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01 November 2024Meeting CommuniquéCommonwealth, state, and territory agriculture ministers met virtually on Friday 1 November 2024. It was the first meeting chaired by Minister Julie Collins, appointed to the position of Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in July 2024, and it was the…
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The Accelerate Adoption of Wood Processing Innovation Program was announced as an election commitment under A Future Grown in Australia: A Better plan for forestry and forest products, released on 2 May 2022.The Australian Government is supporting 30 grantees across Australia with $88.49 million in…
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National Management Group Communiqué:Banana freckle (Phyllosticta cavendishii) - 10 December 2024The National Management Group (NMG) for banana freckle (Phyllosticta cavendishii) met on 10 December 2024 following advice from the Consultative Committee Emergency Plant Pests (CCEPP). The…
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Authors: Jasmine Howorth, Lucy Randall and Jane Stewart
The Future Drought Fund is using ground cover (total vegetation cover) as an environmental indicator to monitor resilience. These ground cover metrics build on monitoring work under the National Landcare Program (Regional Land Partnerships…
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The recent history of Australia's native forest management is rife with conflict. No one disagreed that the forests were important to us all. The stumbling block was the diverse range of opinions on their management and use.The first comprehensive national attempt to settle the conflict was…
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This indicator measures the extent to which the risk to soil physical properties in forests has been explicitly identified and addressed. The protection of soil physical properties, including minimising soil compaction and redistribution, affects soil integrity and, as consequence, many associated…
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