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Victoria's State of the Forests Report 2013 Victoria’s State of the Forests Report 2013 Capacity Productive Health Ecosystem water Soil and Carbon Socio- economic Legal Framework 1 Introduction Forest Criteria and Case Glossary References Home Themes Indicators Studies of Terms Capacity Productive Health Ecosystem water Soil and © The State of Victoria Department of Environment and Primary Industries 2014 Accessibility If you would like to receive this publication in an alternative format, please telephone the DEPI Customer Service Centre on 136 186, email [email protected], or via the National Relay Service on 133 677, Carbon This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia www.relayservice.com.au. This document is also available on the internet at licence. You are free to re-use the work under that licence, on the condition www.depi.vic.gov.au that you credit the State of Victoria as author. 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Many Victorians have special memories of time spent enjoying these beautiful places and they are places for work as well as play, particularly for people living in regional communities. Traditional Owners have deep cultural and spiritual connections to these lands and government Health works closely with Traditional Owners in many aspects of forest management. Ecosystem In this latest State of the Forests Report, we are able to provide much more comprehensive data about the health of our forests. Government has developed a more holistic landscape approach to sustainable forest management, with a greater focus on environmental auditing and compliance systems. water Soil and There’s also a greater focus on monitoring the broad environmental and social outcomes of timber harvesting, and a more strategic approach to the management of threatened species which provides opportunities for sustainable timber harvesting. Victoria’s State of the Forests Report 2013 is produced solely as an interactive online document enabling you to follow areas of interest as you learn more about recent achievements in sustainable forest management and ongoing challenges. Carbon The Report is a detailed snapshot of the health of these natural environments and a clear reflection of the extensive work being done and significant successes achieved towards ensuring our forests are carefully managed for future generations. Socio- economic Adam Fennessy Secretary Credit: Arthur Rylah Institute Legal Framework 3 Introduction Forest Criteria and Case Glossary References Home Themes Indicators Studies of Terms Contents Capacity Productive Introduction 6 Indicators 49 Indicator 2.4: Annual production of non-wood forest products 103 What’s new in the 2013 State of the Forests Report 7 Indicator 1.1a: Area of forest by type and tenure 50 Indicator 2.5: Proportion of timber harvest area Victoria’s forests 8 Indicator 1.1b: Area of forest type by growth stage 58 successfully regenerated by forest type 104 Indicator 1.1c: Area of forest type by growth stage Health Key terms and definitions 9 Ecosystem distribution in protected zones 60 Indicator 3.1: Scale and impact of agents and IBRA Bioregions 12 processes affecting forest health and vitality 107 Indicator 1.1d: Fragmentation of native forest cover 64 Victoria’s Bioregions: An overview 13 Indicator 3.2: Area and type of human-induced Indicator 1.2a: The status of forest dependent species at disturbance 112 Themes 18 risk of not maintaining viable breeding populations, as Environmental 19 determined by legislation or scientific assessment 69 Indicator 4.1: Area and percentage of forest by activity type systematically assessed for risk to soil attributes 117 water Social 21 Indicator 1.2b: Area of habitat available for forest Soil and dependent indicator species 72 Indicator 4.2: Change in forested catchment Economic 23 water yield characteristics through time 121 Indicator 1.2c: Representative indicator species from Governance and Law 24 a range of habitats monitored at scales relevant to Indicator 4.3: Change in forested catchment river Criteria 25 regional forest management 77 health characteristics through time 124 Criterion 1: Conservation of biological diversity 26 Indicator 1.2d: Degree of disturbance to native forest Indicator 5.1: Total forest ecosystem biomass and carbon pool by forest type, age class and Carbon Criterion 2: Maintenance of productive capacity of species caused by invasive species 81 successional stages 128 forest ecosystems 30 Indicator 1.3a: The number of forest dependent Indicator 5.2: Contribution of forest ecosystems Criterion 3: Maintenance of ecosystem health and vitality 32 species at risk from isolation that may lead to loss of genetic variation 87 to the global greenhouse gas balance 131 Criterion 4: Conservation and maintenance of soil and Indicator 6.1a: Value ($) of wood and wood products 132 water resources 36 Indicator 1.3b: Number of in situ and ex situ conservation efforts for forest dependent species 88 Indicator 6.1b: Value ($) and yield of non-wood Criterion 5: Maintenance of forest contribution to global Socio- forest products 135 carbon cycles 39 Indicator 2.1: Area and percentage of forest and net area economic of forest available and suitable for timber production 91 Indicator 6.1c: Value ($) of forest derived ecosystem Criterion 6: Maintenance and enhancement of long term services 141 multiple socio-economic benefits to meet the needs Indicator 2.2: Volume of wood by forest type in State of societies 40 forest that is available and suitable for timber production 94 Indicator 6.1d: Degree of reuse and recycling of wood products 142 Criterion 7: Legal, institutional and economic framework Indicator 2.3: Annual production of wood products from State forest compared to sustainable harvest levels 95 for forest conservation and sustainable management 45 Legal Framework 4 Introduction Forest Criteria and Case Glossary References Home Themes Indicators Studies of Terms Contents Capacity Productive Indicator 6.2a: Investment and expenditure in Indicator 6.5d: Resilience of forest dependent Case studies 204 forest management 144 Indigenous communities to changing social and Case study 1: The Victorian Forest Monitoring economic conditions 178 Indicator 6.2b: Investment in research and Program 205 development, and education 146 Indicator 6.5e: Area of forest available and accessible Case study 2: Gunaikurnai Traditional Owners Health for Indigenous people to exercise their inherent rights Ecosystem Indicator 6.2c: Extension and use of new and Settlement Agreement 208 to meet subsistence or individual and family cultural improved technologies 149 and spiritual needs 179 Case study 3: A new strategic approach to biodiversity Indicator 6.3a: Area and quality of forest actively management 210 Indicator 6.6a: Extent to which the management utilised for recreation and tourism 153 framework includes the exercise of customary, Case study 4: Victorian Bushfire Rapid Risk Indicator 6.3b: Range and use of recreation and custodial, traditional and native title rights as an Assessment Teams 214 tourism opportunities that are available within forests 157 essential component in achieving sustainable water Case study 5: Collaborative research for forest Soil and Indicator 6.3c: Number of visits per annum 160 forest management 180 assessment and monitoring 217 Indicator 6.4a: Area of forest to which Indigenous Indicator 7.1: Extent to which the legal framework Case study 6: Technology applications for forest people have access and rights that protect their (laws, regulations, guidelines) supports the conservation assessment and monitoring 220 and sustainable management of forests 182 cultural heritage and are recognised through formal Case study 7: The Joint Remote Sensing and informal management regimes 163 Indicator 7.2: Extent to which the institutional Research Program 223 framework supports the conservation and sustainable Indicator 6.4b: Proportion of places of Indigenous and Carbon Glossary of Terms 225 non-Indigenous cultural values in forests formally management of forests 188 managed to protect those values 165 Indicator 7.3: Extent to which the economic References 233 Indicator 6.5a: Direct and indirect employment in the framework supports the conservation and sustainable forest sector and forest sector employment as a management of forests 193 proportion of total employment 169 Indicator 7.4:
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