A Checklist of Suggested R & D Tips

A Checklist of suggested R & D Tips

SECTION	NO	R & D Tips
Chapter 1	1.1	The Social and Institutional Research Program of Land & Water Australia supports several current and continuing projects about the values and beneﬁts of native vegetation. Follow the progress of this research, including reviewing relevant ﬁnal reports, at http://www.sirp.gov.au/research_current.asp
	1.2	The CRC for Tropical Savannas’ FIREPLAN project will continue research and community initiatives into ﬁre in tropical Australia. Follow the progress of the project at http://savanna.cdu.edu.au/research/projects/fireplan.html
	1.3	Follow the progress of COAG discussion at the COAG website (http://www.coag.gov.au)
Chapter 2	2.1	Follow the progress of the New and Improved Plant Species program of the CRC for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity at http://www.crcsalinity.com.
	2.2	Follow the progress of the Land, Water and Wool projects at http://www.landwaterwool.gov.au/research.asp?section=2.
	2.3	Investigate FloraSearch, the selection and development of multipurpose species for large scale revegetation in the wheat-sheep belt of southern Australia, at http://www1.crcsalinity.com/pages/project.aspx?projectid=20.
	2.4	The Australian Native Foods program of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation conducts research and provides information on developments in the commercial use of native Australian food plants. Follow the progress of this research and development activity at http://www.rirdc.gov.au/programs/nativefoods.html.
	2.5	Follow the progress of the eight regional projects of Grain and Graze at http://www.grainandgraze.com.au/ydefault.htm.
	2.6	CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems are running a project to provide high quality integrated science for native vegetation management in NSW, especially in regards to management actions for biodiversity in Property Vegetation Plans. Follow the progress of this project at http://www.cse.csiro.au/.
	2.7	The Land and Water Australia Native Vegetation Program currently supports research through themes 1 and 2 on scattered paddock trees, revegetation design, native vegetation management and the genetics of remnant vegetation. Follow the progress of these projects at http://www.lwa.gov.au/nativevegetation/research/research_topics.asp.
	2.8	Follow the progress of Sustainable Wildlife Enterprises project trials of the commercial value of wildlife as an incentive to restore on-farm habitat at http://www.rirdc.gov.au/swe/.
Chapter 3	3.1	Inspect new and completed projects of the Social and Institutional Research Program of Land and Water Australia for new ideas about monitoring, research and learning methods at http://www.sirp.gov.au/sirp/research_current.asp
	3.2	Follow the progress of the MDBC Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy on their website at http://www.mdbc.gov.au/naturalresources/natural.htm.
	3.3	Follow the progress of the longterm ecological research sites most similar to the vegetation communities you work with.
	3.4	Review the papers listed above and read the relevant ones on the website of the Tropical Savannas CRC http://savanna.cdu.edu.au/publications/books_reports/commissioned_papers.html.
	3.5	Watch the website of the Tropical Savannas CRC (http://savanna.cdu.edu.au/) for the land users manual on monitoring biodiversity in the rangelands.
	3.6	Follow the progress of the ‘Participative evaluation of learning and impacts from farmer-driven RDE’ and other CVCB projects on the website at http://www.rirdc.gov.au/capacitybuilding/index.html.