Distribution of habitat groups in Victoria prior to 1750
Current distribution of habitat groups in Victoria
THE STATE OF THE STATE •
One third of the world’s mammal extinctions since 1600AD have been in Australia
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Victoria is the most cleared state 50%-70% gone. On private land 80% - 90% [1]
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44% of native plants and 30% animals extinct or threatened [2]
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78% of bushland types threatened [3]
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75% of our waterways degraded and 35% of our wetlands totally lost [4]
[1]
National Land and Water Resources Audit, 2002. Australian Terrestrial Biodiversity Assessment 2002. SOE 2008 [2] CSIRO, 2004, Environmental Sustainability Issues Analysis for Victoria, SOE 2008 [3] Traill and Porter, 2001, Nature Conservation Review Victoria 2001, VNPA [4] Vic Catchment Management Council. 2002. The Health of Our Catchments: A Victorian Report Card (p.32)
Royal Commission target (to scale of map) 390,000 ha/year
Based on DSE map, 2009
19 33 -3 19 4 35 -3 19 6 37 -3 19 8 39 -4 19 0 41 -4 19 2 43 -4 19 4 45 -4 19 6 47 -4 19 8 49 -5 19 0 51 -5 19 2 53 -5 19 4 55 -5 19 6 57 -5 19 8 59 -6 19 0 61 -6 19 2 63 -6 19 4 65 -6 19 6 67 -6 19 8 69 -7 19 0 71 -7 19 2 73 -7 19 4 75 -7 19 6 77 -7 19 8 79 -8 19 0 81 -8 19 2 83 -8 19 4 85 -8 19 6 87 -8 19 8 89 -9 19 0 91 -9 19 2 93 -9 19 4 95 -9 19 6 97 19 -98 99 -20 0 20 0 01 -0 20 2 03 -0 20 4 05 -0 20 6 07 -0 20 8 09 -10
Hectares
Recorded fire history
Victorian public land 1933-2010 FIRE Hectares Treated
1,500,000
1,200,000
900,000
Future annual fuel reduction target: 390,000 ha
600,000
300,000
0
Year
Fuel reduction burns
Fuel Reduction Burns Bushfires Bushfires Figures from annual reports tabled in Parliament
Bushfire Royal Commission Implementation Monitor (BRCIM) The report states “ The BRCIM questions the rolling target as the most effective way to increase the level of planned burning across the State as working towards a pre-determined target may diminish the State’s ability to focus on risk reduction in high risk areas. The BRCIM advocates that the State reconsider the planned burning rolling target of five per cent as the primary outcome as part of the planned burning reform program. It is considered that the most important objective of the planned burning program must be to address public safety risks in line with the VBRC’s [Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission] intentions.” Bushfires Royal Commission Implementation Monitor’s (BRCIM) Final Report, 2012