The National Forest Reserve (JANIS) Criteria Used to Assess the Conservation Status of Evcs
The National Forest Reserve (JANIS) criteria used to assess the conservation status of EVCs in North East Victoria:
Status of EVC / CriteriaRare / R1.Total range generally less than 10 000 ha.
R2.Total area generally less than 1 000 ha.
R3.Patch sizes generally less than 100 ha.
Vulnerable / V1.Approaching greater than 70 per cent lost (depletion).
V2.Includes EVCs where threatening processes have caused:
- Significant changes in species composition,
- Loss or significant decline in species that play a major role within the ecosystem, or
- Significant alteration to ecosystem processes
Endangered / E1.Distribution has contracted to less than 10 per cent of original range.
E2.Less than 10 per cent of original area remaining.
E3.90 per cent of area is in small patches subjected to threatening processes.
Endangered, vulnerable and rare Ecological Vegetation Classes in the North East, their percent reservation in the region, threatening processes, and current management mechanisms available to address threats:
EVC / Criteria / % Res.1 / Threatening Processes2 / Management Mechanisms3Clay Heathland / R1, R2, R3 / 25.4 / -
Riparian Forest / R3, V2, V3 / 19.0 / Weed invasion, grazing, recreation, mining / Native Vegetation
Retention Controls (NVR)
Weed
Exclusion from timber harvesting through buffers
Riparian Shrubland / R3 / 56.5 / -
Heathy Dry Forest / V2, V3 / 29.9 / Inappropriate fire regimes (frequency, season of burn and intensity) / NVR
Code of Practice for Fire Management on Public Land
Valley Grassy Forest / V1, V2, V3 / 0.8 / Weed invasion, grazing, firewood and post and pole production / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Heathy Woodland / R1, R2 / - / -
Plains Grassy Woodland / V2, V3, E2, E3 / 0.0 / Habitat loss, clearing, agriculture, fragmentation, grazing, weed invasion, road construction and maintenance / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Floodplain Riparian Woodland / V2, V3, E2, E3 / 1.9 / Habitat loss, clearing, agriculture, fragmentation, alteration of flooding regimes, grazing / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Swampy Riparian Woodland/Perched Boggy Shrubland Mosaic / R1, R2, R3, V1, V2, V3, E3 / - / Clearing of agriculture, grazing, weed invasion / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Box Ironbark Forest / V1, V2, V3 / 15.0 / Timber harvesting, firewood and post and pole production, grazing mining, habitat loss, fragmentation, weed invasion / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Alluvial Terraces Herb-rich Woodland / R1, R2, V2, V3, E2, E3 / 3.8 / Firewood and post and pole production, grazing, clearing, habitat loss, fragmentation, weed invasion / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Creekline Grassy woodland / R3, V2, V3, E2, E3 / 0.3 / Firewood and post and pole production, grazing, clearing, habitat loss, fragmentation, weed invasion / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Rocky Outcrop Shrubland/Herb-land Mosaic / R3 / 67.4 / -
Wetland Formation / V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Altered water/drainage regimes, grazing, weed invasion, habitat loss, salinisation / NVR
Fencing
Land for Wildlife
Alluvial Terraces Herb-rich Woodland/Wetland/Heathy Dry Forest Mosaic / R1, R2 / 66.9 / -
Spring Soak Herbland / R1, R2, R3, V1, V2, V3, E3 / 0.3 / Grazing, timber harvesting, altered water regimes, weed invasion, agriculture / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Alluvial Terraces Herb-rich Woodland/Creekline Grassy woodland Mosaic / R1, R2, R3, V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Weed invasion, grazing, timber harvesting, agriculture, fragmentation, habitat loss / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Riverine Escarpment Scrub / R1, R2 / 22.4 / -
Swampy Riparian Woodland / V2, V3 / 8.4 / Weed invasion, grazing, mining / Fencing
Weed control
Land for Wildlife
Riparian Mosaic-North East / R3, V2, V3 / 6.0 / Weed invasion, grazing, recreation, mining
Valley Heathy Forest / R3, V2, V3, E2, E3 / 0.7 / Clearing, agriculture, habitat loss, weed invasion / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Alluvial Terraces Herb-rich Woodland/Plains Grassy woodland Complex / R1, R2, V2, V3, E2, E3 / 1.6 / Habitat loss, clearing, agriculture, fragmentation, grazing, weed invasion, road construction and maintenance, firewood collection and post and pole production / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Alluvial Terraces Herb-rich Woodland/Valley Grassy Forest Complex / R1, R2, V2, V3, E2, E3 / 0.2 / Firewood collection and post and pole production, grazing, clearing habitat loss, fragmentation, weed invasion / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Grassy Dry Forest/rocky Outcrop Shrubland/Herbland Mosaic / R1, R2, V1, V2, V3 / - / Weed invasion, grazing, agriculture, clearing / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Grassy Woodland / V2, V3, E2, E3 / 0.2 / Grazing, weed invasion, habitat loss, fragmentation, clearing, agriculture, lack of fire / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Perched Boggy Shrubland / V1, V2, V3, E3 / - / Clearing for agriculture and conifer plantations, altered water regimes, weed invasion, fragmentation, habitat loss, grazing / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Plains Grassy Woodland/Floodplian Riparian Woodland Complex / V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Habitat loss, clearing, agriculture, fragmentation, grazing, weed invasion, road construction and maintenance, alteration of flooding regimes / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Plains Grassy Woodland/Rainshadow Grassy Woodland Complex / R1, V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Habitat loss, clearing agriculture, fragmentation, grazing, weed invasion, road construction and maintenance, clearing, lack of fire / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Plains Grassy Woodland/Valley Grassy Forest Complex / V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Habitat loss, clearing, agriculture, fragmentation, grazing, weed invasion, road construction and maintenance, firewood collection and post and pole production / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Habitat tree prescriptions
Plains Grassy Woodland/Valley Grassy Forest/Rainshadow Grassy Woodland Complex / R1, V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Habitat loss, clearing, agriculture, fragmentation, grazing, weed invasion, road construction and maintenance, firewood collection and post and pole production, habitat loss, fragmentation, clearing, agriculture, lack of fire / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Valley Grassy forest/Box Ironbark Forest Complex / R3, V2, V3, E2 / - / Weed invasion, grazing, firewood collection and post and pole production, mining, fragmentation, habitat loss / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Gilgai Plain woodland/Wetland Mosaic / R2, V2, V3, E2 / 2.8 / Altered flooding regime, weed invasion, clearing for agriculture, grazing, timber harvesting / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Riparian Forest/Swampy riparian Woodland Mosaic / V2, V3, E2 / 0.2 / Weed invasion, grazing, recreation, mining / Land for Wildlife
Plains Grassy woodland/Creekline Grassy Woodland/Floodplain Riparian Woodland Mosaic / R1, R3, V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Habitat loss, clearing, agriculture, fragmentation, grazing, weed invasion, road construction and maintenance, firewood collection and post and pole production, alteration of flooding regimes / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Plains Grassy Woodland/Creekline Grassy Woodland/Wetland Mosaic / V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Habitat loss, clearing, agriculture, fragmentation, grazing, weed invasion, road construction and maintenance, firewood collection and post and pole production, altered water/drainage regimes, salinisation / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Valley Grassy Forest/Plains Grassy Woodland Mosaic / R2, V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Weed invasion, grazing, firewood collection and post and pole production, habitat loss, clearing, agriculture, fragmentation, road construction and maintenance / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Grassy Dry Forest/Shrubby Granitic-outwash Grassy Woodland Mosaic / R1, R2, R3, V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Grazing, weed invasion, habitat loss, fragmentation, clearing, agriculture, lack of fire / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Granitic Hills Woodland/Heathy Dry Forest Mosaic / R1, R2, R3 / - / -
Box Ironbark Forest/Spring Soak Herbland Mosaic / R1, R2, V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Grazing, timber harvesting, altered water regimes, weed invasion, agriculture, firewood collection and post and pole production, mining, habitat loss, fragmentation, clearing / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Grassy Dry Forest/Spring soak Herbland Mosaic / R1, R2, R3, V1, V2, V3, E3 / - / Grazing, altered water regimes, weed invasion, agriculture, clearing / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Floodplain Riparian Woodland/Plains Grassy Woodland Mosaic / R1, V2, V3, E2, E3 / 0.1 / Habitat loss, clearing, agriculture, fragmentation, grazing, weed invasion, road construction and maintenance, alteration of flooding regimes / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Rainshadow Grassy Woodland/Valley Grassy Forest Mosaic / R1, R2, V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Weed invasion, grazing, firewood collection and post and pole production, habitat loss, fragmentation, clearing, agriculture, lack of fire / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Shrubby Granitic-outwash Grassy Woodland/Valley Grassy Forest Mosaic / R2, V1, V2, V3, E3 / - / Weed invasion, grazing, firewood collection and post and pole production, habitat loss, fragmentation, clearing, agriculture, lack of fire / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Riverine Grassy Woodland/riverine Sedgy Forest Mosaic / V1, V2, V3, E3 / 0.7 / Clearing, agriculture, grazing, fragmentation, altered water regimes, weed invasion / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Sand Ridge Woodland / R1, R2, R3, V2, V3, E2, E3 / - / Grazing, weed invasion, clearing, timber harvesting, habitat loss / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Valley Grassy Forest/Grassy Dry Forest Mosaic / R1, R2, R3, V2, V3 / - / Weed invasion, grazing, firewood collection and post and pole production / NVR
Land for Wildlife
Notes:
1 Percent Reservation in conservation Parks and Reserves is based on pre-1750 extent.
2 Threatening processes are those which have occurred in the past, and may or may not be current threatening processes for these EVCs. The references to firewood collection and post and pole production relate to private land.
3 Some areas containing these EVCs may already be protected under Land for Wildlife.
The program could also be applied to other areas in the future to protect these values and address threatening processes.
Source: Commonwealth of Australia (C of A) and Victorian RFA Steering Committee (1998). North East Victoria: Comprehensive Regional Assessment. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.