Victoria has an integrated catchment management system established under the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 (the CaLP Act). Under this Act, Victoria is divided into 10 catchment regions and a Catchment Management Authority established for each. CMA Boards are responsible for the development of strategic direction for land and water management. They set priorities, evaluate the effectiveness of outcomes, monitor the external and internal environment and identify opportunities. Implementation Committees are the conduits for local community input, and are responsible for development of detailed work programs and oversight of on-ground program delivery for specific issues or sub-catchments. CMA Staff oversee development and implementation of programs and liaise with the community, government and other catchment-focused organisations.\ The ten CMAs are: - Corangamite 03 5232 9100, info@ccma.vic.gov.au, http://www.ccma.vic.gov.au;
- East Gippsland 03 5153 0462, egcma@egcma.com.au, http://www.egcma.vic.gov.au;
- Glenelg-Hopkins 03 5571 2526, ghcma@ghcma.vic.gov.au, http://www.glenelg-hopkins.vic.gov.au;
- Goulburn-Broken 03 5822 2288, http://www.gbcma.vic.gov.au;
- Mallee 03 5051 4377, info@malleecma.vic.gov.au, http://www.malleecma.vic.gov.au;
- North Central 03 5448 7124, info@nccma.vic.gov.au, http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au;
- North East 02 6043 7600, necma@necma.vic.gov.au, http://www.necma.vic.gov.au;
- Port Phillip & Westernport 03 9785 0183, enquiries.ppwcma@dpi.vic.gov.au, http://www.ppwcma.vic.gov.au;
- West Gippsland 03 5175 7800, westgippy@wgcma.vic.gov.au, http://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au; and
- Wimmera 03 5382 1544, wca@wcma.vic.gov.au, http://www.wcma.vic.gov.au.
DPI’s Agriculture Division is concerned with improving the profitability and market competitiveness of agricultural industries while ensuring that such operations remain sustainable and environmentally responsible. The Department aims to achieve this through research, industry development and extension. The website has extensive information on farm forestry—go to ‘Agriculture & Food’ and then ‘Private Forestry’. Further information on farm forestry and native vegetation generally is available at http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/notes. The DPI website hosts Victorian Resources On-line (http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/vro), which provides overview information on Victoria’s Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVCs) and remnant vegetation. EVCs are basic vegetation mapping units used for biodiversity planning and conservation assessment at landscape, regional and broader scales in Victoria. The website also contains a number of Federal and State reports on vegetation management. Phone: 136 186
Email: customer.service@dpi.vic.gov.au
Web: http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au
DSE is responsible for managing Victoria’s natural and man-made environments and for providing a policy focus on sustainability. Its vegetation-related responsibilities include biodiversity conservation, land and water management, and forestry. Vegetation resources include the Bush Tender trial (an incentive scheme for landholders to improve native vegetation), the Native Biodiversity Resource Kit for landholders, and planning guidelines for native vegetation retention controls. Phone: 136 186
Email: customer.service@dse.vic.gov.au
Web: http://www.dse.vic.gov.au
The EPA Victoria is a statutory body established under an Act of the Victorian Parliament in response to community concern about pollution. The Act replaced statutory provisions scattered through more than 25 existing Acts, bringing together under one umbrella control of pollution on land, in water and air, and industrial noise. Phone: 03 9695 2700
Web: http://www.epa.vic.gov.au
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