Native Vegetation Management Framework

The Native Vegetation Management: A Framework for action 2002 is a <a href="/facts/Victoria_(Australia)/76P2nqtz">Victorian</a> strategy which aims to protect, enhance and revegetate Victoria's <a href="/facts/Native_vegetation/03kpM3rf">native vegetation</a>. The Framework's main goal is to "achieve a reversal, across the entire landscape of the long-term decline in the extent and quality of native vegetation, leading to a net gain." <a href="http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenlwm.nsf/LinkView/99ADB544789FE7D4CA2571270014671E49A37B2E66E4FD5E4A256DEA00250A3B">[1]</a>. The framework is notable for the inclusion of offsets, which allow authorised <a href="/facts/Land_clearing_in_Australia/jhUSAP7d">land clearing</a>, providing there is a net gain in <a href="/facts/Biodiversity/GruakEzs">biodiversity</a>, and for the fact that a monetary value is being placed on biodiversity. The "habitat hectare" has been defined as the trading currency of the framework, and provides a reliable and repeatable measurement of the quality of the native vegetation when correctly administered by an experienced assessor. <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/toolbox/templates/pubs/habitat-hectares.pdf">[2]</a> The trading in "habitat hectares" is a form of <a href="/facts/Biodiversity_banking/JYjzhzan">biodiversity banking</a>, which occurs in the private market responding to the <a href="/facts/Supply_and_demand/KprL1fvc">supply and demand</a> of the available remnant vegetation.
The act is administered by the Victorian <a href="/facts/Department_of_Sustainability_and_Environment/j8tFDzdg">Department of Sustainability and Environment</a> (DSE).

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Native Vegetation Management Framework