Aboriginal Affairs Victoria. AAV – material, which may include litter, soil, nutrients, pathogens, chemicals, pesticides, oils and grease. ANZECC former Australian and New Zealand – Environment and Conservation Council. ANZECC Tertiary geological period occurring from 63 to – was represented by government Ministers and 1.5 million years ago. guided national policy and programs relating to the Threatening process a source of potential harm – management of the environment and its or a situation with a potential to loss. conservation. Tradition the body of knowledge, belief and – CRIMP Centre for Research on Introduced – customs that is passed from generation to Marine Pests. generation. DPI Department of Primary Industries. – Traditional owners communities of people that – Department of Sustainability and DSE – reasonably assert an association with the area that Environment. is based on direct descent from the original Indigenous custodians and is in accordance with ECC former Environment Conservation Council – Indigenous tradition. (now VEAC). Translocation the transfer of pests from one area – EPA Protection Authority –Environment to a new area. (Victoria). Values natural and cultural assets (e.g. historic – GRWMP Gippsland Regional Water Quality – artefacts, features, species, communities) that have Monitoring Partnership. been given worth or are considered to be desirable. IUCN International Union for the Conservation – Water column habitat extending between –water of Nature and Natural Resources. the surface and the seabed. NRE former Department of Natural Resources – Wetland land where saturation by water is the – and Environment. dominant factor for soil type and plant and animal NRSMPA National Representative System of – communities (e.g. tidal areas, saltmarshes and Marine Protected mangrove. Taskforce for Marine Protected Areas. TFMPA – Wrack organic matter washed up on beaches. – VEAC Victorian Environmental Assessment – Council. Abbreviations
material, which may include litter, soil, nutrients, pathogens, chemicals, pesticides, oils and grease. Tertiary – geological period occurring from 63 to 1.5 million years ago. Threatening process – a source of potential harm or a situation with a potential to loss. Tradition – the body of knowledge, belief and customs that is passed from generation to generation. Traditional owners – communities of people that reasonably assert an association with the area that is based on direct descent from the original Indigenous custodians and is in accordance with Indigenous tradition. Translocation – the transfer of pests from one area to a new area. Values – natural and cultural assets (e.g. historic artefacts, features, species, communities) that have been given worth or are considered to be desirable. Water column –water habitat extending between the surface and the seabed. Wetland – land where saturation by water is the dominant factor for soil type and plant and animal communities (e.g. tidal areas, saltmarshes and mangrove. Wrack – organic matter washed up on beaches. Abbreviations AAV – Aboriginal Affairs Victoria. ANZECC – former Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council. ANZECC was represented by government Ministers and guided national policy and programs relating to the management of the environment and its conservation. CRIMP – Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests. DPI – Department of Primary Industries. DSE – Department of Sustainability and Environment. ECC – former Environment Conservation Council (now VEAC). EPA –Environment Protection Authority (Victoria). GRWMP – Gippsland Regional Water Quality Monitoring Partnership. IUCN – International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. NRE – former Department of Natural Resources and Environment. NRSMPA – National Representative System of Marine Protected TFMPA – Taskforce for Marine Protected Areas. VEAC – Victorian Environmental Assessment Council.