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VEAC Assessment of the values of State forests in eastern Victoria

VEAC’s report for its Assessment of the values of state forest in eastern Victoria was submitted to the Minister for Environment Steve Dimopoulos MP on 28 April 2025. The Minister requested VEAC to carry out the assessment on 25 October 2024. The assessment will inform the work of the Great Outdoors Taskforce in its provision of advice and recommendations to the Minister on the future use and management of state forest areas. VEAC is not required to undertake public consultation or make recommendations.

Progress

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Overview

On 25 October 2024, VEAC was requested by the Minister for Environment Steve Dimopoulos MP to carry out an assessment of the values of State forests within eastern Victoria. 

The assessment covered the 1.5 million hectares of state forests subject to the timber harvesting allocation order and relevant adjacent state forests within the North East, Gippsland and East Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement areas.

The area is shown on the map included with the terms of reference. The full terms of reference are available in Reports & Resources.

The assessment will inform the work of the Great Outdoors Taskforce in its provision of advice and recommendations to the Minister on the future use and management of state forest areas. VEAC is not required to undertake public consultation or make recommendations.  

The purpose of the assessment was to identify: 

  • the biodiversity, ecological, geological and geomorphological values of the specified area 
  • the historic heritage, social and economic values of the specified area 
  • the current and likely future threats to those values, including climate change. 

Reports and resources

Title Date Type Filesize
Assessment of the values of State forests in eastern Victoria - FINAL23-06-2025Reports16.54 MB
Title Date Type Filesize
A1 Public Land Use 13-05-2025Additional data47.82 MB
A3 Figure 1.5 Most recent LCC, ECC, and VEAC investigation areas, districts and reviews 13-05-2025Additional data7.67 MB
A3 Figure 2.1 Public land use categories in the assessment area 13-05-2025Additional data14.82 MB
A3 Figure 1.3 Registered Aboriginal Party areas13-05-2025Additional data16.30 MB
A3 Figure 2.3 Bioregions in the assessment area13-05-2025Additional data11.82 MB
A3 Figure 2.6 River basins, major waterways and reservoirs of the assessment area 13-05-2025Additional data13.71 MB
A3 Figure 3.01 Threatened species Zonation output for the assessment area-forest-dependent species 13-05-2025Additional data17.26 MB
A3 Figure 3.02 Threatened species Zonation output for the assessment area - all species 13-05-2025Additional data20.03 MB
A3 Figure 3.03 Ecosystem (EVC) importance for conservation 13-05-2025Additional data16.90 MB
A3 Figure 3.07 Special water supply catchments in the assessment area13-05-2025Additional data18.15 MB
A3 Figure 3.09 Victorian Heritage Register and Victorian Heritage Inventory sites in the assessment area13-05-2025Additional data13.44 MB
A3 Figure 3.11 Locations of car parks, camping grounds and picnic areas in the state forests of the assessment area13-05-2025Additional data13.10 MB
A3 Figure 3.13 Permissible hunting areas in principle on public land 13-05-2025Additional data17.26 MB
A3 Figure 3.19 Current mining and exploration licences in the assessment area13-05-2025Additional data16.58 MB
A3 Figure 3.20 Current work authorities and extractive industry interest areas in the assessment area13-05-2025Additional data13.24 MB
A3 Figure 3.21 Estimated cumulative mineral value based on current market price for state forests in the assessment area13-05-202512.66 MB
A3 Figure 3.22 Roads and tracks made available for domestic firewood collection in the autumn 2025 season 13-05-2025Additional data13.66 MB
A3 Figure 3.23 Decade of most recent recorded logging across the assessment area 13-05-2025Additional data16.55 MB
Figure 3.24 Licences and leases across the state forests in the assessment area13-05-2025Additional data13.51 MB
A3 Figure 3.25 Licensed bee sites in and around the assessment 13-05-2025Additional data14.90 MB
List of figures, tales and boxes for the Assessment of the values of state forests in eastern Victoria 13-05-2025Additional data58.12 KB
Geological and geomorphical sites of state significance in the state forests assessment area 03-05-2025Additional data96.94 KB
Wakelin Associates report on Sites of Geological and Geomorphical Sites of Significance 03-05-2025Additional data5.98 MB
Non Aboriginal cultural heritage sites and reserves in the eastern forests asssessment area 02-05-2025Additional data278.79 KB
Terms of Reference27-10-2024Additional data258.05 KB

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