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The Department of Sustainability and Environment is responsible for looking after Victoria's forests. We manage Victoria’s 3.4 million hectares of State forest, and provides policy guidance for a further 3.7 million hectares of forested parks and reserves. It also gives conservation guidance and incentives to private landholders who manage 1.2 million hectares of largely native forest and 360,000 hectares of plantation.
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 | Proposed Forests (Recreation) Regulations 2010 - open for public comment Victorians are being asked to comment on proposed regulations which aim to provide for recreational use of state forests and parks with a sustainable impact. | | |
| Proposed Wood Utilisation Plans 2010/11 to 2012/13 The DSE has prepared the Proposed Wood Utilisation Plans for the period of 2010/11 to 2012/13. The plans establishes a three year schedule of coupes and activity sites for firewood, regeneration, recreation and commercial timber harvesting across the Forest Management Areas. | | |
| A draft report on progress with implementation of the Victorian Regional Forest Agreements The Australian and Victorian Governments today released a draft report on progress of implementation of Victoria's Regional Forest Agreements. Public Submissions on the Report must be lodged by Sunday 28 February 2010. | | |
| Timber harvesting compliance in Victoria's State forests In 2009, DSE is developing an improved auditing program for commercial timber harvesting in Victoria's State forests | | |