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Character Range: 262719–265730

possum, a social group that dens together, comprising a breeding pair and associated non-breeding individuals.
Coupe – as defined in the Victorian Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004 means a specific area of state forest identified for the purposes of a timber harvesting operation in a timber release plan from which timber is harvested in one operation.
Dedicated reserves – "Reserves where the management regime equates to specific protected area management categories defined by the IUCN Commission for National Parks and Protected areas (1994). [Categories I, II, III and IV]. Security of tenure, as demonstrated if Parliamentary action by Commonwealth, State or Territory Governments is required for revocation of the reserve, is fundamental to the establishment and management of formal reserves" (Joint ANZECC/MCFFA National Forest Policy Statement Implementation Sub-committee 1997).
Dynamic modelling – modelling that includes consideration of changes over time in, for example, habitat availability and suitability, population size and dispersion, and viability, with such changes driven by fire and other disturbance events.
Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) – is a set of populations that are morphologically and genetically distinct from other similar populations, with such distinction arising from a distinct evolutionary history.
Exclusion zone – an area within the general management zone (GMZ) or special management zone (SMZ) where timber harvesting operations are excluded.
Exudate – a sugar-rich substance secreted by plants or by hemipteran insects feeding from plants, important in the diet of Leadbeater's possum.
Fire regimes – the characteristic pattern of frequency, intensity, extent and timing of fires in a given area or habitat.
Forest Protection Survey Program – a Victorian government initiative led by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action that undertakes extensive flora and fauna surveys with the aim of protecting animals and plants that are either threatened or of high conservation value where they occur in areas (or 'coupes') of State forests that are scheduled to be harvested.
Gene pool mixing – the mixing of genetically divergent lineages/populations of a species to rescue and restore genetic variation in populations that have undergone large reductions in genetic diversity and fitness.
General Management Zone (GMZ) – areas within state forest that are managed for a range of uses and values, with the sustainable production of timber and other forest products being a major use. Within the GMZ there are areas that are excluded from harvesting operations due to the requirements of the Code of Practice for Timber Production. These areas include stream buffers and slopes generally steeper than 30°.
Hollow-bearing tree – any tree, dead or alive, that contains a hollow of any shape or size.
In-field prescriptions – harvesting exclusion rules established to protect forest values found in proposed coupes during planning processes and