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Regional Forest Agreement

Victoria

Victoria has five RFA's, covering more than 13 million hectares of the State.

The Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative (CAR) reserve system covers about 2.86 million hectares, representing more than half the total public land across the five regions. Overall, the RFAs increased reserves by more than one third.

Victoria's timber industry had already undergone significant restructuring when the RFA process began.

The Commonwealth and Victorian governments provided a package of $42.6 million under the Commonwealth-Victorian Hardwood Timber Industry Development and Restructuring Program (VicFISAP) to help businesses take advantage of RFA certainty and adjust to changes in resource availability.

West Victoria region

The signing of the West Victoria and the Gippsland Regional Forest Agreements on 31 March 2000 completed the RFA process in Victoria.

The West Victoria RFA added about 194 000 hectares to existing reserves. This brought the total area of the CAR reserve system to 633 000 hectares. Nearly two thirds of the region's public land is set aside for conservation.



Last Updated: 04 May 2008
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