2005 Special Forest Audit
In addition to the annual forest audit, in October 2005 the Minister for the Environment asked EPA to undertake an additional special audit into a number of logging incidents and breaches of the code.
The auditor investigated incidents at four coupes, in particular two incidents involving harvesting of a section of the Errinundra National Park and harvesting of a portion of habitat set aside for the Superb Parrot in the Barmah State Forest. At two other coupes in East Gippsland, harvesting had occurred outside of the nominated coupe boundary.
The audit confirmed that the breaches occurred and recommended actions to help ensure that these incidents are not repeated. The 2005 Special Forest Audit report is available and provides detail on the scope of the audit, methodology, findings and recommendations.
- Download the complete 2005 Special Forest Audit (Adobe PDF file, 4419KB or 4.4MB).
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