HVP Plantations is owned by superannuation and pension funds who invest in plantations on behalf of clients including private individuals, teachers, state employees, police and even fire fighters. They are keen to protect and grow their investments. Assets have been protected to a large extent due to the combined efforts of the responsible fire authorities, the Country Fire Authority (CFA) and the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and HVP’s own fire brigades.

Like all Australians, those who work for HVP have a close affinity with the koala and we have the unique privilege of sharing our work environment with this iconic Australian species.

The harvest and re-establishment cycle of our plantation activities are sustainable and result in a mosaic of vegetation used by koalas for habitat and food. With only 3-4% of the plantation area harvested in any one year, there is a cycle of growth across our estate which allows koalas to move safely away from harvest areas. 

HVP and its predecessors have operated a nursery at Gelliondale since 1989. The 280ha site is located 17km west of Yarram in Gippsland, Victoria and until recently has produced all of its plants from bare rooted stock grown in its unique peat soils.

The Cores and Links comprise approximately 8,000 hectares of both Eucalyptus regnans (Mountain Ash) plantation and native forest in the eastern Strzelecki Ranges located in Gippsland.   The area includes four areas of key native vegetation and plantation (the Cores) joined by corridors of land (the Links), which are also a mixture of plantation and native vegetation. Taken together, the Cores and Links area provides a contiguous vegetated land area stretching from Tarra-Bulga National Park in the east to Gunyah-Gunyah Rainforest Reserve in the west.