The contribution of agriculture, water supply, tourism and plantation timber to the Central Highlands economy far outweighs that of native timber production

In a dramatic new fact sheet (The value in Victoria's Central Highlands) Heather Keith and colleagues sumarise the results of recent ecosystem accounting as applied to the Central Highlands.  

Keith and colleagues demonstrate that employment in tourism in the Central Highlands far outweighs that of native forest logging.  

In two accompanying videos the same team, from the Threatened Species Recovery Hub at the ANU, explain the theory and practice of environmental economic accounting and its role in policy making for contested regions. 

Environmental Economic Accounts: a case study in the Central Highlands of Victoria is a seven minute video which looks at the environmental economic accounting system and the key findings for the Central Highlands. 

A second video focuses on the findings of the analysis and what it means for Melbourne.