By using the Social Pinpoint Mapping Tool you are taken to have accepted the Terms and Conditions set out below.
Terms of use
This site has been created to allow forest users to tell us what areas are important to them, and why, and what they think needs to be done to improve the way forests are managed. In adding your comments, photos and links to the site you agree to the forest management planning team being able to use that information in developing the Gippsland Forest Management Plan. Please add relevant details to photos to enable us to acknowledge copyright where necessary. By posting to this site you agree to the Forest Management Planning team using the information you provide, and storing, displaying and distributing your posts for the purposes of this project. The Forest Management Planning Team reserves the right to remove inaccurate, inappropriate or private data.
Objectionable or inappropriate posts will be removed.
Gippsland's Forests
Forest Management Planning in Gippsland
Forest Management Plans are made under State legislation and contain objectives for forest management, strategies for meeting those objectives and priority management actions.
New Forest Management Plans are due by December 2023 and are to be reviewed every ten years thereafter. The new plans will reflect the multiple values and uses of our forests and guide how they are managed into the future. Development of the plans requires community engagement and place-based decision making, evidence-based decision making that balances the range of forest uses, climate change adaptation and the enabling of First Nations People's self-determination.
The Gippsland Forest Management Planning team wants to make sure all our forest users have an opportunity to contribute to the development of those plans. By sharing your information and ideas you will help us build a comprehensive database of what the public values about our forests, (and why) and an understanding of how you think our forests should be managed into the future.
The information and ideas you share about Gippsland's forests and reserves will help us develop plans that reflect the values, experiences, and aspirations of those who know and love them.
How to use the site
Icons (at the top of the page) can be dragged onto the map to designate and comment on specific areas of interest. You can upload photos and include weblinks in your comments.
You can zoom in (+) and out (-) on the map and use the layer icon (
) to turn on an aerial or the filter (
) to temporarily turn off display of comments.
Click on the various tabs on the left to find out more information about the history of forest management in Gippsland and the legislation and social movements that have influenced it or to take part in discussions about it.
Your email address is required to comment but will not be displayed next to your comment and will be collected for notification purposes only.