Land and Water 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 East Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy (external link) is available on the East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority website.

A full text downloadable version of the former Land Conservation Council's Final Recommendations for the East Gippsland Area Review (December 1986) are available on the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council website. These provide an ongoing framework for public use of land in the area. Recommendations are grouped under major headings, such as Parks, Flora and Fauna Reserves, Agriculture, State forest and so on. Key recommendations are for the Tingaringy and Snowy National Parks and substantial areas of State forests for hardwood production. The recommendations in the text incorporate those of the LCC's original East Gippsland investigation, and have been edited to reflect government variations and amendments at the time of approval, and subsequent changes.

A full text downloadable version of the former Land Conservation Council's final recommendations for the Gippsland Lakes Hinterland Study Area (February 1983) (external link) are available on the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council website. These provide an ongoing framework for public use of land in the area. Recommendations are grouped under major headings, such as Parks and Gippsland Lakes Reserve, Hardwood Production, Rivers and Streams and so on. Key recommendations are for the Snowy River National Park, Lake Tyers-Nowa Nowa State Park, and substantial areas for hardwood and softwood production. 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 (external link) online site of DSE provides copies of all these magazines dating back to 1996.