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
Catchment Management Authority
TAFE courses in private native forestry
Australian Master Tree Grower Program including Agroforestry News
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Australian Low Rainfall Tree Improvement Group (158 pages of “Australian Low Rainfall Tree Improvement Group ‘Metadata from measures of hardwood tree improvement trials in Southern Australia’)
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
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
- Another online site is NSW Flora online http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm
- Weeds eg privet
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
Farm Forestry & Agroforestry
EDO Fact Sheet 2015_Forestry on Private Land
Planting by Design
Farming Trees Potential for diversification
HFFN PP for Gulgong Conference
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 definitions of new Noxious Weed Classes
Table of Hunter & Central Coast noxious weeds classifications by local government area.
List of Council Weeds Officer contacts for Hunter & Central Coast
Crofton weed Agfact
Fireweed Primefact
Lantana Agfact
Lantana weed of national significance profile
Lantana weed management guide
Nodding thistle Agfact
Onopordum species Agfact- Scoth, Illyrian & Stemless thitles
CSIRO workshop proceedings- thistle management
Thistles weed information sheet
Exotic perennial grasses fact sheet
DPI Noxious & Environmental Weed Management Handbook
Weeds CRC Introductory Weed Management Manual
Agriculture Notes: Weed Control for Farm Forestry Plantations
Weeds CRC Workshop Proceedings: Weeds of Rainforests and Associated Ecosystems
Myrtle Rust
DPI guide Myrtle Rust everyday management
DPI guide Myrtle Rust in my backyard
Myrtle Rust CSIRO ECOS review
ANPC workshop March