Current Assessments & Advice
Advice on Aspects of Public Land Use Information
VEAC was requested on 30 November 2020 by the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change the Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MP to provide advice on aspects of public land use information. The request is for technical advice on aspects of public land use information and does not extend to recommending changes to public land use.
Assessment of the values of Immediate Protection Areas in the Strathbogie Ranges and Mirboo North
VEAC’s final report on its assessment of the values of state forests in the Immediate Protection Areas (IPAs) in the Strathbogie Ranges and Mirboo North has now been released. The report was submitted to the Minister on 31 July 2022. It updates the reports published in March 2022 and includes an assessment of the potential economic implications of proposed land use changes recommended by the Eminent Panel for Community Engagement EPCE and provided to the Council.
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.
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 MLC 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.