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Land and Biodiversity White Paper Released
On Monday 7 December 2009, the Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Gavin Jennings, announced a major policy initiative of the Victorian Government called Securing Our Natural Future, a Land and Biodiversity White Paper. This White Paper sets out a new framework for action that will significantly change the way Victoria’s natural environment is managed.
Included in this announcement was the proposed merger of CMA's and Coastal Boards across Victoria to create four Natural Resource & Catchment Authorities (see fact sheet 7).
Securing our natural future:
A white paper for land and biodiversity at a time of climate change
Victorians acting together to ensure that our land, water and biodiversity are healthy, resilient and productive.
The Land and Biodiversity White Paper is a
long-term, strategic framework to secure the health of Victoria’s land,
water and biodiversity in the face of ongoing pressures and a changing
climate over the next fifty years.
The Victorian Government’s agenda for land, water and biodiversity at a time of climate change is to:
- Build ecosystem resilience across Victoria
- Manage flagship areas to maintain ecosystem services
- Improve connectivity in areas identified as biolinks
