Module 5 - VicForests

0 Introduction
Figure 1 summarises compliance and EIA risk ratings for each Compliance Element.
Number of non-compliances
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Compliance (%)
0
0
Forest Coupe Plans - general (n=666)
Exclusion zones (n=61)
River Health, Water Quality and Soil Assessment (n=90)
Waterways (n=56)
Buffers (n=85)
Filters (n=50)
Slopes (n=0)
Camp maintenance, fuel storage & waste disposal (n=6)
Water catchments (n=35)
Protection of biodiversity values (n=31)
Habitat trees (n=116)
Rainforest (n=14)
Forest health (n=75)
Operational provisions (n=8)
Road planning (n=298)
Road design (n=45)
Road construction (n=77)
Road maintenance (n=50)
Suspension of cartage (n=4)
Road closure (n=116)
Coupe Infrastructure - general (n=50)
Log landings and dumps (n=53)
Snig and forwarding tracks (n=135)
Boundary tracks (n=34)
Compliance Element
(n=number of applicable audit criteria)
No impact Negligible Minor Moderate Major Severe Compliance (%)
Figure 1
Summary of compliance for each Compliance Element
A total of 139 non-compliances were identified across the 25 VicForests coupes and 11 across the two
DSE coupes.
The Forest Coupe Plans Compliance Element group (Forest Coupe Plans – general; and Exclusion
zones Compliance Elements), which addressed the development of Forest Coupe Plans and planning
for exclusion zones, had the greatest number of criteria and the second highest proportion of criteria in
compliance of the six groups. The main areas of non-compliance identified in the Forest Coupe Plans
Compliance Element group related to planning for the control of noxious weeds, with two minor errors
also identified in labelling of species habitat on maps. The Operational Provisions Compliance
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