Recent Projects undertaken by EWR:

Biophysical Impact Modelling Options for Private Plantation Forestry                                                                               

Jun – Oct 2005

This project set out to review the options for modelling the environmental impacts of new plantation forestry on private land.  This was to support Victoria’s New Plantation Forestry Project.  The modelling capability behind a broad range of environmental impacts was considered, ranging from water yield and quality, salinity, biodiversity and carbon sequestration.  Several integrated modelling case studies from across SE Australia were also reviewed.

This review informed the design criteria of an integrated modelling framework (IMF), not only model the biophysical impacts, but also to support the incorporation of prospectivity and economic factors.  The IMF would therefore be used to identify the zones of opportunity (ZOOs) for plantation development in the context of maximizing environmental, economic and social benefits.

The principle outputs from the project were (i) a technical review of plantation environmental impacts and then a (ii) detailed specification of an IMF.  It was planned that the latter would guide the prototyping of an integrated model in the Gippsland Private Forestry Region. 

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