Values-Based Management Framework (VBMF)
The Queensland Government, through the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Partnerships (QPWS&P) Branch, manages more than 13 million hectares of parks and forests across the state with a diverse range of natural, cultural, social and economic values and a complex range of management issues.
The Values-Based Management Framework (VBMF) is a contemporary management system that enables park managers, partnered with First Nations Peoples, to identify and prioritise the most important values of each park, forest, and reserve: the key values.
The VBMF uses an adaptive management cycle, providing strategic management direction through all phases of planning, prioritising, doing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting.
QPWS&P seeks to balance the management of key values with its custodial obligations and finite state resources, applying flexible and proactive management actions to improve effectiveness over time. The VBMF program aims to enhance the capacity of QPWS&P as transparent, accountable, efficient, and effective protected area managers.
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