NLWRA

Native Vegetation

Restoring Landscapes with Confidence

State of Knowledge Discussion Paper on Landscape Restoration Science in Australia

Assessing invasive plants in Australia 2007

The title on the inside cover of this product is: Assessing invasive weed species in Australia: the distribution of some major plants in Australia in 2007 Invasive plants or weeds may cause serious economic, social and environmental costs in many areas of Australia. Weed research and management are expensive, so investment in weed control requires information to ensure that attention is directed to areas of highest priority. Furthermore, the effectiveness of such investments in (more)...

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Dynamics in tropical eucalypt forests

This fact sheet written by John Woinarski and Brydie Hill presents the key findings from the Land & Water Australia managed project: Defining successional patterns and biodiversity values of north Australian eucalypt forests. Overall, this study provides major new insights into the dynamics of these important tropical eucalypt forests, particularly allowing comparison with the dynamics of temperate eucalypt forests. The study has important management (more)...

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Thinking Bush Issue 7 - a focus on agroforestry

In this issue:

  • Five yearly report card on the state of Australia’s Forests
  • Agro-ecology: ecological diversity by design
  • AgroForestry and natural resource management – lessons from the Joint Venture Agroforestry Program over the past 15 years
  • Plantation Forests: the Facts revealed
  • The Australian Master Treegrower Program - adapting to a changing landscape

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The Bowral Checklist

A framework for ecological management of landscapes

Leading and emerging researchers in landscape ecology and conservation biology gathered in Bowral, southern New South Wales, in March 2006 to discuss whether it was possible to create a general framework to guide the management of landscapes for conservation. Participants were asked to appraise a given topic in landscape research and identify 5–10 general insights or key issues emerging from that topic. The topics were clustered into 10 major themes with researchers asked to produce 4000 word (more)...

Vegetation

The National Land & Water Resources Audit (the Audit) collated data about Australia’s natural resources. The National NRM Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (National M&E Framework) identifies natural resource topics referred to as ‘matters for target’. Each matter for target has a set of recommended ‘indicators’ that will be used to monitor and report on the condition of (more)...
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Restoring landscapes with confidence

A summary of key findings and recommendations

Indicator guidelines: animal or plant species abundance

Estuarine, coastal and marine habitat condition

This document presents the recommended monitoring guidelines for collecting, collating and reporting information on animal or plant species abundance for national, state/territory and regional application.

Indicator protocols: the remaining proportion of each priority native vegetation type in each IBRA sub-region measured...

Native vegetation extent and distribution

The extent of remaining native vegetation types compared to their pre-1750 extent (prior to European settlement) is a key input to conservation and land management decisions, both for determining priorities and for planning actions. It is an important indicator of the status of a region’s natural resource base and the health of its landscapes and assists in the interpretation of impacts of landscape change since European settlement. This indicator can also be used to determine which vegetation (more)...

Indicator protocols: the extent of present native vegetation by IBRA sub-region (measured in hectares)

Native vegetation extent and distribution

The extent and distribution of present native vegetation is a key indicator of the status of our natural resource base. Native vegetation binds and nourishes soils; shelters and sustains wildlife; protects streams, wetlands, estuaries, and coastlines; absorbs carbon dioxide and emits oxygen.