Victorian ecologically sustainable forest management: Part IV – a case study of current regulation of Victorian State Forest harvesting

Victorian ecologically sustainable forest management: Part IV – a case study of current regulation of Victorian State Forest harvesting

Victorian State forest harvesting regulation is given close scrutiny in its capacity to deliver ecologically sustainable forest management (ESFM). This article examines the current regulation controlling Victorian State forest harvesting from a sustainability perspective. It examines it from four perspectives: (1) balance of the elements of ecological sustainable development, (2) governance, (3) monitoring and measurement, and (4) compliance. Each are examined critically to determine efficacy in progress to the ESFM objective. Using criteria and indicators for sustainability as guidance in examining current regulation, the author provides support for a new regulatory model utilising adaptive/responsive regulatory structures.

This article was first published by Thomson Reuters in the Environmental and Planning Law Journal and should be cited as Rhett Martin, Victorian ecologically sustainable forest management: Part IV – a case study of current regulation of Victorian State Forest harvesting, (2019) 36 EPLJ 1. For all subscription inquiries please phone, from Australia: 1300 304 195, from Overseas: +61 2 8587 7980 or online at https://www.thomsonreuters.com.au/en-au/contact.html. The official PDF version of this article can also be purchased separately from Thomson Reuters at http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/subscribe-or-purchase.