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Land and Water Management

The sustainable use and protection of our catchments' natural resources requires careful management to maintain the environmental integrity of the resource and to protect Victoria's reputation as a clean, green producer.

The condition of our catchments underpins the wellbeing of all Victorians. We rely on healthy catchments for water supply, food fibre and timber production, the conservation of flora and fauna, tourism and recreation.

Catchment Management
This section describes and maps: Invasive Plants (Updated)
This section provides a range of information about many weed species of relevance to Victoria. Information provided includes: maps of potential distribution and present distribution in Victoria; invasiveness assessment and impact assessment for species, and links to relevant websites for each species.

Pest Animals
Minimising the impact of pest plants and pest animals is a key aspect of sustainable land and water management. Pests are a major cause of degradation to Victoria's catchments and rivers and impact heavily on a wide range of agricultural and biodiversity assets.

Salinity Management
This section describes and maps:
Irrigated Agriculture
This section links to:
Water Quality and Agriculture
This page links to: Waste Management
This page links to: Agricultural Research
This page links to: Catchment Condition
This page links to: Land Degradation
This section describes and maps: Coastal Management		IMAGE: Land and Water Management Montage

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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.

Australian Agriculture Assessment 2001 (external link) - information about Australian agriculture; agriculture profile; changing face of agriculture; landscape balances; nutrient management; soil acidification; soil erosion and nutrient loads. This information is part of the Australian Natural Resources Atlas website.

The Autralian Natural Resources Atlas website provides information on Landscape Health in Australia (external link). Information provided includes: defining and assessing landscape health; native vegetation; soil and hydrology; weeds and feral animals; threatened ecosystems and species.

Full text downloadable versions of the former Land Conservation Council's Final Recommendations for various Victorian Study Areas (external link) together with more recent Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) studies are available on the VEAC website. These provide an ongoing framework for public use of land in various areas of Victoria.

A full text downloadable version of the former Land Conservation Council's Wilderness Special Investigation - Final Recommendations (Nov 1991) (external link) is available on the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council website. These provide an ongoing framework for the management of wilderness areas in Victoria. The recommendations in the text have been edited to reflect government variations and amendments at the time of approval, and subsequent changes. The recommendations are grouped under Wilderness Areas and Other Areas with Remote and Natural Attributes. These are based upon their value of wilderness quality.

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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