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2013
Mar 30

Why are they burning that roadside?

You may have noticed that CFA brigades have started their seasonal roadside fire prevention works. You may not be aware that there is a process brigades must follow to get approval to undertake these works. The CFA employs vegetation officers who in consultation with brigades and a range of stakeholders prepare the plans required to ensure relevant legislation is considered.

Many roadsides and rail reserves have been burnt regularly for years and this is one of the main reasons why we still have a diversity of natives species in grasslands and grassy woodlands reserves on the Victorian Volcanic Plain.

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2013
Feb 1

Making the most of native grasslands and wetlands

Thought you may be interested in this article in the latest supplement of the Western District Farmer. Good to see that there is funding via various market based tender projects to assist in the management of native grasslands. Western District Farmer February 2013

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2012
Sep 26

Another Grasslands EPBC Listing

News from the Northern Plains Conservation Management Network is that on 8 September the Australian Government announced that the Northern Plains Grasslands have been listed as ‘critically endangered’ under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

The vegetation community has been titled ‘Natural Grasslands of the Murray Valley Plains’ which includes grassland environments on both the Patho and Avoca Plains and also stretches up into NSW. Critically endangered means that at the time of listing it is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future. follow the link for a map of the area covered and more information. http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicshowcommunity.pl?id=117

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2010
Feb 27

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

EPBC Act 1999

What is the Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain?

The Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain is a native grassland which is a critically endangered ecological community under the Australian Government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The vegetation is dominated by a native ground layer of tussock-forming perennial grasses interspersed with a variety of wildflowers. Few, if any, large shrubs and trees are present.

Read the full Act:

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (PDF – 16 pages, 1.6MB)

Visit the new DEWHA website

Further resources:

How EPBC Act applies to farming – information sheet

Farmers and the national environment law (EPBC Act)

National Farmers Federation – Natural Resource Management

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