Regional Forest Agreement

Victoria

Victoria has five Regional Forest Agreements, covering more than 13 million hectares of the State.

The Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative (CAR) reserve system covers about 2.86 million hectares, representing more than half the total public land across the five regions. Overall, the RFAs increased reserves by more than one third.

Victoria's timber industry had already undergone significant restructuring when the RFA process began.

The Commonwealth and Victorian governments provided a package of $42.6 million under the Commonwealth-Victorian Hardwood Timber Industry Development and Restructuring Program (VicFISAP) to help businesses take advantage of RFA certainty and adjust to changes in resource availability.

Gippsland region

The Commonwealth and Victorian governments signed the Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement on 31 March 2000.

The RFA added 266 500 hectares to reserves, bringing the total CAR reserve system to 780 500 hectares. The reserve system is nearly one third of the entire region and more than half the public land.

"The Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement " can be accessed in the following formats: