Resources
PROPERTY VEGETATION PLANS AND FORESTRY CODES OF BEST PRACTICE
For plantations
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/forestry/forestry-operations/plantation-forestry
For native forestry
http://www.lls.nsw.gov.au/sustainable-land-management/private-native-forestry
pnf.info@lls.nsw.gov.au
Biodiversity Act
https://www.landmanagement.nsw.gov.au
Other links
NSW LLS http://hunter.lls.nsw.gov.au
Rowan Reid’s Australian Agroforestry website http://www.agroforestry.net.au/main.asp?_=Home
Video of Rowan Reid’s Bambra Agroforestry Farm in the Ottways
Australian Master Tree Grower Program including Agroforestry News
FIRE Management
Hotspots RFS site http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-prepare/prepare-your-property/hotspots
Other contacts
Australian Sustainable Timbers
Annabel Kater
0437 399 511
James Felton Taylor
0415 457 973
Steve Dobbyns Home (jamaxforestsolutions.com)
Peter Dixon bushregenerator@outlook.com
Plant Identification
- The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney offer identification of plants based on specimens or photos and location data https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/Plants/Plant-ID-Disease-Diagnostic-Services/Plant-Identification-Botanical-Information-Servi
- NSW Flora online http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm
- Weeds http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/weeds
Agroforestry
How trees “talk” to each other and live as a Forest
- TED talk http://ted.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=07487d1456302a286cf9c4ccc&id=878ac977b9&e=fbfa012d51
- “The Hidden Life of Trees” by P Wohlleben
Books
- CSIRO’s “Forest Trees of Australia”, either hardcopy or maybe try the latest e-version https://www.amazon.com.au/Forest-Trees-Australia-DJ-Boland-ebook/dp/B004YV7BXK
- “Australian Rainforest Trees” by WD Francis
- Rainforest plants and shrubs identification guides by JB Williams and GJ Harden
- “Bush Tucker” and “Bush Medicine” by Tim Low
Weeds
Table of Hunter & Central Coast noxious weeds classifications by local government area.
List of Council Weeds Officer contacts for Hunter & Central Coast
Myrtle Rust
DPI guide Myrtle Rust everyday management
DPI guide Myrtle Rust in my backyard
Myrtle Rust CSIRO ECOS review
ANPC workshop March