VAST-2
Handbook for Developing Ecological Assessments of Regenerative Land Management in Agricultural Landscapes, version 1.0
Assessments of regenerative land management regimes on properties in agricultural landscapes is the focus of this handbook. The 10 VAST-2 ecological criteria are used to assess change and trend over time relative to a contemporary reference state.
Subtropical rainforest restoration at the Rous Water Rainforest Reserve, Rocky Creek Dam, Big Scrub, NSW, 1983 – 2016
Assessment of change in indicators of vegetation condition in a 25 ha area. This case study depicts the degree of recovery of Lowland Subtropical Rainforest relative to a pre-clearing reference state.
Constructing a Native Vegetation Condition Account (Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, 2015)
Draft protocol for constructing a regional native vegetation condition account. Australian Regional Environmental Accounts Working Paper Series (1/5), Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.
Tracking vegetation condition before, during and after mineral sand mining (Thackway 2014)
Applying a system for tracking the changes in vegetation condition to Bridge Hill Ridge sand mine Myall Lakes, NSW. The 14th Annual Australian Journal Mining's Mineral Sands Conference, Melbourne, 2014.
Reporting forest condition (Montreal Process Implementation Group for Australia and the National Forest Inventory Steering Committee, 2013)
Capacity to measure and monitor changes in the conservation and sustainable management of forests. State of the Forests Report, Indicator 7.1d, pages 380-382.
Tracking changes in condition of managed Australian forest types (Thackway 2013)
Applying a system for tracking the changes in vegetation condition to Australia’s forests. Proceedings of national conference, Institute of Foresters of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 2013.
Thackway, R., (2013). Applying a system for tracking the changes in vegetation condition to Australia’s forests. In: Brown, A.G., Wells, K.F., Parsons, M. and Kerruish, C.M. (eds) (2013) Managing our Forests into the 21st Century. Proceedings of national conference, Institute of Foresters of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 4–7 April 2013, pp. 68-80.
Tracking changes in the condition of Cumberland woodlands (Thackway 2013)
Applying a system for tracking the changes in vegetation condition to Cumberland State Forest, NSW. Institute of Foresters of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 2013.
Tracking changes in the condition of semi-arid shrublands and woodland (Thackway 2013)
Applying a system for tracking the changes in vegetation condition to sites on Credo Station in Great Western Woodlands, W.
Assessing effects of historical grazing land management on modified grasslands (Thackway 2013)
Jillamatong, Soils for Life workshop held on 13th November 2013, near Braidwood, NSW.
