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Indicator 7.1e: Capacity to conduct and apply research and development aimed at improving forest management and delivery of forest goods and services (2024) - Supporting information

This is Supporting information for Indicator 7.1e, published October 2024.National forest research and development organisationsThe activities of the national-level organisations with capacity to conduct and apply forest research and development presented in the Key information for Indicator 7.1e…
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Analysis – Opportunities for Australian wine exports to the UK

The Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) entered into force on 31 May 2023. The A-UKFTA immediately eliminates tariffs on all Australian wine exports to the UK. Before the agreement, Australian wine entered the UK at the UK Global Tariff (UKGT) rate. The UKGT replaced the EU's…
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266-2024: List of approved treatment providers: treatment provider ‘suspended’, Rentokil Initial Limited (AEI: FJ0020MB)

15 November 2024Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.What has changed?…
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Indicator 1.3b: Native forest and plantations of indigenous timber species which have genetic resource conservation mechanisms in place (2024) - Supporting information

This is Supporting information for Indicator 1.3b, published October 2024.Tabular species dataTable 1.3b-1 lists the key native (indigenous) plantation species grown for timber (or essential oils) in Australia for which seed collections are available for research and commercial purposes (wild-…
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Putting the focus on locusts

The Australian plague locust is a persistent seasonal pest affecting Australia’s agricultural industries. Locust numbers can build very rapidly under favourable conditions, and adult swarms can move up to 600km in one night. In high density outbreaks, locusts can cause severe damage to pasture and…
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Indicator 1.2b: The status of forest dwelling species at risk of not maintaining viable breeding populations, as determined by legislation or scientific assessment (2024) - Supporting information

This is Supporting information for Indicator 1.2b, published October 2024.Compiling the list of threatened forest-dwelling species and ecological communitiesThe threatened forest-dwelling species lists presented in this Indicator were derived by intersecting the forest dwelling species lists…
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National Biosecurity Committee Strategic Workshop 5

14 – 15 May 2015The National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) along with representatives from the livestock and plant industries and non-government environmental organisations met on 14 May 2015 to consider…
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Tasmania Biosecurity Roundtable 7 June 2018

​​Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, June 2018DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeTasmania Biosecurity Roundtable Report - 7 June 2018, Hobart PDF153.0 MBIf you have difficulty accessing these files, please visit web accessibility.Online contentThe 2018 Tasmania Biosecurity…
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Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy: Cane toads on the march Inquiry into controlling the spread of cane toads

Australian Government, 2020 Download Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy: Cane toads on the march Inquiry into controlling the spread of cane toads [PDF 202.11 KB] Australian Government response to the House of…
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Investment in Research and Development crucial for Advancing Australian Agriculture

Research and development (R&D) funding for Australian agriculture in the fiscal year 2022-23 amounted to $2.32 billion, according to a new report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Acting Executive Director of ABARES David Galeano said that…
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