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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 Immediate Protection Areas in the Central Highlands and East Gippsland

Advice on Aspects of Public Land Use Information

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Assessment of the values of the Immediate Protection Areas in the Central Highlands and East Gippsland

VEAC was requested on 20 March 2023 by the 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 assessment will inform the work of an Eminent Panel for Community Engagement in its provision of advice and 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 assessment supports the current reforms to public land legislation by identifying land use recommendations that require review to ensure the proposed transition to public land management categories, as recommended in VEAC’s Statewide Assessment of Public Land (2017), is based on current and appropriate government-accepted recommendations for public land use categories.

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NEWS

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05 May 2023

VEAC has published two reports providing advice on aspects of public land use information

Two reports providing advice on aspects of public land use information are now available. This technical advice was requested by the previous Minister and submitted to the Minster for Environment Ingrid Stitt MP on 28 April 2023. The reports include an assessment of the available data on recreational activities on Victoria’s public land as well as advice on improvements to the VEACRecs25 dataset on agreed public land use decisions.  View the reports here

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17 April 2023

Bill Borthwick Student Scholarships 2023 announced

VEAC received an outstanding range of applications this year.  The recipients of the 2023 scholarships can be viewed here.

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09 August 2022

Reports released for Strathbogie Ranges and Mirboo North Immediate Protection Areas

The recommendations for the future use of the Strathbogie Ranges and the Mirboo North Immediate Protection Area can be found in the report of the Eminent Panel for Community Engagement released on 8 August 2022.  VEAC’s completed assessment is also available updating the reports published in March to inform the panel’s community engagement.   VEAC’s report also contains an assessment of the economic implications of the Panel’s proposed land use changes.


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