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Landscape Planning

This section of the VRO website is a collaborative effort between the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) (external link) and Department of Primary Industries (DPI). DSE has wide ranging responsibilities for the management of plant and animal issues across Victoria, including the conservation of native flora and fauna, and the control of pest plants and animals. Visit the Plants and Animals section of DSE's website (external link) for up to date information. Biodiversity conservation and management is a fundamental part of DSEs integrated programs - find out more on DSE's Biodiversity page (external link) - including information on: Natural Landscapes, Bushfire Recovery, Rivers and Wetlands, Natural Seascapes, Rural Landscapes, Urban Landscapes and Victoria's Biodiversity Strategy.

A landscape is made up of basic elements - climate, geology, topography, vegetation, fauna and humans - biophysical characteristics that can be used to identify differences between different landscapes. A landscape approach to conservation emphasises that all components of the landscape are important - not just single (usually rare or threatened) species or communities.
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Landscape Zones		Landscape Zones are the practical planning units used in Bioregional Biodiversity Strategies. They are the units used to specify local goals for native biodiversity. Each zone captures areas of common vegetation types and landscape characteristics, and provides an intermediate planning scale between Bioregions and property scale. It is at the landscape scale that many ecological processes occur and therefore this is a useful level at which to plan for maintenance of these processes and conservation of biodiversity. They also provide a manageable size in which to work, and are more readily recognised or identified by local communities.

Landscape Zones are shown on this map and can be clicked on to reveal information on: Landscape Plans, Practitioner Reports and Local Area Biodiversity Plans that relate to each of these zones. These can also be viewed from the links provided below. More landscape zone plans will be made downloadable as the information becomes available.
North CentralNorth EastGoulburn Broken
Muckleford Landscape PlanningAlpine Landscape PlanningLongwood Landscape Planning
Wedderburn Landscape PlanningKiewa Landscape PlanningBarmah Landscape Planning
Bendigo Landscape PlanningLower Kiewa Landsape PlanningBuxton Landscape Planning
Cobaw Landscape PlanningLower Ovens Landscape PlanningCentral Creek Landscape Planning
Corack Landscape PlanningMid King Landscape PlanningChesney Landscape Planning
Gunbower Landscape PlanningNorth East Landscape PlanningDookie Landscape Planning
Heathcote Landscape PlanningOmeo Landscape PlanningGoldfields Landscape Planning
Jarkilin Landscape PlanningOvens Landscape PlanningGraytown Landscape Planning
Leaghur Landscape PlanningOvens & King Landscape PlanningHughes Creek Landscape Planning
Lalbert Landscape PlanningUpper Murray Mitta Landscape PlanningJamieson Landscape Planning
Maryborough Landscape PlanningLake Eildon Landscape Planning
Mitiamo Landscape PlanningMalleeLake Mountain Landscape Planning
Moliagul Landscape PlanningMurray Scroll Belt Landscape PlanningReedy Lake Landscape Planning
Moorookyle Landscape PlanningManangatang Landscape PlanningSW Goulburn Landscape Planning
North Central Landscape PlanningMilewa-Carwarp Landscape PlanningSamaria Landscape Planning
Pyrenees Landscape PlanningNangiloc-Colignan Landscape PlanningSouthern Goulburn Landscape Planning
Quambatook Landscape PlanningRobinvale-Nyah Landscape PlanningStrathbogie Landscape Planning
Tennyson Landscape PlanningSouth East Mallee Landscape PlanningTimmering Dryland Landscape Planning
Terrick Landscape PlanningSouth West Mallee Landscape PlanningTungamah Landscape Planning
Willaura Landscape PlanningViolet Town Landscape Planning
Wingallok Landscape PlanningPort PhillipWestern Goulburn Landscape Planning
Craigieburn Landscape PlanningYarrawonga Landscape Planning
French Island Landscape PlanningYea Landscape Planning
West GippslandGembrook Landscape Planning
Baw Baw Landscape PlanningHurstbridge Landscape PlanningCorangamite
Black Range Landscape PlanningKoo Wee Rup Landscape PlanningBarrabool Landscape Planning
Erica Landscape PlanningMelbourne Landscape PlanningBarwon Landscape Planning
Fish Creek Landscape PlanningMornington Landscape PlanningBellarine Landscape Planning
Grand Rige Landscape PlanningPhillip Island Landscape PlanningBlackwood Landscape Planning
Latrobe Landscape PlanningReefton Landscape PlanningBallarat Landscape Planning
Macalister Landscape PlanningWallan Landscape PlanningBuninyong Landscape Planning
Narracan Landscape PlanningWerribee Landscape PlanningCarlisle Landscape Planning
Nooramunga Landscape PlanningWerribee South Landscape PlanningCorangamite East Landscape Planning
Prom Plain Landscape PlanningYarra Landscape PlanningCorangamite West Landscape Planning
Stradbroke Landscape PlanningEnfield Landscape Planning
Strzelecki West Landcape PlanningGlenelgGerangamete Landscape Planning
Tanjil Landscape PlanningBalmoral Landscape PlanningGherang Landscape Planning
Tarwin/Powlett Landscape PlanningBallan Landscape PlanningHeytesbury Landscape Planning
Wilsons Promontory Landscape PlanningBridgewater Landscape PlanningLeigh Landscape Planning
Yarram Landscape PlanningCavendish Landscape PlanningMoomowroong Landscape Planning
Chatsworth Landscape PlanningMt Elephant Landscape Planning
WimmeraCobboboonee Landscape PlanningOtway Landscape Planning
Ararat Hills Landscape PlanningCodrington Landscape PlanningRokewood Landscape Planning
Bulgara Landscape PlanningCrawford River Landscape PlanningSabine Landscape Planning
Brim Lawler Landscape PlanningDergholm Landscape PlanningSteiglitz Landscape Planning
Flat Grey Plains Landscape PlanningDundonnell Landscape Planning
Hindmarsh Landscape PlanningGrampians Landscape Planning
Little Desert Landscape PlanningGringegalgona Landscape Planning
Meereek Landscape PlanningHarrow Landscape Planning
Mt Cole Landscape PlanningKarabeal Landscape Planning
Northern Footslopes Landscape PlanningLake Goldsmith Landscape Planning
South West Wimmera Landscape PlanningLake Mundi Landscape Planning
Telopea Downs Landscape PlanningLower Glenelg Landscape Planning
West Wimmera Plains Landscape PlanningMerino Landscape Planning
Wimmera Plains Landscape PlanningMt Eccles Landscape Planning
Mt Talbot Landscape Planning
East GippslandMuirhead Landscape Planning
Bairnsdale Foothills Landscape PlanningPortland Landscape Planning
Bogong Landscape PlanningRocklands Landscape Planning
Highlands - Far East Landscape PlanningTower Hill Landscape Planning
Howitt Landscape PlanningUndulating Alluv Landscape Planning
Lower Snowy Landscape PlanningWannon Landscape Planning
Mitchell Landscape PlanningUnnamed Landscape Planning
Monaro Tableland Landscape Planning
Red Gum Plain Landscape Planning
Stirling Landscape Planning
Tyres Landscape Planning


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