Module 5 - VicForests

FOREST AUDIT PROGRAM, AUDIT WORKBOOK 5A – FOREST COUPE PLANS
Forest Coupe Plans - Guidance
Ref Origin Section Prescription Audit Criteria Compliance
Comments:
Environmental Impact Assessment
Extent
(E)
Duration
(t)
Asset
Value (z)
Impact
Auditor Comments
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FOREST AUDIT PROGRAM, AUDIT WORKBOOK 5A – FOREST COUPE PLANS
Forest Coupe Plans
Ref Origin Section Prescription Audit Criteria Compliance Extent
(E)
5A41
5A42
Code of Practice for 2.1.3 Forest Exclusion areas must be
Timber Production Coupe Plans protected from timber
Exclusion areas are
protected from timber
2007
harvesting operations and
associated activities in
accordance with relevant
Flora and Fauna Guarantee
Act Action Statements, the
relevant Forest Management
Plan and relevant legislation.
harvesting operations in
accordance with relevant
prescriptions.
Management
Procedures for
timber harvesting,
roading and
regeneration in
Victoria’s State
forests, 2009
1.4.4
Protection
of Excluded
Areas
With the exception of the Harvesting of exclusion
above, harvesting
zones has not occurred.
operations are not permitted
in
1. SPZs and SMZs.
2. Areas created in
accordance with the
requirements of an Action
Statement
3. Within 40m from the
high bank of the
Gunbower, Parnee-Milloo
and Walpolla Creeks and
the Ovens River;
4. Within 60m of the high
bank of the Murray River;
5. Within 40m of
developed recreation
facilities;
6. In any White Cypress
Pine, Buloke, Grey Box,
Yellow Box and Grey Box
vegetation communities
in the Mid-Murray FMA
Exclusion Zones – Mandatory Actions
Environmental Impact Assessment
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Duration
(t)
Auditor Comments
Asset
Value (z) Impact