Module 5 - VicForests

4 GLOSSARY
Auditee
Auditor
Biodiversity
Compliance
Element
Compliance
Theme
Clear-felling
Coupe
Erosion risk
Forest Coupe
Plan
Forest
Management
Area (FMA)
An auditee is a person or organisation being audited. DSE administers
audits of organisations or individuals whose activities relate to
Victorian timber harvesting in State forest. Relevant timber
harvesting operations include those managed by VicForests in
eastern-Victoria, as well as those managed by DSE in other parts of
the State
A highly qualified and skilled individual with extensive experience in
environmental science and or engineering, as well as environmental
auditing appointed pursuant to the EP Act to conduct an independent
and objective assessment of the nature and extent of harm (or risk of
harm) to the environment posed by a process or activity, waste,
substance or noise.
The natural diversity of all life: the sum of all our native species of
flora and fauna, the genetic variation within them, their habitats, and
the ecosystems of which they are an integral part.
The subject, activity or operational component being assessed for
compliance against the regulatory framework. Generally referred to
as ‘focus areas’ in the former audit program operated under EPA.
Topics and/or issues deemed to overlap a number of compliance
elements and/or auditing modules that may require additional focus
on a recurring basis. Themes can be seasonal or regional, associated
with biodiversity, coupe or forest type and/or other special
prescriptions.
Silvicultural method of harvesting a coupe whereby all merchantable
trees, apart from those to be retained for wildlife habitat, are
removed.
An area of forest of variable size, shape and orientation from which
logs for sawmilling or other industrial processing are harvested.
The likelihood of erosion occurring due to soil erodibility, rainfall
erosivity, slope and soil disturbance.
A plan that must be prepared for each harvesting operation in public
native forest and will contain a map identifying the area and a
schedule incorporating the specifications and conditions under which
the operation is to be administered and controlled.
Basic units for forest planning and management in Victoria. Currently
Victoria is divided into 15 Forest Management Areas as defined in the
Forests Act 1958.
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