Values-Based Management Framework (VBMF)
The Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service and Partnerships (QPWS&P) division of the Queensland Government continues to expand its best-practice adaptive management approach for managing the state’s parks and forests under the Values-Based Management Framework (VBMF).
The 2024 Green List certification of Lamington National Park, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has independently benchmarked the VBMF as a world-class management framework.
QPWS&P is expanding the VBMF to include marine protected areas, provide interim management direction for new land acquisitions prior to dedication as protected area and scoping its potential application to private areas with high conservation values.
Implementing the VBMF includes the development of the Management Effectiveness and Evaluation (MEE) strategy.
The strategy supports:
- QPWS&P in defining successful management that achieves its targeted outcomes for conservation and program delivery
- continuous improvement in business processes and practices
- strategic alignment of business based on program logic.
The QPWS&P will use a set of key performance indicators to evaluate program delivery and management effectiveness, focusing on achieving conservation outcomes, such as improving or maintaining the condition of key values and reducing or mitigating the impact of risks and threats.
The VBMF’s roll-out across the protected estate includes developing interim key values and strategic management directions, to accelerate the pace at which the framework is being implemented. This approach supports our legislative management requirements and is considerate of the timeframes that are required to genuinely engage with First Nations partners to codesign management instruments that will guide management.
In November 2024, the following number of tenures were being managed under the VBMF:
- 53 have approved VBMF management instruments with 35 codesigned with First Nations partners
- 85 have an approved VBMF Key Value and Level of Services Assessment
- 336 have an approved interim VBMF Key Value and Level of Service Assessment