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General surveillance program design, monitoring and evaluation guide

Following on from the Making General Surveillance Work project, ABARES has developed a draft Guide for Program Design, Monitoring and Evaluation of General Surveillance Programs. It provides step-by-step support for general surveillance program coordinators and teams to design general surveillance…
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About Australia’s State of the Forests Report

OverviewAustralia’s State of the Forests Report presents comprehensive information describing the many social, economic and environmental values of Australia’s forests to government and industry stakeholders and the broader community. It meets Australia’s formal national reporting requirements for…
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Appropriate Level of Protection

​Under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Agreement, World Trade Organization (WTO) members are entitled to maintain a level of protection they consider appropriate to protect life or health within their territory. We refer to this as the Appropriate Level of Protection (ALOP). We…
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Potential distribution of the invasive marine species Didemnum vexillum (carpet sea squirt) in Australia

Didemnum vexillum from New Zealand.Photo courtesy of C. Woods, NIWA.Source: NIMPIS Author: Rupert SummersonOverviewCarpet sea squirt is a colonial ascidian that is thought to be native to Japan. It is a filter feeder that can overgrow everything and spread…
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2023-22: Plant Exports – Additional Biosecurity Protection Levy webinar

24 May 2023PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to invite the plant exports industry to attend a webinar on Thursday, 01 June 2023 at 1:30PM AEST about the new Biosecurity Protection Levy.Summary of changes and key pointsThe Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to strengthen…
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Snapshot of Australia’s commercial fisheries and aquaculture

​Authors: David Mobsby, Robert Curtotti Map 1 Catch in the Australian Fishing Zone, 2017 Note: Map includes fishing on the high-seas (external to EEZ), but does not include aquaculture production or catch in state jurisdictional waters and excludes Herd Island and McDonald Island Fishery,…
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Australian seals and sea lions

​​​​​​ Australian sea lions, Neophoca cinerea (© Brad Page - SARDI Aquatic Sciences) Note: In this context, the generic term “seal or seals” includes the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea…
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Western Australia Biosecurity Roundtable 4 July 2018

​​​​Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, July 2018DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeWestern Australia Biosecurity Roundtable Report - 4 July 2018, Perth PDF154.3 MBIf you have difficulty accessing this file, please visit web accessibility.Online contentThe 2018 Western…
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Indicator 2.1e: The area of native forest harvested and the proportion of that effectively regenerated, and the area of plantation harvested and the proportion of that effectively re-established (2024)

This indicator is used to assess the success of the re-establishment of forests after harvesting. Re-establishment is critical to the maintenance of the productive capacity of the forest.This is Key information for Indicator 2.1e, published October 2024.Key pointsOver the period 2016-17 to 2020-21…
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2005 ministerial direction to AFMA

​​​In December 2005, the Australian Government Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation issued a ministerial direction to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority under section 91 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991. 2005 ministerial direction to AFMA PDF​  [300 KB, 5 pages…
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