Land publications
Firewood
Books and reports
- Overview of the FAA certification scheme - 2007
- Impact and use of firewood in Australia
Don A. Driscoll, George Milkovits and David Freudenberger, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems - 2000 - A national approach to collection and use of firewood in Australia
ANZECC - June 2001 - Firewood conferences: Summaries of papers presented - 2002
- Regulatory impact statement: National approach to firewood collection and use in Australia - 2001
Please note: this electronic version of the Regulation impact statement does not include public submissions - Voluntary code of practice for firewood merchants - 2005
Brochures
Cards, kits, magnets and stickers
- Check your chimney magnets
- Logs have life inside music and education kit - firewood education kit (including House on Fire song) - 2002
Fact sheets
Related reports - Fire in Australia
- Fire management: Managing for biodiversity in the rangelands - 2004
- Australian fire regimes: Contemporary patterns (April 1998 - March 2000) and changes since European settlement - 2002
- Australia's biodiversity - responses to fire - plants, birds and invertebrates - 1999
- Fire and biodiversity: the effects and effectiveness of fire management - proceedings of the conference held 8-9 October 1994, Footscray, Melbourne - 1996
- Country in flames: Proceedings of the 1994 symposium on biodiversity & fire in north Australia - 1995
Forest Policy
Forest Conservation Fund
- Forest Conservation Fund strategic plan - May 2006
- Forest Conservation Fund brochure - March 2007
- Forest Conservation Fund conservation adviser register - March 2007
- Forest Conservation Fund landowner information kit - April 2007
- Forest Conservation Fund news: Volume 5 - December 2006
- Forest Conservation Fund news: Volume 4 - July 2006
- Forest Conservation Fund news: Volume 3 - May 2006
- Forest Conservation Fund news: Volume 2 - November 2005
- Forest Conservation Fund news: Volume 1 - September 2005
Tasmanian Forest Tourism Initiative
- Tasmanian Forest Tourism Initiative fact sheet - 2007
- Taxation fact sheet - 2007
- Audited financial statement form - 2005
- Final report form - 2005
Mole Creek Karst Forest Programme
- Mole Creek Karst Forest Programme News: Issue 1 - March 2007
- Fact sheet 1, General information - 2005
- Fact sheet 2, Site assessments and advice - 2005
- Fact sheet 3, Landowner covenant proposals - 2005
- Fact sheet 4, Frequently asked questions - 2005
- Fact sheet 5, About the agreements - 2005
- Fact sheet 6, Assisted land purchase - 2005
Grassland conservation and management
Books and reports
- Distribution and conservation status of the Corangamite Water Skink (Eulamprus tympanum marnieae) on the Victorian Volcanic Plain
Garry Peterson - Monitoring of grazing exclusions and other reference sites established within Allocasuarina luehmannii, Buloke, grassy woodland remnants of the Wimmera Plains, Victoria
Martin Westbrooke, Lisa Morcom and Miranda Kerr - Populations trends, life history traits and feeding ecology of the Tussock Skink, Pseudemoia pagenstecheri
Natasha L. Sullivan - 1999 - Structural patterns and changes in Callitris - Eucalyptus woodlands at Terrick Terrick State Park, Victoria
David Parker - May 1999 - Vegetation dynamics in response to fire and slashing in remnants of Western Basalt Plains grasslands: Preliminary results
Meredith Henderson and Colin Hocking
Case studies
Conference proceedings
- Balancing conservation and production in grassy landscapes: Proceedings of the Bushcare grassy landscapes conference
Clare, South Australia 19-21 August 1999. Ed Tim Barlow and Roberta Thorburn - 2000
Extension materials
Fact sheets
Guidelines and kits
- Grassy guidelines: How to manage native grasslands and grassy woodlands on your property - 1998
Tim Barlow (Includes information about how to identify native grasslands and woodlands, their use, distribution, and management.) - Guide to best practice conservation of temperate native grasslands - 1999
James Ross, World Wide Fund for Nature (Australia)
Magazines and newsletters
Posters
- Posters - Grasses of Australia (set of four)
Environmental threats
Books and reports
- Australian actions to combat desertification and land degradation: National report by Australia on measures taken to support implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Commonwealth Intergovernmental Working Group for the UNCCD - April 2002
Monitoring biodiversity condition
Books and reports
The June 2006 special issue of Ecological Management and Restoration contains 21 articles on vegetation condition mapping and assessment. This issue was produced following a CSIRO workshop on this issue in August 2005, part-sponsored by the Department of Environment and Heritage.
The following reports were produced by Environment Australia and the first National Land and Water Resources Audit (1997-2002) project as part of the Audit's Theme 3: National Vegetation Information System.
- Landscape change in the Meander Valley: A case study for monitoring and reporting of land use modification, vegetation condition and biodiversity loss - 2003
- Assessment of biodiversity condition in a rangelands environment using remote sensing - 2002
- Forest condition assessment and implications for biodiversity - 2002
- Illumination correction of Landsat TM data in south east New South Wales - 2002
- Using airborne laser altimetry to assess and monitor biodiversity - 2001
Other references related to biodiversity condition can be found in the following bibliography
Native vegetation
Books and reports
- An analysis of the gaps in research and development relating to non-commercial revegetation in Australia
Dale Tonkinson, Marita Sydes, Tracy King and Mark Coffey, Greening Australia, Victoria - 1999 - Assessing the benefits of vegetation enhancement for biodiversity: A draft framework
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems - 2003 - Australia's native vegetation: A summary of Australia's major vegetation groups - 2007
- Beyond roads, rates and rubbish: Opportunities for local government to conserve native vegetation
Carl Binning, Mike Young and Emily Cripps, CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology - 1999 - Biodiversity monitoring in the rangelands: A way forward - Volumes 1 and 2
Volume 1, Expert Technical Workshop, 29 October - 1 November 2002, Alice Springs. CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems - August 2003
Volume 2, Case Studies. CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems et al - August 2003 - Bushcare Support July 2001 - December 2002: Living proof: Successful case studies from bushcare support
Greening Australia - 31 January 2003 - Bushcare Support July 2001 - December 2002: Sustainable solutions
Greening Australia - March 2003 - Carbon sequestration in low rainfall areas: the measurement of plantations of trees in Victoria
Hassall and Associates Pty Ltd -1998 - Case study applications of a draft framework for assessing the biodiversity benefits of vegetation enhancement activities
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems - 2003- A method for assessing the potential biodiversity benefits of past and proposed vegetation enhancements in the Holbrook Landcare Area, NSW - 2003
- A method for assessing the potential biodiversity benefits of vegetation enhancement activities in the Meander Valley, Tasmania - 2003
- A method for assessing the potential biodiversity benefits of the bushweb project in the Northern Midlands, Tasmania - 2003
- An assessment of the potential biodiversity benefits of the Saltshaker Project, Boorowa, NSW - 2003
- Conservation hindered: the impact of local government rates and State land taxes on the conservation of native vegetation Carl Binning and Mike Young, CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology - 1999
- The cost of revegetation
Jacki Schirmer and John Field, ANU Forestry and FORTECH - Emerging products and services from trees in lower rainfall areas Agroforestry Program - 2000
- Extension and advisory strategies for agroforestry
A report for the RIRDC/LWRRDC/FWPRDC Joint Venture Agroforestry Program - 2000 - Grazing pressure management: Managing for biodiversity conservation in the rangelands - 2004
- Incorporation of practical measures to assist conservation of biodiversity within sustainable beef production in northern Australia
Sue McIntyre, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems - 2001 - Landholder perceptions of remnant vegetation on private lands in the Box-Ironbark region of northern Victoria
Steve Hamilton, Paul Dettmann and Alan Curtis - 1999 - Landscape conservation and the non-government sector Carl Binning and Patricia Feilman - 2000
- Measurement of plantations of trees in Western Australia to improve the estimates of carbon sequestration in low rainfall areas
Hassall and Associates Pty Ltd - 1999 - Measurement of plantations of trees in South Australia to improve the estimates of carbon sequestration in low rainfall areas
Hassall and Associates Pty Ltd - 1999 - Motivating people: Using management agreements to conserve remnant native vegetation
Carl Binning and Mike Young - 1997 - More than just the odd tree: Report on incentives and barriers to rural woodland conservation, using Grassy White Box woodlands as a model Jane Elix and Judy Lambert, Community Solutions - 1998
- National framework for the management and monitoring of Australia's native vegetation
Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, Department of Environment and Heritage - 2001, Published February 2000, reprinted December 2001
- Native vegetation national overview - States/Territories/Commonwealth stocktake of native vegetation management - August 1999 John Dore (Griffin nrm), Carl Binning (CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology) & Greg Hayes (Virtual Consulting Group) - 2000
- Independent evaluation of the National framework for the management and monitoring of Australia's native vegetation and jurisdiction work plans Main Report prepared for ANZECC - November 2000
- Native vegetation management in Australia
Department of the Environment and Water Resources - 2005 - Native vegetation management: A needs analysis of regional service delivery in New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory
Greening Australia - 2003 - Native vegetation management: A needs analysis of regional service delivery in Northern Territory
Greening Australia - 2003 - Native vegetation management: A needs analysis of regional service delivery in Queensland
Greening Australia - 2003 - Native vegetation management: A needs analysis of regional service delivery in South Australia
Greening Australia - 2003 - Native vegetation management: A needs analysis of regional service delivery in Tasmania
Greening Australia - 2003 - Native vegetation management: A needs analysis of regional service delivery in Victoria
Greening Australia - 2003 - Native vegetation management: A needs analysis of regional service delivery in Western Australia
Greening Australia - 2003 - Native vegetation on farms survey 1996: A survey of farmers attitudes to native vegetation and landcare in the wheatbelt of Western Australia
Suzanne Jenkins for Agriculture Western Australia and Department of Conservation and Land Management - 1998 - Native vegetation policy: Reversing the decline in the quality and extent of Australia's native vegetation cover
Statement by Senator the Honourable Robert Hill, Minister for the Environment and Heritage - September 2001 - Opportunity denied: Review of the legislative ability of local governments to conserve native vegetation
Emily Cripps, Carl Binning and Mike Young, CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology - 1999 - Plants, people and planning: Integrating national botanical information and regional vegetation planning and management CSIRO Plant Industry - 2003
- Productivity commission inquiry into the impacts of native vegetation and biodiversity regulations
Department of the Environment and Water Resources - 2003 - Remnant native vegetation: Perceptions and policies
Denys Slee and Associates for the South Australian Farmers Federation, Victorian Farmers Federation and NSW Farmers Association - 1998 - Revegetation and wildlife: A guide to enhancing revegetated habitats for wildlife conservation in rural environments
Andrew Bennett, Sally Kimber and Paul Ryan, School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University - 2000- Bushcare national projects: How to enhance revegetation for wildlife
Article from Australian Farm Journal, BUSH, Pp. 15-18 - October 2000
- Bushcare national projects: How to enhance revegetation for wildlife
- Revegetation and wildlife: What do we know about revegetation and wildlife conservation in australia?
Andrew Bennett, Sally Kimber and Paul Ryan, School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University - 1999 - Strategic framework for investment in native seed for revegetation in Australia - 2002
- Talking to the taxman about nature conservation: Proposals for the introduction of tax incentives for the protection of high conservation value native vegetation - 1999
Carl Binning and Mike Young, CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology - Trees, water and salt: An Australian guide to using trees for healthy catchments and productive farms
The JVAP research update series no. 1 - 2000 - Using native soil fungi to improve sustainability of woodland revegetation IC Tommerup, NL Bougher, SQ Bolsenbroek, JM Catchpole, RJ Gibbs, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products - 2002
Brochures and fact sheets
- Be smart with seed - 2004
- Native seed management principles
- Bushcare: Working with local government to conserve our native vegetation - 2000
- New Atlas of Australian birds
- Comparing the two Atlases - 2002
- The work of an Atlasser - 2002
- Birds on farms - 2002
- State highlights - 2002
- Australia's rangelands - August 1999:
What are rangelands, environmental values, people, management, Commonwealth Government initiatives.
Guidelines and kits
- Incentives for sustainable land management: Community cost sharing to conserve biodiversity on private lands, a guide for local government - 2001 revised edition
Paul Bateson - Tasmanian Bushcare toolkit :
For landholders to assess the native bush on their property and develop strategies to manage it into the future. Available on the Bushcare Tasmania web site
Magazines and newsletters
- Bush - Wetland management, revegetating the rangelands - July 2006
- Bush - Conservation covenants, biodiversity for the farm - October 2005
- Bush - GIS and satellite imagery - April 2005
- Bush - Rot, rust and smut - November 2004
- Bush - Working together on weeds - May 2004
- Bush - Seeds a growing industry - January 2004
Resources
Rangelands
Managing for biodiversity in the rangelands summary reports
- Management of total grazing pressure
- Fire management
- Weed management
- Industry guidelines for sustainability
- Assessing financial and environmental impacts of management options
- Water management
- Managing feral animals and their impacts
- Biodiversity monitoring in the rangelands: A way forward
Managing for biodiversity in the rangelands: full reports
- Management of total grazing pressure
- Fire management
- Weed management
- Industry guidelines for sustainability
- Assessing financial and environmental impacts of management options
- Water Management
- Managing Feral Animals and Their Impacts
- Biodiversity Monitoring in the Rangeland: A way forward; Volume 2
Other reports:
- Incorporation of Practical Measures to Assist Conservation of Biodiversity Within Sustainable Beef Production in Northern Australia
- Australia's Biodiversity - Responses to Fire Plants, Birds and Invertebrates
- Identification and Assessment of Nationally Threatened Woodlands Description of Ecological Communities: Arid Eucalypt Woodlands
ACRIS publications
In preparation for national reporting on change in rangeland condition, ACRIS began by selecting five pilot regions to test capacity to report nationally.
Reporting on change in the rangelands
State and territory reports for each pilot region
- Tracking changes: Darling Riverine Plains bioregion New South Wales 1992-2002
- Tracking changes in the Victoria River District pastoral district, Northern Territory, Australia - 2005
- Tracking changes in the Gawler bioregion, South Australia - 2005
- Case study of status and change in the rangelands of the Gascoyne - Murchison region, Western Australia 2005
Note: An unofficial report has been completed for the Desert Uplands region in Queensland. For a copy of this report please contact Robert Kaufs.
Sustainable land management
Books and reports
- Assessing financial and environmental impacts of management options - 2006
- Fire management - 2004
- Industry guidelines for sustainability - 2006
- Management of total grazing pressure - 2004
- Strategic directions for the regional delivery of incentives for natural resource management outcomes - 2003
- Workshop in Queensland - 2003
- Workshop in South Australia - 2003
- Workshop in Victoria - 2003
- Workshop in Western Australia - 2003
- Farm forestry for green and gold - Australian experiences of linking biodiversity to commercial forestry - 2003
- Gifts that keep on giving: A landholder's guide to and land protection and conservation options
- National synthesis of reports from pilot regions - June 2005
- Tracking changes: Darling Riverine Plains bioregion New South Wales 1992-2002
- Tracking changes in the Victoria River District pastoral district, Northern Territory, Australia - 2005
- Tracking changes in the Gawler bioregion, South Australia - 2005
- Case study of status and change in the rangelands of the Gascoyne - Murchison region, Western Australia - 2005
- Weed management: Managing for biodiversity in the rangelands - 2006
Brochures and fact sheets
- ACRIS summary brochure - 2005
- Covenants for conservation - 2004
Publications on other web sites
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries publications
- Determining the effectiveness of vegetation management programs - measures and methodologies (PDF - 552 KB)
- Local government managing our native vegetation
- National principles and guidelines for rangeland management (PDF - 432 KB)
- Setting up for success - a guide for designing, managing and evaluating projects
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