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WAPIS Reports

This series of research projects was funded under the Wood and Paper Industry Strategy (WAPIS). A summary report, found at PN03.815. WAPIS aimed to create a stable policy environment in which the industry could plan and invest with minimum risk and maximum confidence. It was developed following extensive public comment, and consultations with the industry, conservation groups, community organisations and unions.

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WAPIS Reports

Synthesis and Integration of the Outputs from R&D Projects on Montreal Indicators (980 KB)
Forsci and Associates • PN03.815
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Application of Montreal Criteria to Plantations and Other Regional Land Uses
University of Melbourne • PN97.101
Digital copy of project documents unavailable.
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Evaluation of the Santiago declaration (Montreal process) indicators of sustainability for Australian commercial forests - Summary report - (Turner & Pribble)
SF NSW • PN97.103
Digital copy of project documents unavailable.
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Evaluation of the Santiago declaration (Montreal process) indicators of sustainability for Australian commercial forests - A New South Wales alpine forest as a case study (J Turner)
SF NSW • PN97.103
Digital copy of project documents unavailable.
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Evaluation of the Santiago declaration (Montreal process) indicators of sustainability for Australian commercial forests - A Victorian montane forest as a case study (Dignan et al.)
CFTT • PN97.103
Digital copy of project documents unavailable.
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Evaluation of the Santiago declaration (Montreal process) indicators of sustainability for Australian commercial forests - East Gippsland forests as a case study (Lutze & Campbell)
CFTT • PN97.103
Digital copy of project documents unavailable.
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Review and evaluation of current monitoring and research activities and recommendations for future investigations of ecologically sustainable forest management in Australia
Forestry Tasmania and CSIRO FFP • PN98.800
Digital copy of project documents unavailable.
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Assessment options and research priorities for the practical, sensitive and cost effective monitoring of Montreal regional indicator 1.3a. The amount of genetic diversity within and between populations of representative forest dwelling species
CSIRO FFP & University of Melbourne • PN99.809
Digital copy of project documents unavailable.
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Identification of species and functional groups that give early warning of major environmental change (Indicator 1.2c). Summary Report
State Forests of NSW • PN99.808
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Identification of species and functional groups that give early warning of major environmental change (Indicator 1.2c). Part E1: A retrospective analysis of ground-dwelling reptile assemblages in relation to selective timber harvesting, in dry sclerophyll forest of south-eastern Queensland (252KB)
EPA • PN99.808
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Identification of species and functional groups that give early warning of major environmental change (Indicator 1.2c). Part D: Use of terrestrial invertibrates as indicators of the ecological sustainability of forest management under the Montreal Process (276KB)
Forestry Tasmania • PN99.808
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Identification of species and functional groups that give early warning of major environmental change (Indicator 1.2c). Part C: Ranked lists of species and groups in terms of known sensitivity to logging (300KB)
Arthur Rylah Institute, State Forest of NSW, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, EPA, Forestry tasmania • PN99.808
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Identification of species and functional groups that give early warning of major environmental change (Indicator 1.2c). Part B: Report on the efficacy of videography (and other high spatial resolution imagery) for habitat mapping (364KB)
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products • PN99.808
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Identification of species and functional groups that give early warning of major environmental change (Indicator 1.2c). Part A: Draft review of species and functional groups with potentially sensitive attributes, including an annotated preliminary list of likely indicator species or groups (284KB)
Arthur Rylah Institute, State Forests of NSW, Forestry Tasmania,EPA, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems • PN99.808
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Identification of species and functional groups that give warning of major environmental change (Indicator 1.2c). Part E4: Which plant and animal species are sensitive to logging, and how do we monitor their abundance to get early warning of major environmental change? Compilation of indices from selected empirical studies in Victoria and Tasmania (south-eastern Australia), and a suggested design protocol (268KB)
EPA, State Forest of NSW, Arthur Rylah Institute, Forestry Tasmania, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Museum of Victoria • PN99.808
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Identification of species and functional groups that give warning of major environmental change (Indicator 1.2c). Part E3: The quest for indicator species or groups: patterns of response to disturbance and geography among taxonomic faunal groups (vertibrates and ants) in north-eastern Victoria, Australia (324KB)
Arthur Rylah Institute, Museum of Victoria • PN99.808
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Identification of species and functional groups that give warning of major environmental change (Indicator 1.2c). Part E2: Avian assemblages of selectively harvested dry sclerophyll forests, South-East Queensland (331KB)
EPA • PN99.808
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Identification of species and functional groups that give early warning of major environmental change (Indicator 1.2c) Part E5: Effects of previous logging on ants in wet, lowland and damp sclerophyll forests of East Gippsland, Victoria - VPS retrospective study (300KB)
Museum of Victoria, Bioprotection, Arthur Rylah Institute • PN99.808
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Development of indicators of genetic diversity in managed forests (426KB)
CSIRO FFP • PN99.809
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Testing generic capabilities of a condition indicator for forest health and vitality (1.37MB)
CSIRO FFP • PN99.814A
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Hydrological and Nutrient Effects of Plantation Growth and Eucalypt Management on a Catchment Basis (867KB)
The University of Melbourne • PN97.104
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Soil-based Information for Developing Sustainable Plantation Forestry in Australia - Summary Report (1.09MB)
CSIRO FFP • PN99.801
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Assessing soil erosion hazard for Australian Forest Management (490KB)
CSIRO FFP • PN98.801
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Methological guidelines for the utlity and statistical validity of survey and monitoring programs (337KB)
The University of Melbourne, Forestry Tasmania, CALM • PN98.803
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Direct and indirect employment in the forest sector (265KB)
CSIRO S.E, The University of Melbourne, ANU • PN98.806
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Evaluation of soil organic matter as a meaningful indicator of important soil properties and processes in native forest ecosystems (362KB)
ANU, CSIRO FFP, DSE, The University of Melbourne • PN99.803
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Evaluation of key soil indicators of sustainability in Australian Mediterranean forests (347KB)
CALM • PN99.802
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Testing and refinement of AUSRIVAS for the detection, assessment and interpretation of changes in stream biodiversity associated with forestry operations (1.21MB)
Freshwater Systems • PN99.811
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Towards a framework for consultation and for input of indigenous knowledge pertinent to ecologically sustainable forest management at a regional level (515KB)
Edith Cowan University • PN99.812
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Forest Vitality and Health: Indicators of changes in fundamental ecological processes in forests based on a eucalypt crown condition index (ECCI) (3.12MB)
CSIRO FFP • PN99.814
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Procedures for the measurement of changes in soil physical properties following logging of wet Eucalyptus obliqua forest (3.73MB)
CSIRO FFP & Forestry Tasmania • PN99.804
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Effect of forest harvesting on soil physical properties: Developing and evaluating meaningful soil indicators of sustainable forest management in southeastern Australia (1.42MB)
CSIRO FFP • PN99.805
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The development and implementation of landscape metrics for reporting forest fragmentation at field and landscape levels (316KB)
EPA • PN99.807
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Indictators of habitat loss and fragmentation for conserving biodiversity in eucalypt forest of sub-tropical Australia. Part A: St Marys state forest case study(1.26MB)
The University of Queensland & EPA • PN99.807A
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On the use of landscape surrogates as ecological indicators in fragmented forests Part B:Tumut and Central Highlands case study areas(254KB)
ANU • PN99.807B
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Standardised measures of regeneration success for sustainable management of Australian native forests (1.56MB)
DSE • PN99.810
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