Land and Water Management

Declared Water Supply Catchments | Land Degradation | Catchment Condition Monitoring | Salinity Management | Floodplain Management | Land Management on Farms | Landholder Groups | Coastal Management

Accountable Dairying
Agriculture in Victoria, particularly dairying but also grazing and cropping, generates significant on-farm nutrient surpluses. Waterways and key environmental assets such as lakes and wetlands are under most pressure from agricultural intensification. Accounting for the impacts of agricultural production has become crucial, given that industries face continued pressure to adopt practices that generate profit, sometimes at the expense of environmental outcomes.

Related Links DSE's Catchment Information mapper website (external link) provides interactive access to data and information on vegetation, salinity, floodways, 1 in 100 year floods, groundwater bores and salinity observation bores. Information on the West Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy is available on the West Gippsland CMA website (external link) - including a downloadable version. A downloadable version of the former Land Conservation Council's final recommendations for the South Gippsland District 1 Area (October 1973) are available for download from the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council's website. These provide an ongoing framework for public use of land in the South Gippsland District 1 Area. The recommendations are grouped by blocks of public land. Key recommendations are for Holey Plains, Stradbroke, Callignee, Toongabbie and Denison and Gippsland Lakes. The recommendations in the text have been edited to reflect government variations and amendments at the time of approval, and subsequent changes.

A downloadable version of the former Land Conservation Council's final recommendations for the South Gippsland District 2 Area (November 1982) are available for download from the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council's website. These provide an ongoing framework for public use of land in the South Gippsland District 2 Area. Key recommendations are for Wilsons Promontory National Park, Venus Bay - Waratah Bay Coastal Park, Wilsons Promontory Marine Reserve, Corner Inlet Marine and Wildlife Reserve and Nooramunga Marine and Wildlife Reserve. The recommendations in the text have been edited to reflect government variations and amendments at the time of approval, and subsequent changes.

The Victorian Landcare and Catchment Management Magazine online site of DSE (external link) provides copies of all these magazines dating back to 1996.

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