State policy

State Government policies listed below reflect the strategic direction of the State of Victoria for Open Space Management:

Victoria’s Biodiversity – Our Living Wealth: This is a key document for information on Victoria's ecosystems. As well covering the history of Victoria's ecosystems and human impacts on these systems, the strategy sets direction for future protection of Victoria's biodiversity.
Victoria’s Biodiversity – Sustaining Our Living Wealth: Part two of Victoria's Biodivesity Strategy focuses on implementation measures. This includes strategic direction taken by State Government, communities, organisations and individuals.
Victorian Weeds Strategy: This strategy establishes a framework for the detection of, and response to, Victoria's weed problem. The site provides the scope and goals of the strategy as well as providing research and other useful material on weeds in Victoria.
Victoria’s Native Vegetation Management – A Framework for Action: This strategy addresses native vegetation management from a catchment perspective, including public and private land. It sets the direction for future land management to ensure the protection enhancement of native vegetation across Victoria.
Victorian Pest Management Framework: Pest management is approached in this strategy using integrated management principles. The strategy calls on Government departments and communities alike to reduce negative impacts of pest flora and fauna.
Victorian Coastal Strategy: The Victorian Coastal Strategy is the State Government’s policy commitment for coastal, estuarine and marine environments in Victoria. It provides a long-term vision for the planning, management and sustainable use of our coast, and the policies and actions Victorians will need to implement over the next five years to help achieve that vision.
State Environment Protection Plan (Waters of Victoria): Though State Environment Protection Plans (SEPP's) are not legislative documents, offences against the plans are punishable by law, with the EPA as the enforcement body. They set minimum standard guidelines for the prevention of pollution to air, land and water.
Interim Victorian Protocol for Managing Exotic Marine Organism Incursion: The purpose of this strategy is to 'ensure that Victoria has appropriate measures in place to minimise the effects of future incursions of exotic marine organisms'. It also aims to reduce the impacts of current exotic marine organisms.
ResCode: ResCode is set of provisions that are incorporated into local planning schemes. It aims to protect neighbourhood character and to ensure environmentally sustainable residential development.
Landscape Setting Types for the Victorian Coast: This document has been developed so that coastal managers, Local Government and stakeholders can better understand the landscape character of coastlines . It aims to ensure that landscape character is respected in any coastal developments.
Siting and Design Guidelines for Structures on the Victorian Coast: Similar to Landscape Setting Types for the Victorian Coast, these guidelines will assist coastal managers, Local Government and stakeholders by raising awareness to more sensitive designs for coastal development.
Coastal Tourism – A Manual for Sustainable Development: In response to growing coastal tourism, this manual was developed to provide guidance for coastal developments that attract tourism. The aim of the manual is to balance the ecological quality of coastal areas with growing tourism.
Indigenous Partnership Strategy: Established as a vehicle for empowering indigenous communities to collaborate as partners in resource management, this strategy establishes a framework so that Victorian indigeneous communities can assist in the delivery of indigenous services.
Melbourne 2030: This document tackles critical questions about providing for a growing population. Melbourne 2030 includes topics such living within available resources of water, land and energy and other issues surrounding developments that threaten natural environments.

17-Apr-2009