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Principal activities
Bush Heritage's principal activities, consistent
with its Constitution, are to:
· protect the natural environment through the
acquisition and preservation of interests in or
associated with land or water that is of high
conservation value or environmental significance
· preserve, restore or maintain the conservation
value or environmental significance of the natural
environment through the planned management
of the company's properties
· obtain funds or other property through donations,
bequests, public appeals and special events and
from the corporate sector
· provide financial or in-kind assistance to others in
order to protect and manage the natural environment
· provide advice to others about how to protect
and manage the natural environment
· dispose of any land or water owned by the company
which is assessed to be outside of our conservation
aims or which can be better conserved and protected
by another entity
· buy or sell any trading credits, sequestration rights
or other similar interest in land, air or water
· pursue business, sponsorship and other appropriate
relationships with the public and private sector to
achieve the objects of Bush Heritage.
Performance measures
Bush Heritage recognises the importance of key
performance measures to monitor and gauge
organisational performance. With the development
of the Bush Heritage Australia Strategic Plan 2012­17,
the organisation now has clear goals and objectives that
it will work towards achieving over the next five years.
Currently Bush Heritage utilises a range of performance
measures. These measures have been developed at a
variety of levels within the organisation and in response
to a range of drivers.
Some of the tools and reporting methods used currently
in the organisation, which will be continually reviewed
and further integrated into future performance
reporting, include:
· conservation scorecards, for reporting on conservation
outcomes achieved at reserves or with partners.
Scorecards are derived from our central conservation
management system (Miradi) utilised by Bush Heritage
as part of our adoption of the Open Standard for the
Practice of Conservation
, which is an international
planning and adaptive-management methodology
· monthly financial reporting
· quarterly `traffic-light' reporting on progress against
activities set out in the Business Plan.
Members' guarantee
In accordance with the company's Constitution,
each member is liable to contribute a maximum
of $10 in the event that the company is wound up.
As at 31 March 2013 the number of members was 68.
Auditors' independence
The Auditors' Declaration of Independence appears
on page 40 and forms part of the Directors' Report
for the year ended 31 March 2013.
Rounding
The company is of a kind referred to in ASIC Class
Order 98/100 dated 10 July 1998 and, in accordance
with that Class Order, amounts in the Financial Report
have been rounded off to the nearest thousand dollars,
unless otherwise stated.
Signed in accordance with the resolution of the Board
of Directors made pursuant to Section 298(2) of the
Corporations Act 2001.
Louise Sylvan
President
14 June 2013