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Unit 4: Outcome 4 Flashcards

1
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Land managers and their effectiveness

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VEAC and Trust for nature

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VEAC acronym

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Victorian environmental assessment council

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VEAC role

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  • VEAC is included as one of the processes that decision makers use to reach a decision about an environmental conflict.
  • they don’t make decisions, they make recommendations
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4
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VEAC investigation

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Conservation values of state forests

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VEAC investigation

Conservation values of state forests

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September 2016- the minister for energy, environment and climate change requested VEAC to undertake an assessment of the conservation value of state forests in central highlands, north east, Gippsland and east Gippsland regional forest agreement areas

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VEAC investigation
Conservation values of state forests
Purpose

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  • Identify the biodiversity and ecological values in the specified area
  • Identify the current and likely future threats to these values
  • Report on public land use and management
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Trust for nature

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  • A non profit organisation that has the objective of reducing environmental impacts through adopting policies, setting targets and developing environmental management strategies to achieve specific goals.
  • work in cooperation with private land owners
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Trust for nature

Aim

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To enable people to contribute to nature conservation by donating money or land

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9
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Trust for nature

Programs

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Conservation covenant and TFN properties

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10
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Trust for nature
Programs
Conservation covenant

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-CC are one of the most effective ways developed so that land owners could permanently protect native plants and wildlife on private land. The covenant remains attached to the property even if it’s sold

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Trust for nature
Programs
TFN properties

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  • TFN buys and maintains properties that have a high conservation value in order to protect native flora and fauna for the future.
  • On some of these properties, private land conservation practices are in place, allowing regeneration of damaged habitats.
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12
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Flora and fauna guarantee act 1988

Purpose

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It is the key piece of Victorian legislation for the conservation of threatened species and for the management of potentially threatening processes

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13
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Flora and fauna guarantee act

Year

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1988

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Ramsar convention 1971

Purpose

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It embodies the commitments of its member countries to maintain the ecological character of their wetlands of international importance

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15
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Ramsar convention

Year

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1971

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16
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Sustainable actions taken

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  • Green building design- 60 litre building melbourne
  • Integrated farming- agroforestry
  • Urban planning- 20 minute neighbourhoods
17
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Green building design

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The redevelopment or construction of a building that ensures that it’s impacts on the environment are minimal.

18
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Green building design

Focuses

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Focuses on using sustainable resources, recycling and implementing a range of technologies that will assist in decreasing the carbon emissions of the building from the design phase to the building phase

19
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60 litre building Melbourne

Features

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  • Exposed pipes: so heat isn’t trapped on the walls and doesn’t require an air conditioner
  • reused timber
  • Original building wasn’t bulldozed so materials were reused
  • Rainwater is collected and stored in water tanks
  • Copper was used for pipes and they’re 100% recyclable
20
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VEAC effectiveness

Positives

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  • not influenced to make specific recommendations by others

- highlight areas of significance and value needing protection in the state

20
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VEAC effectiveness

Negatives

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  • Only make recommendations, not decisions

- Can take a long time to complete research

20
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VEAC council

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  • Made up of 5 people.

- Required to have skills, knowledge and experience in relation to management of public land and natural resources

21
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Integrated farming
Agroforestry
Features

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Pig tractor and poultry cleaners

22
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Integrated farming

Pig tractor

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The animals are confined to crop fields prior to planting where they plow the fields by digging for roots

23
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Integrated farming

Poultry cleaners

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Chickens are used in vineyards to clear rotten fruit and weeds whilst also fertilising the soil

24
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Urban planning

20 minute neighbourhoods

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  • Give residents access to local shops, schools, jobs, parks and community services that are 20 minutes away from home.
  • Improve health systems, travel and costs.
25
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Flora and fauna guarantee act

Promoting sustainability

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Guarantee that all of vic flora and fauna can survive, flourish and retain their potential for development in the wild.

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Ramsay convention

Promoting sustainability

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Seek to restore appropriate water regimes and address adverse processes and activities

YEAR 12: OES (8 decks)

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