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Victorian Environmental Assessment Council

VEAC provides independent and strategic advice to the Victorian government relating to the protection and ecologically sustainable management of public land

Assessment of the values of state forests in the Central Highlands

Advice on Aspects of Public Land Use Information

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Assessment of the values of state forests in the Central Highlands

VEAC has published its interim assessment of the state forests in the Central Highlands. VEAC was requested on 20 March 2023 by the previous Minister for Environment Ingrid Stitt MP to assess the values of the Immediate Protection Areas in the Central Highlands and East Gippsland, and in adjacent state forests. The Terms of Reference were amended on 11 September 2023 to focus on all the state forests in the Central Highlands Regional Forest Agreement area. The assessment will inform the work of an Eminent Panel for Community Engagement in its engagement program and provision of recommendations to the Minister on the future uses of the Immediate Protection Areas and adjacent state forest in eastern Victoria.

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Completed

Advice on Aspects of Public Land Use Information

Two reports were submitted to the Minister for Environment Ingrid Stitt MP on 28 April 2023 providing VEAC's completed advice on aspects of public land use information. The advice was requested by the previous Minister the Hon Lily D'Ambrosio MP on 30 November 2020. Separate reports were provided on (a) data on recreational activities on Victoria's public land and (b) improving the VEACRecs25 dataset on agreed public land use.

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Completed

Assessment of early government-accepted Land Conservation Council recommendations

VEAC was requested on 5 September 2022 by the previous Minister, the Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MP, to assess the status of government-accepted public land use category recommendations, in relation to particular areas of land, made by the LCC between 1973 and 1983, and which have not been subsequently reviewed. The Council provided its completed advice to the Minister for Environment Ingrid Stitt MP on 5 June 2023.

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07 January 2024

Bill Borthwick Student Scholarships 2024 - Call for applications

The scholarships were announced in March 2011 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first meeting of the Land Conservation Council (LCC).  They honour the vision of the Hon. Bill Borthwick, Victoria's first Minister for Conservation from 1973-1979 and Deputy Premier from 1979 to 1982.  VEAC has established the annual scholarships for tertiary students to assist in the costs of research relating to public land in Victorian, including terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments.  Find out more here.

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19 December 2023

VEAC has published its interim assessment of the state forests in the Central Highlands

VEAC has published its interim assessment of the state forests in the Central Highlands. The interim report assessing the values of the Central Highlands IPAs is now available.  The report will inform community engagement to be carried out by the Eminent Panel for Community Engagement. The final report including an economic assessment will be submitted to the Minister by 31 July 2024.

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16 August 2023

Read the story of VEAC and its predecessors in this 50 year timeline

Take a look at the timeline we prepared for our 50th anniversary in 2021 showing some of the major events that have influenced and contributed to public land use planning in Victoria, beginning with the Little Desert campaign.  Milestones and key recommendations over the 50 year work program of the LCC, ECC and VEAC are highlighted.


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