Bushfires and fire management

Bushfire Royal Commission Final Report
[link to official website]

2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, July 2010

Final Recommendations: 2009 Bushfire Royal Commission
[PDF: 111KB]

2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, July 2010

Environment and Natural Resources Committee Report for the Inquiry into the Impact of Public Land Management Practices on Bushfires in Victoria
[link to official website]

Environment and Natural Resources Committee, June 2008

Report of the Inquiry into the 2002-2003 Victorian Bushfires
[Link to Department of Premiere and Cabinet website]

State Government of Victoria

Forest Management

Australia's forests at a glance 2011
[PDF: 3.96MB]

ABARES, March 2011

Victoria's State of the Forests Report 2008
[link to official website]

Department of Sustainability and Environment, May 2009

Sustainability Charter for Victoria's State forests
[PDF: 1.96MB]

Department of Sustainability and Environment, May 2006

Socio-economic issues

Socio-economic characteristics of Victoria’s forestry industries
[link to official website]

Dr Jacki Schirmer, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, 2010

Industry Issues

Management of Victoria’s Publicly-owned Native Forests for Wood Production
[PDF: 15.6MB]

Forest and Wood Products Australia, 2011

Pulp and Paper Industry Strategy Group Final Report March 2010
[PDF: 7.3 MB]

Commonwealth of Australia, 2010

2009 Victorian Timber Industry Strategy
[link to official website]

Department of Primary Industries, 2009

Victorian Timber Industry Action Plan
[PDF: 517 KB]

Department of Primary Industries, 2011

Climate Change

Updated Papers: Garnaut Climate Change Review
[link to official website]

Ross Garnaut, 2011

Victorian Climate Change White Paper
[PDF: 3.7MB]

Department of Premier and Cabinet, July 2010

Illegal logging

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry illegal logging page
[link to official website]

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2010

Wood and wood-based products

Guide to Assessment and Repair of Flood Damaged Timber and Timber Framed Houses
[link to official website]

Wood Products Victoria, 2010

Water Issues

Land Use Change & Water Resources – Review of Policy Options
[link to official website]

Prepared for the Victorian Department of Primary Industries by ACIL Tasman, April 2010