Eco Companion Australasia |
Editors choices: Flora and Vegetation |
Links in this category of editors choices
cover some of these topics:
flora and vegetation, native plants, exotic, floristic, structural
- Environment Australia - Biodiversity Group [aus]
- Biodiversity planning, plants and animals, environments, conservation programs, protected areas, National Reserves System, formerly Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA)
- National Landcare Program (NLP) [aus]
- Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research [nz]
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) [aus]
- CSIRO Plant Industry [aus]
- Ecological Society of Australia (ESA) [aus]
- Department of Conservation [nz]
- New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) [nsw]
- parks and reserve management, state recreation areas, nature reserves, Aboriginal sites register, cultural heritage
- Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service [tas]
- natural and cultural resources management, history and heritage, World Heritage Areas, National Parks and Reserves
- Earth Sanctuaries Limited (ESL) [aus]
- rare and endangered conservation, reintroduction, habitat sanctuary, ecotourism, ethical investment, remove introduced predators
- Land Channel [vic]
- the window to all distributed government land-related information and services in Victoria
- CRC for Weed Management Systems [aus]
- Weed Science Society of Victoria [aus, vic]
- Tamar Valley Weed Strategy Working Group [aus, tas]
- community based organisation, photos and descriptions of common weeds and noxious weeds, biological control agents, dispersal and control methods
- Greening Australia [aus]
- bushcare, vegetation management, vegetation helps repair degraded land and water, coordination, community-based organisations
- Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc [nz]
- Department of Lands, Planning and Environment (DLPE) [nt]
- Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) [aus]
- environmental rescue effort, coordinated approach, partnership of individuals and communities and governments, funding for environmental activities
- Native Nursery [aus, vic]
- comprehensive directory of subjects related to native Australian flora and the environment, species list, Native CD-ROM, book shop, online ordering, message board
- Society for Growing Australian Plants (SGAP) [aus]
- Australian Tree Seed Centre (ATSC) [aus]
- national tree seed bank, search seed database, seed suppliers
- FloraBank [aus]
- supports collection, management, and distribution of Australian native seed, fact sheets, seed germination sheet, seedbank, contact details directory
- Weeds Australia [aus]
- national weeds stategy, weed policies, regulations, research, training, weed management, noxious weeds list, control of roadside weeds, search weeds database, community groups
- Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) [nsw]
- peak umbrella organisation for community, conservation and environment groups, excellent search facility, links wide range environmental groups
- Canberra Organic Growers Society Australia (COGS) [act, aus]
- links to many relevant organic WWW sites
- Nursery Industry Association of Australia (NIIA) [aus]
- The Seed Savers' Network [aus]
- preserve genetic base, adapted to local growing conditions, local seed networks, searchable catalogue of botanical books
- Pearcedale Conservation Park [aus]
- conservation education, breeding, moonlit sanctuary, partners for conservation, programs
- Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) [aus]
- independent, non-profit organisation, create reserves to protect habitat and threatened species, establish new populations
Region codes [aus, nz, ant, ...] indicate the state or country that each site is relevant to.