Land and biodiversity at a time of climate change - Home
| Home | Green Paper | What you've said | Initial Consultation Paper | Victoria's natural environment | Governance | Media releases | FAQs The ecosystems of Victoria are globally significant. Victoria’s land and aquatic environments support a wider range of ecosystems than any area of similar size in Australia. However, despite the efforts of Victoria’s pioneering Landcare movement, a long history of environment protection legislation and widespread action by governments, businesses and the community, the health of our natural environment continues to decline. In addition to long-established pressures, we also need to contend with an unpredictable and changing climate. In the face of these challenges, the Victorian Government’s Our Environment Our Future: Sustainability Action Statement 2006, made a commitment to the development of a Land and Biodiversity White Paper (Action 7.1). Terms of Reference The White Paper, due for release in 2009, will:
Following the release of an initial Consultation Paper in April 2007 over 360 submissions were received. The key themes from these submissions were analysed extensively and used to inform the development of a Green Paper which was released on 6 April 2008. An independent analysis of the Consultation Paper submissions (PDF - 500 Kb) was also provided by the Environment Defenders’ Office. The Green Paper represents the second stage in the process for developing the final White Paper or statement of the State Government’s policy and intentions in this area. The Green Paper outlines the ongoing decline in our land health and biodiversity and discusses suggested approaches for tackling the problems we face. page top | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |











