FWPA Project Proposal

November 2021 Project Application 2021 Commercial in confidence © FWPA 2018

Project Proposal Forestry RD&E

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Part A – Project Information and Contact Details

Proposal Number: For FWPA use only

Project Title Project Title (should be brief, self contained & explicit)

Project Description (Up to 30 words to indicate the proposed activity and benefit)

Priority Topics (Investment plan topics addressed by the Project. List Priority Topic Codes and Research sub-topics for each Priority Topic advanced by the proposed activity)

Proposed Start date Proposed Completion date

Contact Information

Researcher Details Name of Organisation

Australian Business Number (ABN) if applicable Contract Manager’s Name

Address: Telephone Fax

E-mail



Principal Researcher Details Name of Organisation (if different from above)

Australian Business Number (ABN) if applicable Principal Researcher’s Name

Address: Telephone Fax

E-mail

Summary of proposed investments in the project1 (All amounts are exclusive of GST)

Source Cash* ($) In-kind ($) Total ($) % by source FWPA Researcher Collaborators TOTAL 100%

* Cash represents total invoiced funds received from FWPA or other project partners by the researcher.

1 All amounts referred to in this proposal are exclusive of GST



Part B – Certification for Project Co-Investors

Certifications of collaborator cash and in-kind contributions (All amounts are exclusive of GST) I/We declare that:

1. information given in this Application is, to the best of our knowledge and after diligent enquiry, true at the date below;

2. we have the necessary infrastructure to undertake the project within the time proposed; 3. items of equipment or plant for which funds are sought on this project are essential and dedicated to this

project; 4. we agree to provide the financial, human and other resources and/or contributions specified for our

organisation under “Financial Contributions” in this Application; and 5. if the proposal is successful we agree to FWPA publishing the Executive summary, Potential impacts,

and Summary of Proposed Investments in Project from this proposal. [If it is desired to omit any of the information from the Executive summary for commercially sensitive reasons please advise FWPA].

Organisation2 Total cash contribution to project

Date Total in-kind contribution to project

Authorised Signature Name (Please print if entering by hand)

Title

Organisation Total cash contribution to project



Title

2 Provide full contact details for each collaborator






Title

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Part C – Project Specification

Project Information Executive Summary (no more than 400 words)

Project Deliverables (identify/list [what the project will actually produce])

Objective (Key (principal) objective)

Potential Impacts (Expected outcomes, Benefits, How will impacts & benefits be measured?)

Background

Literature Review (State of science/technology)



Outputs (Science/Technological)

Means of take-up by industry & Communication Plan



Part D – Project Delivery Mechanism

Project Delivery Mechanism Objectives (Maximum of 3)

Literature review (Broader than in Part B)

Methodology

Linkages with other projects

Skills

Suggested external referees (Name, affiliation, email, phone & address)



Milestone payment summary (All amounts are exclusive of GST)

Milestone No:

Achievement Date

Milestone Description Total Cost for Milestone ($)

FWPA Payment for Milestone ($)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TOTAL



Detailed project budget (All amounts are exclusive of GST)

Cost Item / Year

Year ending 30 June 201__

$


$


$


$

TOTAL $

Salaries Researcher Collaborator 13 Collaborator 2

On costs: Researcher Collaborator 1 Collaborator 2

Total Salaries Travel

Researcher Collaborator 1 Collaborator 2

Total Travel Capital


Total Capital Other Operating

Sub-contractors Strategy Adoption


Other costs Researcher Collaborator 1 Collaborator 2

Total Other Operating

GRAND TOTAL

Insert rows as required

3 Provide Contact details for each collaborator



Actual investments in project (All amounts are exclusive of GST)

Source Cash ($) In-kind ($) Total ($) % By Source FWPA Researcher Collaborators

Collaborator 1 Collaborator 2

TOTAL 100%

Insert rows as required

Justification of budget items (All amounts are exclusive of GST)

Salaries – Personnel to work on the project Name and role in project

% time on project

Salary for time on project $

Recruited for this Project? (Yes/No)

List all staff members by name. Insert rows as required

Totals Travel (Brief justification)

$ Capital (Brief justification)

$ Operating (Brief justification)

$

Risk Assessment

Project Management System



Attachment 1

Guidelines for completing Project Proposals The Project Proposal is recognised as being “Commercial-In-Confidence” and will only be distributed to the Company’s advisory bodies and referees on this basis.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

1. This Project Application 2021 form has been amended for the Forest Grower RD&E Open Call for proposals, 2021. Guidelines for information being sought under the various headings are hyperlinked to the guidelines part of the Project Application form at Attachment 1.

2. All sections of the Project Application 2021 form must be completed.

3. Applications will be assessed competitively. Consideration will be given to (in no particular order):

a. technical merit of the proposal

b. demonstrated need for the project

c. demonstrated understanding of context, issues and current status of knowledge of the proposal topic

d. demonstrated value for money

e. industry/stakeholder support (cash, certified in-kind contributions (see Part B), letters of support)

f. utilization of skills, capacities and expertise of the scientific, general community and the industry through effective collaboration

4. These guidelines must be read in conjunction with the Call for Proposals.

Lodgement (by closing date for submissions)

Electronic copy to be submitted by email to [email protected] as MS Word or PDF attachments

Please remove Attachment 1 when submitting the proposal to FWPA

mailto:[email protected]



Part A – Project Information and Contact details

Project Title Concise self contained and explicit project overview

Project Description Expanded project description up to 30 words to indicate the proposed activity and benefit

Researcher refers to the organisation that will be a party to a formal contract with the Company – the Contract Manager refers to a person responsible for managing the project administratively and for providing regular project updates requested by FWPA, during the project

Principal Researcher refers to the person responsible for carrying out and coordinating the research to be undertaken during the project - Name of organisation refers to principal researcher’s employer

Summary of Proposed Investment in Project – the total funding in this summary should equal the total project cost as per the Project Budget. All amounts referred to in the proposal are exclusive of GST.

Note: Cash represents total invoiced funds received from FWPA or other project partners by the researcher. All amounts referred to in the proposal are exclusive of GST.

Part B – Project Specification

Supplied by addressing the following series of headings: Some aspects of the project will be sought in greater detail in Part C of the proposal.

Executive summary Provide a summary of the research proposed in no more that 400 words – The summary should include a clear indication what the research project will produce with reference to the following:

a brief background;

an outline of the experimental approach to be used; and

the expected outcomes and significance of the work.

For a successful contracted project, this summary will be published on the Company’s website and in publications it produces from time to time (See also Certifications page)

Project deliverables Outputs the research project will actually produce or create. A deliverable is a research product or service created and transferred to or developed for industry/stakeholder adoption and or use, e.g., a decision support system package, process, new sensor etc. Describe each deliverable separately and state clearly the product or service being provided

Objective Statement of the key (principal) project purpose. The key objective must be a precise statement of scientific or technical intent linked to project outputs explicitly and free of impact statements (Impact statements are provided separately). The objective must be realistic and achievable. Part C of the proposal will seek specific components.



Potential impacts Provide a statement in point-form of the potential impacts and benefits to be gained and how the benefits are going to be measured and over what time frame the proposed benefits will be achieved.

The expected outcomes (results) – what the project is expected to provide;

Benefits to be gained from the project or that will be accrued if/when the outputs are adopted. The benefit must be a net benefit from the achievement of the project’s objectives assuming the results are adopted by industry. They should accrue as:

– Direct costs and benefits – include assumptions (with justification) on rate of adoption, e.g., savings per m3 log, estimate savings to industry at assumed rate of adoption;

– National economic costs and benefits, for example, increasing existing or creating new export markets; decreasing imports; increasing employment; lowering business costs by forest and wood products savings or reducing forest and wood products costs;

– National environmental costs and benefits, for example, reducing emissions (local and/or global); reducing toxic wastes; reducing land and/or water degradation; (The description should include how the benefit will be obtained (e.g. product sales, licenses, forest and wood products savings, etc.) and reasonable quantitative information such as the present size of existing markets; where such markets are; and what the economic and environmental benefits may be if a reasonable penetration of these markets is assumed.

A means of measuring the benefits with an inclusion of justified assumptions. Show what anticipated costs and benefits will result if the outcomes of the research project reach commercial use, and indicate the time frame in which such commercialisation may be achieved.

Background Positioning the project in the context of the industry. Identify and describe the following:

Issues and difficulties experienced currently from industry perspective;

Size of the problem;

Economic or social threats (if any), their impacts together with potential opportunities;

Feasibility/likelihood of the project’s success; and

Barriers to achieving these benefits.

Literature review Provide a concise statement of what is known or the state of science/technology/issue and identify any gaps in the knowledge which are relevant to the project. A more detailed literature review is provided in the Project delivery mechanism (Part C).

Outputs Indicate the Science & Technological outputs expected from the project. The outputs should be linked o the project objectives and should indicate what the project aims to achieve rather than specific product or activity that will be produced.

Means of take up by industry Explain how the deliverables and technology residing in them will be taken up by or transferred to industry (using the following dot points as a guide)

How will the results be adopted, by whom, over what time? Identify clearly who are the targeted users for the outputs of the research;



Outline the strategy to enable the research results to be adopted and give details of end user involvement in the project;

Indicate the capability of the organisation(s) to achieve successful adoption of the results;

What is the most appropriate form to deliver project outputs to user(s)? (technical report, software, fact sheet(s) etc, demonstration plant or equipment; and

Indicate how the deliverables and technology residing in them will be taken up by or transferred to industry.

Communication Plan How will the outcomes and benefits of the research be communicated to FWPA members, levy payers

and key stakeholders;

Identify appropriate opportunities for publicising project progress via Leading Edge and/or other media; and

Is there a need for one or more end of project seminars for industry audience(s). At least one end of industry seminar should be costed as part of the proposal.

Part C – Project delivery mechanism

Objectives: More detailed statements of the project purpose. No more than three (3) objectives are to be included, as with the principal objective, they must also be precise and free of impact statements

Literature review: Needs to address the following:

State of knowledge of the science/technology/process); and

Gaps in the knowledge – What do we know? What do we need to know? Current state of Science-, Technology- or Policy (with valid citations from the literature and other sources).

Methodology: Specify the project methodology that will be used to achieve the project milestones and outputs. The methodology should provide:

Links to project objectives and deliverables;

Take into consideration technical/experimental risk;

Feasibility of success;

Comparison with state-of-art, in Australia and abroad;

A description of innovative or new features being trialled/proposed; and

A justification of how the proposed work differs from that being done elsewhere.

Linkages with other projects: Provide an indication of linkages to other related investment opportunities in which the Researcher is involved, or other bids for investment in the same area that are currently under consideration, should be provided

Skills: Experience and capability of the personnel and their organisation(s) to achieve the milestones on time including intellectual property



The following should be provided:

Provide the titles of 5 significant contributions of the principal researcher/investigator from

– Recent peer-reviewed publications; and/or

– Reports/Presentations; and/or

– Consultancies/Other funded projects.

Statement of Intellectual Property relevant for the project

– Background intellectual property (BIP) – Identify any BIP owned by the Researcher to be used or improved by the project. Identify any impediments to its application to the project;

– Third party intellectual property (TIP) – Identify TIP owned by the project collaborators or others likely to be used or improved by the project. The Company will need to be assured that this IP can be used and that the Researcher has made suitable arrangements and has appropriate licenses in place; and

– Project Intellectual Property (PIP) – Briefly indicate whether any commercially valuable IP is likely to be developed during the project and how this might be commercialised.

Detail the relevant experience and capabilities of the personnel to work on the project. Indicate the experience and skills sought of new staff recruited specifically for this project

Suggested external referees: Provide the name and affiliation, contact information (telephone and email) for at least two referees competent to assess the scientific and technical merit and industry benefit of the project deliverables and the capacity of the project proponent to deliver the outputs

Deliverables and Milestones: Deliverable = A research product or service created for use by the clients/customers, e.g., “a sensor for providing drying quality data during drying”

Milestone = A means of delivering the output/s

Output (Expected output) = what the project aims to provide e.g. “A means of improving lumber drying quality by 25%”

Project milestones are assigned by the researcher and should be structured to enable timely delivery of outputs for the smooth running and conclusion of the project.

Milestones

1. First milestone The first milestone can be the signing of the research agreement (contract) upon which the FWPA will pay up to 20% of its total agreed investment if required.

2. General Project Milestones Project performance will be measured by progress towards specified outputs achieved by milestones. The FWPA will make payments only against the successful achievement of milestones demonstrating the clear link to outputs after endorsement by the project Steering Committee. A project deliverable is equivalent to an output which is a research product or service created and transferred to or made available for organisations or individuals external to the research provider.

3. Penultimate milestone Should include the draft final milestone report endorsed by the project Steering Committee, and any other deliverables specified contractually for which payment will be made. The draft final technical report will be sent for external peer review by FWPA and returned to the researcher for amendment as required (Amended final report).



4. Last milestone Upon receipt of the Amended final project report, and the Audited final financial report (AFFR) a non-technical report, final payment will be made after acceptance and approval by Company’s R&D Manager.

An example of a large hypothetical project is shown in Figure 1 indicating the relationship between objectives, outcomes and milestones.

Figure 1 Example of Deliverables and Milestones In this hypothetical example a large project has the maximum three objectives, each objective having: three, two and one outcome respectively and each outcome with its corresponding milestones. The timing of the milestones needs to be arranged to fit within a reasonable achievable timeframe consistent with FWPA’s AAD milestone timing schedule.

Key Objective

Objective 2 Objective 3Objective 1

Outcome 2 Outcome 3Outcome 1 Outcome 2Outcome 1 Outcome 1

Milestone 2

Milestone 4

Milestone 1

Milestone 6Milestone 5

Milestone 8

Milestone 3

Milestone 7Milestone 9

Milestone payment summary: (This part becomes the contractual obligation for project delivery

Milestones for research projects are set at reasonable Researcher set intervals in accordance the AAD (April, August, December delivery schedule). This table provides a summary of milestone payments to be made during the life of the project. The payment dates and payment amounts entered in this table are used by the FWPA’s electronic Project Management system.

NB Consistency of milestone dates throughout the proposal:

Data for the milestone delivery dates provided here must to be consistent with the rest of the document notably the project Start and Completion shown in Part A, and the Project Deliverables & Milestones Table (Part C); and

All milestones must be linked to a payment and they must align with the AAD delivery schedule.

Detailed project budget: The Total Project Cost must identify all anticipated costs associated with the project including those that will be funded from “in-kind” and other contributions.

Total Project Cost – all costs are to be GST exclusive from all collaborators. NB: The project Total budget cost must equal the total Actual investments (the receipts for the project)

Salaries – should be a total of all direct salaries paid pro rata to staff engaged on the project. Details of individuals participating in the project are sought later in the proposal (Personnel to Work on the Project).



The Researcher must be prepared to provide the Company with detailed salary information if requested to do so. The Company may randomly audit this information;

On-costs – Proponents may include actual or up to 25% of direct salaries as direct salary on-costs;

Travel – comprises fares, accommodation, subsistence and related expenses. A sub-total against each of these categories should be shown;

Capital items – Capital items are regarded as real or personal property items with an individual purchase price greater than $5,000. These should be itemised in the Total Project Cost; and

Other Operating – Operating costs may include expendable laboratory and field items, and vehicle running costs. Items identified as required for the project may be consolidated into logical groupings similar to those shown – additional categories may be added. Other costs may include a proponent’s overheads but must be identified as such.

Actual investments in project: Summary of project investments. This is the same as the summary table in Part A

Justification of budget items: Salaries – List the following for staff engaged on the project:

Names;

The percentage of time each member is to spend on the project;

Their salary cost to the project for the proportion of time spent on the project per year; and

Names of staff recruited for the project.

Travel

Identify the travel required for the project and the basis of costing it; and

Explain why travel is required.

Capital items (Costing >$5,000)

Show the cost of each new item of equipment to be purchased; and

Explain why this equipment is needed.

Other Operating

Identify the materials that will be consumed during the life of the project and the basis of their cost;

Explain why these materials are needed;

Identify other equipment items (other than capital items listed above) to be purchased for the project

Identify depreciation on existing equipment, lease costs, maintenance costs and basis of any charges for use of existing equipment;

Identify all known overhead costs, or if using a formula, provide a justification for its use with full details of the factors used in its derivation;

Identify any subcontractor(s) and the costs of engagement (N.B. certain clauses in FWPA’s contract cover aspects of the responsibility by the Researcher for subcontracts;

Explain why the subcontractor(s) would need to be engaged;

Explain any other costs of the project not covered above;

Technology transfer and adoption costs are particularly important, i.e. any expected costs related to transferring the project results to the next stage of commercialisation; and



Explanation of why are these other expenses needed.

Risk Assessment (Social /Environmental): In the research project context, risk can be described as the chance of something occurring that will impact on the achievement of the objectives – risk can be measured in terms of the likelihood of the event occurring and its potential consequences. Identify any risks to achieving the project objectives and delivery of the outputs, and provide strategies to minimise this risk.

Project Management System: Provide details of the Project Management System you will use to ensure that the project outcomes will be delivered on time and within budget.

Part D Certification for project Co-investors

Certifications of collaborator cash and in-kind contributions (Co-investment): This is an important section and must be provided before a proposal will be considered. It must provide signatures and full contact details from all collaborators who intend to co-invest in the project.

Preference will be given to applications that demonstrate co-investment. Please note that the FWPA has a policy of providing only up to 50% of the total budget for a project. Co-investment can be in the form of cash, in-kind contribution or a combination of both;

Collaboration or joint ventures; and

Preference will also be given to applications that maximise utilisation of the skills and resources of the research community and industry through effective collaboration or joint ventures.

For each collaborator, clearly set out the contribution of their skills to the project,

– why including them in the application will be beneficial to achievement and adoption of the outputs.

– Letters of commitment from each of the nominated collaborators should be provided and submitted with the proposal; and

Information about linkages to other investment opportunities in which the Researcher is involved, or other bids for investment in the same area that are currently under consideration, should be provided.

[Note: The proposal must include signatures from all the co-investors (via signed Certification sheets) before submission to FWPA for processing]



Priority Topics The following is a list of RD&E topics summarised from the FWPA Forestry RD&E Investment Plans, rated as either 3 (high priority) or 2 (medium priority) for collaborative investment by FWPA member growers. Proposals must list the Priority Topic Code (from column 2) and Research sub-topic (from column 5) for each Priority Topic that the proposal will advance.

If the proposal does not address one or more Priority Topics, enter “none” followed by a brief explanation of the importance of the proposed project and support by industry.

Investment Plan Priority Topic Code

Research theme Research topic Research sub-topic Rating

Damage Agents FDA 1.1.1 Long-established damage agents

Development of forest surveillance methods

Drought-risk - retrospective analysis Medium

Damage Agents FDA 1.1.2 Delivering surveillance products Medium

Damage Agents FDA 1.2.1 Climate change -adapting to heatwaves

Understanding and managing the threat from heatwaves

Medium

Damage Agents FDA 1.3.1 Maintaining effective management procedures

Sirex biocontrol High

Damage Agents FDA 1.3.2 Leaf beetle integrated pest management

High

Damage Agents FDA 1.3.3 Gonipterus biocontrol Medium

Damage Agents FDA 1.3.4 Risk-based management of mammal browsing

High

Damage Agents FDA 1.3.5 Review Teratosphaeria research High

Damage Agents FDA 2.1.1 Newly-established exotic damage agents

Myrtle rust diagnostics and pathways

Myrtle rust diagnostics and pathways High

Damage Agents FDA 2.1.2 Giant pine scale biocontrol

Giant pine scale biocontrol High

Damage Agents FDA 3.1.1 National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy

Reducing the risk of exotic threats through improved surveillance

Collate historical forest pest data High

Damage Agents FDA 3.1.2 Guidelines to determine pest status (native or exotic)

High

Damage Agents FDA 3.1.3 Conduct forest specific national blitz surveys

Medium

Damage Agents FDA 3.2.1 Review diagnostic capability Medium

Damage Agents FDA 3.2.2 Develop National Diagnostic Protocols for forest HPPs

High

Damage Agents FDA 3.2.3 Develop diagnostic methods and tools

High

Damage Agents FDA 3.3.1 Review forest surveillance capability / capacity

High

Damage Agents FDA 3.3.2 Develop National HPP Surveillance Protocols

Medium





Damage Agents FDA 3.3.3 Support general surveillance for HPPs Medium

Damage Agents FDA 3.4.1 Data integration Medium

Damage Agents FDA 3.5.1 Reducing the risk of exotic damage agents not amenable to surveillance

Review threats not amenable to surveillance

Medium

Damage Agents FDA 3.6.1 Design and optimised HRSS program Medium

Fire FIR 1.1.1 Research into fire topics

Understanding the context

Data collection (Establishing the baseline for analysing benefits and costs).

High

Fire FIR 1.1.2 Characterisation of fire impacts on commercial forest assets. (Identifying the risks to the industry).

High

Fire FIR 1.1.3 Refinements for plantation fire spread modelling

High

Fire FIR 1.1.4 Investigation of Monte Carlo (stochastic) modelling for longer term fire modelling predictions.

High

Fire FIR 1.1.5 Effectiveness of suppression strategies.

High

Fire FIR 1.1.6 Analysis of plantation design and rotational management for forest fire mitigation

High

Fire FIR 1.2.1 Appreciating future plantation fire risks

Determining the metrics for softwood and hardwood plantation flammability.

High

Fire FIR 1.2.2 Appreciating future plantation fire risks

Understanding flammability pathways within softwood and hardwood plantations, and the impacts that climate change and management practices have on plantation flammability trajectories.

High

Fire FIR 1.3.1 Reducing forest fire risk

Analysis of remote systems (cameras, satellites, probes and their sensors either in-situ, on aircraft, or on drones) for detection of wildfire ignitions and environmental inputs (e.g. soils and fuel moisture contents) for forest fire management predictive systems.

High

Fire FIR 2.1.1 Development of fire research outputs

Decision support tool Developing methodologies to utilise sensor technology for environmental data collection (e.g. fuel moisture content) for advanced notification when areas will become available to conduct prescribed burning within prescriptions.)

Medium





Fire FIR 2.1.2 Predictive model to display forest fuel and grassland moisture forward estimates from remote sensing methods

High

Fire FIR 2.1.3 Decision support tool for evaluating (tenure blind) fuel management strategies.

Medium

Fire FIR 2.1.4 Fire preparedness decision support tools for rapid resource response in preparation of, and in response, to bushfire ignitions.

Medium

Fire FIR 2.1.5 Economic decision support tools for alternative plantation landscape designs.

Medium

Fire FIR 2.1.6 Economic decision support tools for alternative plantation landscape designs.

High

Genetics GEN 1.1.1 Foundation research

Development and Application of Genomic Tools

Build complete and annotated reference genomes for Pinus radiata, Slash x Caribbean pine hybrid, Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus nitens.

High

Genetics GEN 1.1.2 Build complete and annotated reference genomes for Pinus radiata, Slash x Caribbean pine hybrid, Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus nitens.

High

Genetics GEN 1.2.1 Development and deployment of a radiata pine SNP V2.0 Chip for genotyping

High

Genetics GEN 1.3.1 Convert genomic tools for pedigree reconstruction

High

Genetics GEN 3.1.1 Breeding Plantation Pinus sp. and Eucalypt sp. for Climate Change

Characterising diversity within ecologically and economically important softwoods and hardwoods: national breeding program and natural provenance genetic resources

Utilise and compliment the genomic tools to identify important germplasm to assist in the breeding of elite material suited to climate variability including new and untested plantation sites.

Medium

Genetics GEN 3.1.2 The genotyping of existing populations that have extensive phenotypic data (including site and environmental characterisation)

Integrate processing information to add to the phenotypic dataset. .

High

Genetics GEN 3.2.1 Integrate processing information to add to the phenotypic dataset. .

High





Genetics GEN 3.2.2 Identifying and characterising non-key traits such as internal checking (INC), external resin bleeding (ERB) and number of heartwood rings (NHR).

The development of a breeding values for Pinus radiata and Southern Pine genome wide selection programs.

Medium

Genetics GEN 4.1.1 Maintaining Genetic Diversity within Australia’s Pinus sp. plantations

Addressing biosecurity issues in germplasm exchanges

Establishment of an ‘off-shore’ research program for the purpose of evaluating the current level of susceptibility / tolerance / resistance of Australian Pinus sp.

Medium

Genetics GEN 4.1.2 Addressing biosecurity issues in germplasm exchanges

Undertake a review of current quarantine restrictions

Medium

Genetics GEN 4.1.3 Addressing biosecurity issues in germplasm exchanges

Identifying and evaluating methods and processes for germplasm exchange/transfer

Medium

Genetics GEN 5.1.1 Building an Australian plantation industry platform for the future bio-economy

Breeding for future forest products

Identifies the bio-economy generated products that will be generated from a plantation forestry-based bio-economy

Medium

Genetics GEN 6.1.1 Plantation Tree Breeding and Genetic Improvement for Enhanced Value Capture

Integration of sawmill processing data into tree breeding and genetic improvement programs focusing on wood properties

Big data management and wood properties

High

Genetics GEN 6.1.2 Identify and characterise ‘new product’ traits including improved stability, durability, appearance and wood fibre traits

Breeding for future forest products Medium

Native forest silviculture

NFS 1.1.1 Productivity Productivity Commercial thinning guided by remote sensing

High


NFS 1.1.2 Remote sensing regeneration success Medium


NFS 1.1.3 Integrated harvesting of high-graded forests

Medium


NFS 1.1.4 Options for improving jarrah productivity

High


NFS 1.1.6 Understanding needs of private native forest growers

Medium


NFS 1.1.7 Climate-adapted protocols for provenances and species

High


NFS 1.1.8 Decision-support apps for harvest planning

Medium


NFS 2.1.1 Sustainability credentials

Sustainability credentials

Guidelines for responsible recovery of timber from burnt forests

High






NFS 2.1.2 Coarse Woody Debris prescriptions for high residue removals

Medium


NFS 2.1.3 National workshop on long-term monitoring

Medium


NFS 3.1.1 Social Acceptance Social Acceptance Reduced reliance on clearfalling and burning

High


NFS 4.1.3 Training materials (procedural manuals/videos/apps) for native forest growers, employees and contractors)

High

Nutrition NUT 1.1.1 All forest types Site and productivity mapping

Fine-scale data (region-to-stand levels) on stand condition and history, soil properties, and climate, with links to yield predictions systems that indicate potential yield, likely attainable rain-fed yield, and the role of different factors including nutrition in closing the yield gap across multiple rotations

High

Nutrition NUT 1.1.2 Knowledge systems Knowledge capture and training systems (Delivery of R&D)

Medium

Nutrition NUT 1.1.4 Maintaining site productivity

Nutrient value of slash in relation to fertilisation

High

Nutrition NUT 2.1.1 Hardwood plantations

Nutrient deficiencies Methods for diagnosing nutrient deficiencies

Medium

Nutrition NUT 2.1.2 Fertilizer responses Quantification of responses to fertilizer and the development of prediction systems and fertilizer recommendations

High

Nutrition NUT 2.1.3 Maintaining site productivity

Operational management systems for conserving and managing slash

Medium

Nutrition NUT 3.1.1 Softwood plantations

Knowledge systems Capture and adopt widely the considerable existing knowledge base on nutrient responses from establishment through to canopy closure and following thinning.

High

Nutrition NUT 3.1.2 Nutrient management Nutrient requirements across multiple rotations, particularly for rarely studied for nutrients such as Ca, K and trace elements

Medium

Plantation silviculture

PSI 1.1.1 Market and product specifications

Silviculture and wood products

Research into fit for purpose of wood type to products

High


PSI 2.1.1 Social license to operate

A focus on social license Enabling of forest operations High


PSI 2.2.1 Current chemical approaches

Enabling of forest operations Medium


PSI 2.3.1 A holistic approach Enabling of forest operations Medium


PSI 2.4.1 Alternative weed control method

Working towards continued use of a range of herbicides and methods

High






PSI 3.1.1 Sustainability and productivity

Site selection and management

Improving productivity and plantation resilience

Medium


PSI 3.2.1 Maintenance of site productivity


Medium


PSI 3.3.1 Operational capturing of potential yields


Medium


PSI 3.4.1 Impact of productivity on wood properties

Development of improved log attributes for specific products

High


PSI 4.1.1 Biotic agents, pests and disease

Document the drivers of poor survival


High


PSI 4.2.1 Silviculture and risk issues


Medium


PSI 4.3.1 Management of the risks


Medium


PSI 5.1.1 Stand management – stocking

Stand management – stocking


Medium


PSI 5.2.1 Knowledge management


High

Resource modelling/remote sensing

RMR 2.1.1

A centralised approach

A centralised approach applied to resource modelling

A collaborative and efficient management of resource modelling obligations

High


RMR 3.1.1

Growth models in resource modelling

Remote sensing replacement of traditional inventory data capture

Adaption and adoption of technology High


RMR 4.1.1

Resolution of forestry

The non-resource modelling needs of forestry in regard to remote sensing

Precision requirements: the scope of systems down to the individual tree

High


RMR 5.1.1

An evaluation of remote sensing options and opportunities

Adoption and adaption of technology

Leverage gains from other industries High


RMR 6.1.1

Data Data sources and management

Big data and big data management High

Operations and supply chain

SCO 1.1.1 Improved utilisation of existing systems and technology through data analysis and extension

Implementation of new knowledge

Development of training solutions High


SCO 2.1.1 Improved data acquisition, retention and management for supply chain ROI

Big data management Data management, capture and use Medium






SCO 3.1.1 Increasing the total resource ROI through extended product identification, capture and delivery

Enhanced forest products capture

Recovery of forest products from residues

High


SCO 4.1.1 Improved supply chain management frameworks and systems with increased integrations towards more efficient, safer and profitable operations

Supply chain management

Supply chain efficiency, safety and compliance

Medium


SCO 4.1.2 ROI driven supply chains High


SCO 4.1.3 Harvester head technology High


SCO 4.1.4 Management of within supply chain inventories

High

Soil microbiome SMB 1.1.1

Nursery practices

Microbiota and seedling fertilisation

Developing complementary microbiota and fertilisation strategies.

Developing complementary microbiota and fertilisation strategies, e.g., tailored inoculum, modified fertilisation.

High


Nursery practices

Seed and seedling inoculation

Improved nursery efficiency, increased survival at out-planting, and long-term tree productivity

Better understanding of mycorrhiza and beneficial fungi management.

High


Tailoring inoculants using a bespoke combination (‘recipe’) of microbiota for individual sites and/or species.

High


Assessing effectiveness of seed treatment (as well as seedling treatments).

Medium


Quantifying effects of Trichoderma on growth and disease suppression in nurseries.

Medium


Nursery practices

Microbiota and fungicide use in nurseries

Developing microbiota and fungicide strategies to provide disease treatment as well as microbiome benefits.

Developing microbiota and fungicide strategies to provide disease treatment as well as microbiome benefits.

High


Better understanding of interactions of fungicides with mycorrhiza

Medium


Forest management

Soil health monitoring

Measurement and use of indicators of soil biotic health and biodiversity.

Developing robust quantitative and qualitative measures of soil biotic health and biodiversity specific to forest soils

High






Forest management

Harvest operations and residues

Managing harvest operations, soil disturbance, and residues for positive effects on soil microbiome populations, especially under multi-rotations

Understanding effects of harvest operations, e.g., slash management, stump removal on beneficial soil microorganisms.

High


Developing recommendations for slash management to maximise tree productivity through soil microbiome benefits

High


Comparison of the effect of burning versus mechanical fuel reduction strategies on the functionality of the soil microbiome*

Medium


Forest management

Inoculation and supplementation of standing trees

Improved growth and productivity of standing trees through inoculation and supplementation of the microbiome.

Measuring soil microbiome factors and tailoring inoculants for standing trees using a bespoke combination (‘recipe’) of microbiota for individual sites and/or species.

High


Strategies involving fertiliser or other soil adjuvants to improve soil microbiome performance.

Medium


Forest management

Climate change adaptation

Augment tolerance of standing estate through increased resilience to climate variability and extremes

Strategies for manipulating ACC deaminase to make trees more drought stress tolerant

Medium

National Forest Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy

BSS 2.1.2 Develop a web portal

High


BSS 2.1.3 Develop awareness materials

High


BSS 3.2.2 Forest node in the National Diagnostic Network

High


BSS 3.4.4 Forest biosecurity training framework & modules

High


BSS 4.3.2 Develop Incursion Preparedness Plans

High

Priority identified since publication of investment

PIP 1.1.1 Control of blackberry in forest settings

Unrated





plans

Priority identified since publication of investment plans

PIP 1.2.1 Link between silviculture and wood properties through a breeding program e.g. physical dimensions of corewood vs. sapwood

Unrated


PIP 1.3.1 Carbon accounting for managed native forests and soil in forest settings

Unrated


PIP 1.4.1 Alternative species for future predicted climates

Unrated


PIP 1.5.1 Detailed, regional future climate modelling, building on work done by CSIRO to develop the ‘proof of concept’ Forest Climate Risk Tool

Unrated


PIP 1.6.1 Sustainable management for koalas

Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the population dynamics of koalas in forests – e.g. use of refuges, plantation landscape design

Unrated


PIP 1.6.2 Sustainable management for koalas

Safe detection of koalas in forests Unrated

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