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significant amounts of its oldest growth stage – usually senescent trees – in the upper stratum and the effects of any previous disturbance is now negligible.
Phylogenetically distinctive species – a species that has few close relatives, for example a species that is the only (extant) species in a genus or family.
Population viability – the maintenance of a population in the wild that is sufficiently large to be resilient to disturbance and maintain its long-term evolutionary potential.
Population viability analysis (PVA) – a modelling technique for the estimation of persistence or extinction probability based on threats to survival.
Potential habitat – all areas of montane ash forests or sub-alpine (snow gum) woodlands within the range of Leadbeater's possum in the Central Highlands. This includes approximately 200,000 ha of forest, not all of which will be occupied at any point in time.
Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) – In Victoria, an agreement between the Commonwealth and Victorian state government that establishes the framework for the conservation and sustainable management of forests within each of the five Victorian RFA regions. The main objectives of the Victorian RFAs are to identify a Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative (CAR) reserve system and provide for the conservation of those areas; to provide for the ecologically sustainable management and use of forests in each RFA region; and to provide for the long-term stability of forests and forest industries.
RFA Modernisation Program – the Victorian Government has embarked on a major program to modernise the state's RFAs and the forest management system they accredit, through comprehensive engagement with Victorian communities and investment in contemporary science. The program aims to deliver: a vision for the future management of forests; a strategy for the management of State forests; renewal and extension of the Victorian RFAs, through negotiation with the Commonwealth of Australia; reform of environmental regulation of timber harvesting operations; and development of new forest management plans across the State, including greater integration across tenures and between forest and fire management.
Relictual distribution – the current (remaining) range of a species that formerly had a substantially larger distribution.
Rotation – means the planned number of years between the regeneration of a forest stand and its subsequent harvesting.
Salvage harvesting – harvesting operations conducted to remove timber following bushfire or other major disturbance that has caused significant tree mortality or damage.
Special Management Zone (SMZ) – areas of state forest that cover a range of natural or cultural values and are managed to conserve specific features. The protection or enhancement of these values requires modification to timber harvesting or other land use practices rather than their exclusion. Timber and other forest produce may be harvested from this zone under certain conditions.