FWPA
Current Research
Fibre-managed plantation E. globulus is potentially a viable source of structural timber and engineered wood product (EWP) feedstock for the Australian market. Currently, there is minim…
FWPA
Current Research
Sirex wood wasp is a major pest of softwood plantations in Australia, with a combined impact of $35 million in outbreaks and management since it established. A long-established biocontrol p…
FWPA
Current Research
This project examines the current high priority pests for commercial forestry in Australia and identifies additional potential exotic threats to pine and eucalypt plantation productivi…
FWPA
Current Research
Australian log exports rely on the fumigant methyl bromide (MB) to meet phytosanitary requirements. However, MB degrades stratospheric ozone. Withdrawal of MB for non-quarantine uses is…
FWPA
Current Research
While the direct impact of fires can be determined relatively simply, the impact of a large-scale fire on the wider community is more complex – especially given that the disruption to w…
FWPA
Current Research
The project will address the issue of automatically monitoring multiple threatened forest species in real time. Current machine learning approaches process acoustic data collected offl…
