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Two independent global forest certification bodies operate in Australia, the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). They aim to promote responsible and sustainable forest management and forest product supply. …
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Dairy is one of Australia’s most important rural industries, producing about 8.8 billion litres of milk in 2022-23 and directly employing approximately 33,500 people. It is the third-largest rural industry in Australia generating $6.1 billion in farm gate value in 2022-23. The majority of milk…
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Training our government and industry vets to prepare for emergency animal disease (EAD) responses helps protect Australia’s livestock, domestic and native animals from disease.In May, the European Commission for the Control of Foot and Mouth Disease hosted a virtual training course providing…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 13 October 2021, weak low-pressure troughs across much of Australia resulted in isolated showers across central Australia. In the middle of the week, a low-pressure system and associated cold…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 12 January 2022, troughs extending across eastern Australia resulted in storms and significant rainfall across southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. Tropical cyclones and seasonal…
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Haydn Valle, Shiji Zhao, Tom Jackson and Will Chancellor
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The Australian vegetable industry has grown significantly over the last 5 decades by taking advantage of changes in consumer incomes and tastes. Unlike most other agricultural sectors which have relied primarily on increases in…
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Release today of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity Review Draft Report (Draft Report) is the next step in the independent review of Australia’s biosecurity arrangements, including the…
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Two and a half years of hard work and extensive collaboration came to fruition in August with the launch of Australia’s first National Feral Deer Action Plan at a two-day workshop in Canberra. The plan is the result of broad consultation with state and regional land management departments as well…
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Animalplan launchHost: Narelle Clegg, Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Kylie Hewson, Animalplan ChairPresenters: Olivia Liu, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Graeme Cook, Deputy Chair of Animalplan Steering Committee, Sam Hamilton,…
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Land cover is the observed biophysical cover on the Earth's surface. This includes native vegetation, soils, exposed rocks and water bodies as well as anthropogenic elements such as plantations, crops and built environments. The capacity to measure and report change and trend in land and ground…
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