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Stocktake of Fire in Australia’s forests, 2011 to 2016

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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34-2021: Sea container measures to protect against khapra beetle

5 March 2021Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container supply…
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Deferred Forest Areas - New South Wales

DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeDeferred Forest Agreement between the Commonwealth and NSW DOC 241 KBScoping Agreement for New South Wales Regional Forest Agreements between the Commonwealth of…
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Notice to Industry 14: Policy on riding horses at the Mickleham Quarantine Facility

Last updated August 2024Download this noticeNotice to Industry 14 - Policy on riding horses at the Mickleham Quarantine Facility (PDF 209 KB)IntroductionThe Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) requires all horses imported into Australia from approved countries other than New…
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Forest fire data

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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2016-15 - Plant Export Operations – Notice of Protected Industrial Action

22 March 2016PurposeTo provide advice of the locations and times of protection industrial action taking place on 24, 25 and 29 March 2016.Background The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has…
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National scale examples

​Changes in land use based on the national scale land use datasets Table 1 shows the change in area of seven broad land use classes at the national level from 1992-93 to 2005-06. Conservation land uses (including Indigenous lands and minimal use areas such a residual native cover and Defence land…
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Fruit flies in Australia

What are fruit flies? Characteristics Fruit flies are one of the world’s most destructive horticultural pests and pose a risk to most commercial fruit and vegetable crops. Globally, some fruit fly species attack up to 300 species of fruit and above ground vegetables. Fruit flies are found all…
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244-2021: Upcoming extension of sea container measures (Phase 6A) to protect against khapra beetle

9 December 2021 Who does this notice affect? Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container…
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Conservation of Australia's Forests

​The protection of forest ecosystems and environmental and heritage values is fundamental to Australia’s approach to forest conservation as contained in national forest policy.Forest conservation was a…
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