This Act, consisting of five Parts and completed by 3 Schedules, provides for the establishment of the Royal Botanic Gardens Board and defines its functions and internal organization, and provides for the management of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne and the National Herbarium of Victoria. The Act aims to protect, conserve and improve botanic gardens and managed land and their collections of living plants; conserve and enhance the State botanical collection and National Herbarium; provide for the use of the State botanical collection at the botanic gardens or managed land for scientific or reference purposes, consistent with accepted international practice; increase public knowledge and awareness of plants and plant communities; provide for the use of the botanic gardens for education, public enjoyment and tourism; and to provide for the carrying out of and contribution to research into biodiversity and the conservation of biodiversity.
أستراليا · 1991-12-10