Forestry Automation Research project Solutions for the optimal use of remotely acquired, high resolution data by the forestry sector Rapidly advancing remote sensors on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), airborne and satellite platforms are providing high-fidelity data in terms of … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 1 Mar 2019 - 15 Apr 2021 Research organisation University of South Australia (UniSA)
Forestry Research project Wearable sensors for improving occupational health and safety of workers in the forestry industry: a pilot prototype for harvesting and processing operations This project will evaluate workwear embedded with smart sensors for monitoring workplace health and safety hazards for those working in … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 1 Mar 2019 - 15 Dec 2020 Research organisation University of South Australia (UniSA)
Forestry Processing & packaging Research project Scoping an Automated Forest Fire Detection and Suppression Framework for the Green Triangle This project will establish the physical and mechanical properties of a nationally pooled Australian structural softwood timber sample to validate … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 1 Mar 2019 - 31 Mar 2021 Research organisation University of South Australia (UniSA)
Forestry Input management Research project Options for Operating Efficiently and Sustainably within Forest Water Licence Rules Plantation managers have the opportunity to manage their forest and licenced water assets and develop methods to efficiently and sustainably … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 1 Mar 2019 - 30 Dec 2020 Research organisation University of South Australia (UniSA)
Multiple industries Forestry Natural capital assets Input management Research project Unlocking Financial Innovation in Forest Products with Natural Capital Natural capital is the soil, air, water biodiversity and land resources that underpin food and fibre production. The forest industry … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 15 Feb 2019 - 1 Apr 2022 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Forestry Input management Research project A forest resource characterisation of Tasmania – Stage 1 of 2. Feasibility This project is the first stage in a proposed two part project on developing more accurate and reliable models that … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 21 Jan 2019 - 30 Jun 2020 Research organisation University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Forestry Input management Research project Optimising machinery configurations for profitable harvesting operations of small-scale plantations This project will provide guidelines and a web-based decision support tool (DSS) to effectively select harvesting equipment configurations for smaller, … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 15 Dec 2018 - 31 Oct 2020 Research organisation University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Forestry Plant science Research project Optimising nutrition management of hardwood plantations for sustainable productivity and profitability This project will develop knowledge and tools that will enable the identification of the most responsive multi-rotation hardwood plantation sites … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 7 Dec 2018 - 1 Dec 2022
Forestry Input management Research project Improved tools to predict fertiliser response and profitability in softwood plantations across Australia. Component 2: Eastern Australia ProFert is a decision support tool for assisting plantation growers in predicting growth responses to and financial performance of fertiliser … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 3 Dec 2018 - 28 Feb 2022
Forestry Research project Demonstrating Stewardship of the Environment and Ecologically Sustainable Forestry: Monitoring the Effectiveness of the Tasmanian Forest Practices Code for Biodiversity Forest certification requires demonstration of ecologically sustainable forestry. This project explores the environmental, social and economic adequacy of Tasmanian provisions … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 15 Oct 2018 - 30 Jun 2021
Forestry Crop protection Research project Giant Pine Scale Postgraduate Research Scholarship Agreement Giant Pine Scale (Marchalina hellenica) is a scale insect that sucks the sap of pine trees. If established, the insect … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 20 Sep 2018 - 20 Sep 2020 Research organisation La Trobe University
Forestry Research project The Industry Plantation Management Group – Applied Research and Extension This five-year program, is focussed on providing the capacity to enable multi-party coordination of regional or national scale applied R,… Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 22 Jun 2018 - 15 Jun 2023
Forestry Harvest technology Research project Advanced real-time measurements at harvest to increase value recovery Advanced technologies are revolutionising industries around the globe, and Australian forestry operators have begun pioneering the use of advanced technologies … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 15 Jun 2018 - 30 Mar 2021 Research organisation University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Forestry Crop protection Research project Giant Pine Scale Chemical Control Giant pine scale (Marchalina hellenica) is a scale insect that sucks the sap of pine trees. If established, the insect … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 8 Jun 2018 - 15 Jun 2021
Forestry Crop protection Research project Australian Forest Herbicide Research Consortium This project aims to maintain and increase the capacity of the Australian forest industry by ensuring the continued availability of … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 6 Apr 2018 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisation University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Cotton Forestry Fruits Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Sugar Vegetables Wine Crop protection Research project iMapPESTS: Sentinel Surveillance for Agriculture Improving plant pest management through cross-industry deployment of smart surveillance technologies and diagnostics Funded by Hort Innovation Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 16 Jan 2022 Research organisation Hort Innovation
Multiple industries Cotton Forestry Natural capital assets Wild catch fisheries Research project Environmental and Economic accounting in Primary Industries (Natural Capital Accounting) - linked to 2017-175 This project is part of a broader Australian Government’s Rural R&D for Profit cross-sectoral investment assessing Natural … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 28 Jan 2018 - 28 Jul 2020 Research organisation Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Cotton Essential oils Forestry Nuts Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Sugar Vegetables Wine Crop protection Research project Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative The Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative supports cross-sectoral research development and extension to minimise the damaging consequences caused by biosecurity threats … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 7 Sep 2017 - 17 Jun 2021 Research organisation Hort Innovation
Multiple industries Forestry Fruits Nuts Other rural industries Vegetables Plant science Research project Researching the benefits of demonstration green roofs across Australia This project will assist in better understanding of the cultural, community and horticultural barriers to greater green roof construction in … Funded by Hort Innovation Project date 1 Jul 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
Forestry Crop protection Research project A model system for the discovery and development of biocontrol agents against forest pests The primary aim of this project is to improve the biological control of Gonipterus weevils in Australian and overseas eucalypt … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 23 Jun 2017 - 30 Dec 2020 Research organisation University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)