standard is to be used by all parties undertaking any activities under government legislation or policies relating to the Act, including the process for making National Environmental Standards.

Appendix B1 - Recommended National Environmental Standards for Matters of National Environmental Significance. This section provides a recommended overarching Standard that relates to all MNES and matter-specific Standards. This should be read together and in conjunction with other National Environmental Standards and the existing requirements of the EPBC Act.

Appendix B1 - Recommended National Environmental Standards for Matters of National Environmental Significance. This section provides a recommended matter-specific Standard for World Heritage. This should be read together and in conjunction with other National Environmental Standards and the existing requirements of the EPBC Act.

Appendix B1 - Recommended National Environmental Standards for Matters of National Environmental Significance. This section provides a recommended matter-specific Standard for National Heritage. This should be read together and in conjunction with other National Environmental Standards and the existing requirements of the EPBC Act.

Appendix B1 - Recommended National Environmental Standards for Matters of National Environmental Significance. This section provides a recommended matter-specific Standard for Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar wetlands). This should be read together and in conjunction with other National Environmental Standards and the existing requirements of the EPBC Act.

Appendix B1 - Recommended National Environmental Standards for Matters of National Environmental Significance. This section provides a recommended matter-specific Standard for threatened species and ecological communities. This should be read together and in conjunction with other National Environmental Standards and the existing requirements of the EPBC Act.

Appendix B1 - Recommended National Environmental Standards for Matters of National Environmental Significance. This section provides a recommended matter-specific Standard for migratory species. This should be read together and in conjunction with other National Environmental Standards and the existing requirements of the EPBC Act.

Appendix B1 - Recommended National Environmental Standards for Matters of National Environmental Significance. This section provides a recommended matter-specific Standard for the Commonwealth Marine Environment. This should be read together and in conjunction with other National Environmental Standards and the existing requirements of the EPBC Act.

Appendix B1 - Recommended National Environmental Standards for Matters of National Environmental Significance. This section provides a recommended matter-specific Standard for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. This should be read together and in conjunction with other National Environmental Standards and the existing requirements of the EPBC Act.

Appendix B1 - Recommended National Environmental Standards for Matters of National Environmental Significance. This section provides a recommended matter-specific Standard for the Protection of the Environment from Nuclear Actions. This should be read together and in conjunction with other National Environmental Standards and the existing requirements of the EPBC Act.

Appendix B1 - Recommended National Environmental Standards for Matters of National Environmental Significance. This section provides a recommended matter-specific Standard for Protection of Water Resources from Coal Seam Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development. This should be read together and in conjunction with other National Environmental Standards and the existing requirements of the EPBC Act.

The Review developed a recommended National Environmental Standard for compliance and enforcement that sets the national intent for compliance and enforcement activities to ensure the protection and conservation of matters protected under the EPBC Act. The Standard requires compliance and enforcement functions to be independent of actual or implied political interference; delivered in a way that deters illegal behaviour and ensures non-compliance is remedied; enforcement is proportionate to the seriousness of the non-compliance; and actions are transparent and accountable.

The Review developed a recommended National Environmental Standard for data and information that sets the expectations for all parties involved in the implementation and evaluation of the EPBC Act to support the delivery of the national environmental information supply chain by requiring the collection, curation, integration, analysis, use and sharing of best available information to defined technical standards.

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