Melbourne's natural environment under the microscope

In a media release on 30 June Victoria's Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings announced that the Brumby Government will ask the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) to undertake new investigations of how Crown land can contribute to Melbourne’s liveability and native vegetation. Minister Jennings said the Metropolitan Melbourne Investigation and the Remnant Native Vegetation Investigation would help Victoria plan for the future.

“The Metropolitan Melbourne Investigation will help inform the Brumby Government on how Crown land can enhance our city’s liveability and its natural environment,” Mr Jennings said. “The Remnant Native Vegetation Investigation will help identify Crown land that contributes to biodiversity. Climate change is predicted to have serious impacts on our biodiversity, so these patches of native vegetation will become increasingly important. By looking at remnant vegetation we can link critical habitat to help animals to move between areas of native vegetation that are now fragmented or to better protect existing habitat.”