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Looking back, moving forward - Renaissance at Lyndfield

John has achieved so much in terms of land management, that his farm ‘Lyndfield Park’ was chosen as the site to launch the Australian Conservation Foundation and National Farmers Federation joint natural resource management campaign.

Productivity with Compassion - Not an impossible dream

Hugo Spooner who believes that achieving a balance between protecting sensitive natural landscapes and maintaining a profitable grazing enterprise is not an impossible dream, and he is producing a booklet to detail his experiences and methods as a guide for other graziers.

The life and lines of Cooper Creek: A tour of the Gulf Country by a grazier from Cooper Creek

Pastoralist Bob Morrish lives on Kyabra Creek, near Windorah on the Cooper Creek floodplain and is Chairman of the Cooper Creek Protection Group. Through their joint efforts, the Group secured an ecologically sound outcome for the management of the Cooper’s water resources. Bob will use his Land & Water Australia Community Fellowship to travel throughout the Gulf region to share his knowledge with communities and encourage (more)...

Regeneration with Banksias

Mount Barker community leaders and Banksia aficionados Kevin and Kathy Collins have transformed five hectares of low-productivity farmland on their property into a Banksia woodland ecosystem.

Achieving Coordinated Landscape-scale Outcomes with Auction Mechanisms

This project will apply recent advances in auction theory together with CSIRO’s experience of conservation tenders around Australia to develop principles for auction design that are capable of delivering efficient, coordinated outcomes across landscapes

Fire management in Northern Australia: integrating ecological, economic and social outcomes

This project will undertake a program of applied fire management research which augments substantial existing activity, for the purposes of furthering community (Indigenous and pastoral) involvement with, and deriving social and economic benefits from, developing fire management and associated NRM opportunities in northern Australia.

Advanced airborne technologies for mapping and monitoring native Australian vegetation

Airborne sensors can be used by natural resource managers and researchers to collect visible (vegetation cover) and invisible (such as canopy condition or water use) data.

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Prevention and management of aquatic plant invasions in Australian rivers

Australian river systems are threatened by the severe effects of drought, bank erosion, sedimentation, pollutant inputs, urban development, and invasions by exotic aquatic plant species.

This publication is one of a suite of 13 produced as part of a folder showcasing research from the Defeating the Weed Menace Research and Development program.

Thinking Bush 8

Thinking Weeds

Thinking Bush is a quarterly publication coming out of the Native Vegetation and Biodiversity R&D Program.

This edition focuses on weeds.

In this issue:

  • Biocontrol
  • Detection and spread

Irrigation Innovation in a Changing Climate Workshop Report

The aim of the workshop was to kick off a process to develop a ten-year irrigation innovation strategy. The workshop, held in Canberra on 16 September 2008, attracted about 100 participants from a broad cross-section of the irrigation industry. It included people from urban water organisations, garden irrigation supply companies, irrigators, policy makers, researchers, manufacturers and rural water supply organisations.