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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 field inspections, which may not result in a zoning amendment.
Informal Reserves – "Reserves that contain and are managed for conservation values which unequivocally contribute to the CAR system. Such reserves have a basis in legislation (for example, management plans required under legislation) with provision of opportunity for public comment on changes to reserve boundaries, and where decisions on their establishment and alteration are politically accountable. In addition, they must be able to be accurately identified (on maps), and of sufficient area and adequate design to contribute to the continued viability of the values they seek to protect" (Joint ANZECC/MCFFA National Forest Policy Statement Implementation Sub-committee 1997). Special Protection Zones (SPZs) are Informal Reserves.
Leadbeater's Possum Advisory Group – in 2013, the Victorian Government established the Leadbeater's Possum Advisory Group to provide recommendations aimed at supporting the recovery of the possum while maintaining a sustainable timber industry.
Leadbeater's Possum reserve system – an area in the Central Highlands of 30,500 ha set aside in 2008 specifically for Leadbeater's possum conservation, of which 58% is within national parks and 42% reserved in SPZs in state forest. The reserve consists of 127 patches spread across the species' range. Each patch was greater than 50 ha in size and contained predominantly old-growth ash forest, as they were the areas most likely to provide habitat into the future.
LiDAR – Light detection and ranging Remote sensing technology that measures distance by illuminating a target with a laser and analysing the reflected light.
Lowland swamp forests – forest dominated by mountain swamp gum (Eucalyptus camphora) with dense thickets of Melaleuca and Leptospermum species.
Montane ash forest – forest dominated by mountain ash (E. regnans), alpine ash (E. delegatensis) or shining gum (E. nitens).
National Park – an area of permanently reserved land or water managed by Parks Victoria under the Victorian National Parks Act 1975. The objectives of the Act are the permanent preservation and protection of the natural environment and indigenous flora and fauna, as well as natural, cultural and other features.
Occupancy model – a modelling technique used to predict where a species is likely to occur based on environmental parameters and reflecting the impact of disturbances.
Old-growth forest – forest which contains 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