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The National Fire Ant Eradication Program’s National Management Group (NMG) held its third meeting over two sessions in May and June.NMG members received a program update which outlined the strategy to deliver the 2024-25 work plan in an efficient and effective manner. This plan includes tailored,…
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October 2024 AcknowledgementsThe management of red imported fire ants in Australia is a matter of great significance for the Australian community. The Australian Government thanks the individuals and organisations who contributed to this inquiry. The development of this response was led by the…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly finding its way into many aspects of our lives. Now this revolutionary technology is being put to use to help protect Australia from one of the world’s worst invasive species – exotic invasive ants.Invasive ants are one of the most serious biosecurity…
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Trees with fire blight look burnt. Bruce Watt, University of Maine, Bugwood.org
Fire blightExotic to AustraliaFeatures: A fast spreading bacterial infection of rosaceous hosts, particularly apple and pear, affecting all parts of the treeWhere it’s from: Asia, Africa, North, Central and…
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This page presents information and links to national forest fire area data for 2016-17 to 2020-21, presents data for the 2019-20 summer bushfire season in southern and eastern Australia, and provides links to national forest fire area data for 2011-16.National forest fire area data for 2016-17 to…
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Authors: Steve Read, Cressida Lehmann
Regeneration three months after fire, Currowan, New South Wales, February 2020.
Photo: Cressida Lehmann
Introduction
This Insights article provides a stocktake of information on the area of fire in Australia’s forests in the five-year period 2011…
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Publication date: 28 October 2024Fires in Australia’s Forests 2016–21 (2024) is a continental spatial dataset of the extent and frequency of planned and unplanned fires occurring in forest in the five financial years between July 2016 and June 2021, assembled for Australia's State of the Forests…
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This indicator is used to provide an understanding of the impact of fire on forests through the reporting of planned and unplanned fire. Fire is an important part of many forest ecosystems in Australia and may have either positive or negative impacts on forest health and vitality.This is the Key…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has successfully eradicated an exotic ant which arrived at the Port of Brisbane and could have posed a serious biosecurity risk if they continued to spread.
Deputy Secretary of Biosecurity, Dr Chris Locke, said this successful eradication went…
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This is the Supporting information for Indicator 3.1b, published October 2024. Area of forest fire by year, jurisdiction and planned/unplanned status, 2016-17 to 2020-21: full tableThe area of planned fire remained relatively constant in most jurisdictions over the period of 2016-17 to 2020-21…
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