This section is a critical look at how a Goverment department(Forestry
Victoria) has failed, misused or abused key forest management documents
written for the Otways.
Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act |
The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act is the State legislation
that is supposed to protect plants, animals and rare communities,
and mininise processes that threaten these. This legislation is
failing to protect against logging practices in the Otways.
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Otway Forest Management Plan |
The Otway Forest Management Plan provides prescriptions
and guildlines to manage the publicly owned Otway State forest for
all forest values. Mis-use of the plan by Forestry Victoria has
resulted in failure to protect forest values.
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West Regional Forest Agreement |
The West Regional Forest Agreement is an 'agreement' between
the Victorian and Commonwealth governments that allows the woodchip
industry to clearfell log the remaining forests in Western Victoria.
It is not an agreement with the people of Victoira and totaly fails
to protect forests and forest values.
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Sustainable Yield Review |
This reviewed what rate of logging is "sustainable" for
the Otway. It found there is inadequate information to calculate
a sustainable rate of logging, and that the calculated amount of
logging doesn't not take into account other forest values - eg.
water biodiversity, tourism etc.
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Code of Forest Practices |
The Code of Forest Practices contains the requirements for logging
in state forest. It is consistently breached by Forsetry Victoria.
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Legislation |
Legislation is used to control people who
are opposed to logging. Legislation has been used to excluded the
public from the forests and prevent the community from physically
preventing clearfell logging of public native forest. |
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