Beyond Logging: The Need for Victoria’s State Forests to Contribute to Australia’s 30 × 30 Protection Target DOI Creative Commons
James Fitzsimons,

Geoff Wescott

Land, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(5), P. 1028 - 1028

Published: May 8, 2025

In recognition of the declining state biodiversity, Convention on Biological Diversity’s Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, signed in late 2022, committed countries to protection 30% Earth’s terrestrial and inland water areas coastal marine by 2030. Australia has this target at a national level. The majority public protected (e.g., parks) are designated managed territory governments. Victoria southeastern long history regional assessments land balance conservation (such as declaration areas), production natural resources timber harvesting, mineral extraction), recreation, amongst other uses. decision phase out native forest harvesting presents greatest opportunity state’s meet its statewide commitments, international targets, establishing comprehensive, adequate, representative area system. We critique Victoria’s reliance non-binding protections, such Special Protection Zones forests over recent decades, outline principles rationale for expansion system forests, recognizing that part broader suite future uses these forests.

Language: Английский

Beyond Logging: The Need for Victoria’s State Forests to Contribute to Australia’s 30 × 30 Protection Target DOI Creative Commons
James Fitzsimons,

Geoff Wescott

Land, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(5), P. 1028 - 1028

Published: May 8, 2025

In recognition of the declining state biodiversity, Convention on Biological Diversity’s Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, signed in late 2022, committed countries to protection 30% Earth’s terrestrial and inland water areas coastal marine by 2030. Australia has this target at a national level. The majority public protected (e.g., parks) are designated managed territory governments. Victoria southeastern long history regional assessments land balance conservation (such as declaration areas), production natural resources timber harvesting, mineral extraction), recreation, amongst other uses. decision phase out native forest harvesting presents greatest opportunity state’s meet its statewide commitments, international targets, establishing comprehensive, adequate, representative area system. We critique Victoria’s reliance non-binding protections, such Special Protection Zones forests over recent decades, outline principles rationale for expansion system forests, recognizing that part broader suite future uses these forests.

Language: Английский

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