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<li><a title="Flora of Mt Warning SEARCH at bluecray Advocacy Links Customised Search" href="http://www.google.com/cse?cx=011353692101969894663:qepazcisadk&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=flora+of+mt+warning&amp;sa=Search" target="_blank">Flora of Mt Warning SEARCH</a> at bluecray Advocacy Links Customised Search</li>
<li><a title="http://www.sgapqld.org.au/qldregion.html#anchor1402490" href="http://www.sgapqld.org.au/qldregion.html#anchor1402490" target="_blank">SGAP SEED BANK</a> information about the Society for Growing Australian Plants Seed Banks &#8211; Queensland Branch</li>
<li>Australian Native Plants Society &#8211; <a title="http://asgap.org.au/seedsupp.html" href="http://asgap.org.au/seedsupp.html" target="_blank">Australian Seed Suppliers for Native Seed</a> .</li>
<li><a title="http://bluecray.org/search/environment-search?cx=012829493454441013424%3Allph25csrrg&amp;cof=FORID%3A9&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Native+vegetation+Management%3A+A+Needs+Analysis+of+Regional+Service+Delivery+in+Queensland+-+state+summary&amp;sa=Search#1242" href="http://bluecray.org/search/environment-search?cx=012829493454441013424%3Allph25csrrg&amp;cof=FORID%3A9&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Native+vegetation+Management%3A+A+Needs+Analysis+of+Regional+Service+Delivery+in+Queensland+-+state+summary&amp;sa=Search#1242" target="_blank">Native vegetation Management: A Needs Analysis of Regional Service Delivery in Queensland &#8211; a state summary</a> : search results at bluecray Environmental Search</li>
<li><a title="http://bluecray.org/search/environment-search?cx=012829493454441013424%3Allph25csrrg&amp;cof=FORID%3A9&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=NATIVE+SEED+IN+AUSTRALIA%3A+A+COMMUNITY+PERSPECTIVE&amp;sa=Search#1125" href="http://bluecray.org/search/environment-search?cx=012829493454441013424%3Allph25csrrg&amp;cof=FORID%3A9&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=NATIVE+SEED+IN+AUSTRALIA%3A+A+COMMUNITY+PERSPECTIVE&amp;sa=Search#1125" target="_blank">NATIVE SEED IN AUSTRALIA: A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE</a> &#8211; search results at bluecray Environmental Search Engine</li>
<li> <a title="http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/herbarium/index.html" href="http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/herbarium/index.html">Australian National Herbarium</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.csiro.au/org/PI.html">CSIRO Plant Industry</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/searchgrin.html">GRIN Plant Collections  page</a></li>
<li><a title="http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=region.tpl&amp;state=qld&amp;region=seq" href="http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=region.tpl&amp;state=qld&amp;region=seq" target="_blank">Weed Identification &#8211; IBRA</a> &#8211; SE Qld</li>
<li><a title="http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=region.tpl&amp;state=nsw&amp;region=nnc" href="http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=region.tpl&amp;state=nsw&amp;region=nnc" target="_blank">Weed Identification &#8211; IBRA</a> &#8211; NSW North Coast</li>
<li><a title="http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni" href="http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni"> Australian Plant Name Index</a> : APNI</li>
<li><a title="Species Profile and Threats Database : -  SPRAT - Australian" href="http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl" target="_blank">Species Profile and Threats Database</a> : &#8211;  SPRAT &#8211; Australian species and ecological communities listed under  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. species /community descriptions, population and distribution, habitat, movements, feeding, reproduction and taxonomic comments are included by searching this page.</li>
<li><a title="http://www.csiro.au/places/ATSC.html" href="http://www.csiro.au/places/ATSC.html" target="_blank">Australian Tree Seed Centre</a> (<em>CSIRO</em> )</li>
<li><a title="http://www.ensisjv.com/WorkingwithEnsis/AustralianTreeSeedCentre/tabid/340/Default.aspx" href="http://www.ensisjv.com/WorkingwithEnsis/AustralianTreeSeedCentre/tabid/340/Default.aspx" target="_blank">ENSIS</a> : <em>CSIRO and SCION</em></li>
<li><a title="http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/seed-bank/index.html" href="http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/seed-bank/index.html" target="_blank">ANBG Seed Bank</a> (<em>Australian National Botanic Gardens</em>)</li>
<li><a title="http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/Research/nsw_seedbank" href="http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/Research/nsw_seedbank" target="_blank">NSW Seed Bank</a> (<em>NSW Botanic Gardens Trust</em>)</li>
<li><a title="http://www.csiro.au/promos/ozadvances/Series15Tree.htm" href="http://www.csiro.au/promos/ozadvances/Series15Tree.htm" target="_blank">Australia Advances series 15 :- Seed Bank</a> (<em>CSIRO</em>)</li>
<li>Greening Australia <a title="http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/our-services/seed-and-nursery" href="http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/our-services/seed-and-nursery" target="_blank">SEED &amp; NURSERY</a></li>
<li>Australian Government Grains Research &amp; Development Corporation :-<a title="http://www.grdc.com.au/director/events/linkpages/weedlinks" href="http://www.grdc.com.au/director/events/linkpages/weedlinks" target="_blank">WEEDLINKS</a></li>
<li>Land &amp; Water Australia. 2009. <em>The Lower Murray Floodplain seedbank: status and response to flooding</em>. [Online] (Updated July 3rd, 2009)<br />
Available at: <a title="Land &amp; Water Australia. 2009. The Lower Murray Floodplain seedbank: status and response to flooding. [Online] (Updated July 3rd, 2009) Available at: http://lwa.gov.au/node/2931" href="http://lwa.gov.au/node/2931" target="_blank">http://lwa.gov.au/node/2931</a></li>
<li><a title="http://www.weedscrc.org.au/projects/project_2_3_3_1.html" href="http://www.weedscrc.org.au/projects/project_2_3_3_1.html" target="_blank">Weed Seed Wizard</a> &#8211; Weeds CRC &#8211; now a NON updated site</li>
<li><a title="http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/30_11873.htm" href="http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/30_11873.htm" target="_blank">&#8220;War against weeds goes underground with DPI&amp;F-GRDC collaboration&#8221; 24 September, 2008 </a> :-article about seed banks and the Qld Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries</li>
<li><a title="http://www.regional.org.au/au/asa/1998/1/001virgona.htm" href="http://www.regional.org.au/au/asa/1998/1/001virgona.htm" target="_blank">Effects of Pasture Management on Germinable Seed Bank in a Degraded Phalaris Pasture  &#8211; Jim Virgona and Annabel Bowcher</a> :- Australian Society of Agronomy article at the <a title="http://www.regional.org.au/index.htm" href="http://www.regional.org.au/index.htm" target="_blank">Regional Institute</a> .</li>
<li><a title="http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT9900261.htm" href="http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT9900261.htm" target="_blank">Soil Seed Banks of Adjacent Unlogged Rain-Forest Types in North-Queensland</a> by AW Graham and MS Hopkins <em>in the Australian Journal of Botany 38(3) 261 &#8211; 268 (CSIRO)</em></li>
<li><a title="http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/enviro/seedbanks.html" href="http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/enviro/seedbanks.html" target="_blank">Biotechnology online : SEED BANKS</a> <em>- the Australian Government and the  Millenium Seed Bank Project</em></li>
<li><a title="http://www.nativeseeds.com.au/categories.asp?cID=66&amp;c=175216" href="http://www.nativeseeds.com.au/categories.asp?cID=66&amp;c=175216" target="_blank">Native Seed Pty Ltd</a><em> : Native Grass Seed Suppliers in Australia<br />
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<li><a title="http://www.environment.gov.au/land/vegetation/policies.html" href="http://www.environment.gov.au/land/vegetation/policies.html" target="_blank">Australian Native Vegetation Policies</a> at Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage &amp; the Arts</li>
<li><a title="Queensland Natural Resources and Water" href="http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/vegetation/" target="_blank">Vegetation Management in Queensland</a> &#8211; at the Queensland <a title="http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/" href="http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/" target="_blank">Natural Resources and Water</a> website : <em>vegetation management guides, assessment codes for clearing, regional ecosystems, clearing and development, property vegetation management plans, vegetation communities and bioregions in Queensland, environmental offsets</em></li>
<li><a title="http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/community_role/landholders/case_studies/vegetation_management/" href="http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/community_role/landholders/case_studies/vegetation_management/" target="_blank">Vegetation Management</a> at the Queensland <a title="http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/" href="http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/" target="_blank">EPA</a> (Environmental Protection Agency) website</li>
<li><a title="http://wLandcover change in Qld Report (SLATS) 2006-07ww.nrw.qld.gov.au/slats/report.html" href="http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/slats/report.html" target="_blank">Landcover Change in Queensland </a>- <a title="Statewide Landcover &amp; Trees Study (QLD) http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/slats/index.html" href="http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/slats/index.html" target="_blank">SLATS</a> reports 2006-07 at <a title="http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/" href="http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/" target="_blank">Qld Natural Resources &amp; Water</a></li>
<li><a title="http://products.lwa.gov.au/products/pf020195" href="http://lwa.gov.au/products/PF020195" target="_blank">Ecological thresholds for native vegetation management in Southern Queensland </a>- at <a title="http://products.lwa.gov.au/" href="http://products.lwa.gov.au/" target="_blank">Land &amp; Water Australia</a> Publications</li>
<li><a title="http://www.regional.org.au/au/apen/2001/n/Westrup.htm" href="http://www.regional.org.au/au/apen/2001/n/Westrup.htm" target="_blank">A Vegetation Management Extension Framework for Qld</a> &#8211; proceedings (20?) at <a title="http://www.regional.org.au/" href="http://www.regional.org.au/" target="_blank">The Regional Institute Ltd</a></li>
<li><a title="http://www.environment.gov.au/land/publications/nvm-qld.html" href="http://www.environment.gov.au/land/publications/nvm-qld.html" target="_blank">Native vegetation management: A needs analysis of regional service delivery in Queensland</a> &#8211; (Greening Australia &amp; Environment Australia 2003) at  <a title="http://www.environment.gov.au/" href="http://www.environment.gov.au/" target="_blank">Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage &amp; the Arts</a></li>
<li>&#8220;<a title="http://www.csiro.au/science/WeedSeedDispersal.html" href="http://www.csiro.au/science/WeedSeedDispersal.html" target="_blank">Seed dispersal science used to combat weed invasions</a>&#8221; ; article CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.nativevegetation.nsw.gov.au/">Native Vegetation Management in New South Wales</a></li>
<li><a title="http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:dbfW3ExYfv8J:www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/vegetation/Woodyvegchange2006-07.pdf+landcover+change+in+nsw+report&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=6" href="http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:dbfW3ExYfv8J:www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/vegetation/Woodyvegchange2006-07.pdf+landcover+change+in+nsw+report&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=6" target="_blank">NSW Woody Vegetation Change Report 2006-2007 </a> Google HTML Doc of PDF Report at   <a title="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/vegetation/publications.htm" href="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/vegetation/publications.htm" target="_blank">NSW Government Department of Environment &amp; Climate Change (Native Vegetation Management : Information Sheets &amp; Publications)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/good_wood/contents.htm">RIC The NSW Good Wood Guide</a></li>
<li><a title="http://www.australianforests.org.au/aboutsite/index.htm" href="http://www.australianforests.org.au/aboutsite/index.htm" target="_blank">Australian Forests</a> -&#8221; <em>The National Forestry Education and Awareness Network reports to the Federal Government and consists of the State- based forest educators involved in the development and delivery of teaching and learning programs and resources for teachers and students. </em>&#8220;  Australian Forests, sustainability, industries, management, education</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csiro.au/news/ProjectVesta.html">New guidelines for predicting  fire behaviour (Media Release)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/D_search.html">PFAF Database Search</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/good_wood/contents.htm">RIC The  NSW Good Wood Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ipni.org/index.html">The International Plant Names  Index &#8211; home page</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.werc.usgs.gov/invasivespecies/invasive-links.html">WERC-Invasive Species</a></li>
<li><a title="treelovers.org.au   Mt Burrell" href="http://treelovers.org.au/" target="_blank">Treelovers</a> &#8211; Mt Warning Caldera</li>
<li> <a title="tree blog moreton bay fig" href="http://arboreality.blogspot.com/2008/09/love-affair-with-santa-barbara-moreton.html" target="_blank">Arboreality</a> &#8230; Tree blog</li>
<li><a title="http://asgap.org.au/apol.html" href="http://asgap.org.au/apol.html" target="_blank">Australian Native Plants  Online</a> &#8220;<em>Australian Plants online is an online magazine published by the Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) &#8211; ANPSA, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the growing, conservation, promotion and appreciation of Australian native plants.</em>&#8220;</li>
<li><a title="http://www.blognow.com.au/gumnuts/" href="http://www.blognow.com.au/gumnuts/" target="_blank">Gumnuts</a> &#8211; the Australian Native Plants Society blog</li>
<li><a title="http://bluecray.org/search/environment-search?cx=012829493454441013424%3Allph25csrrg&amp;cof=FORID%3A9&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=BRINGING+BACK+THE+BUSH+-+THE+BRADLEY+METHOD+OF+BUSH+REGENERATION+by+Joan+Bradley%2C+published+by+Lansdowne+Press%2C+Sydney+1988&amp;sa=Search#1205" href="http://bluecray.org/search/environment-search?cx=012829493454441013424%3Allph25csrrg&amp;cof=FORID%3A9&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=BRINGING+BACK+THE+BUSH+-+THE+BRADLEY+METHOD+OF+BUSH+REGENERATION+by+Joan+Bradley%2C+published+by+Lansdowne+Press%2C+Sydney+1988&amp;sa=Search#1205" target="_blank">BRINGING BACK THE BUSH &#8211; THE BRADLEY METHOD OF BUSH REGENERATION </a>by Joan Bradley, published by Lansdowne Press, Sydney 1988 :- search results bluecray environmental search</li>
<li><a title="Australian National Herbarium - Link ALL - national Hrebarium, Plants, Research, ID, Information, References SITES" href="http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/herbarium/index.html" target="_blank">Australian National Herbarium</a> &#8211; if you follow this link, you can easily access the following websites:-
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<li>Australian National Botanic Gardens</li>
<li>Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research</li>
<li>Australian Plant Image Index</li>
<li>IBIS &#8211; Integrated Botanical Information system (including Australia&#8217;s Plant Name index)</li>
<li>Australian Biological Resource Study</li>
<li>Australian Systematic Botany Society</li>
<li>CSIRO Division of Plant Industry</li>
<li>Environment Australia &#8211; homepage</li>
<li>Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria</li>
<li>Taxonomy Research &amp; Information Network</li>
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<li><a title="http://www.florabank.org.au/" href="http://www.florabank.org.au/" target="_blank">Florabank</a> &#8211; <em>seed supplies, information - Florabank is an initiative of the Australian Government, funded by the Natural Heritage Trust and delivered by Greening Australia and CSIRO</em>.</li>
<li><a title="http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&amp;lvl=sp&amp;name=Bothriochloa~decipiens" href="http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&amp;lvl=sp&amp;name=Bothriochloa~decipiens" target="_blank">PlantNET</a> : NSW plants &#8211; with links to other Plant sites</li>
<li><a title="Greening australia Seed and Nursery Services at http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/index.php?nodeId=73" href="http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/index.php?nodeId=73" target="_blank">Greening Australia Seed and Nursery Services </a> by Australian State</li>
<li><a title="http://bluecray.org/search/environment-search?cx=012829493454441013424%3Allph25csrrg&amp;cof=FORID%3A9&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Lloyd+Bird&amp;sa=Search#901" href="http://bluecray.org/search/environment-search?cx=012829493454441013424%3Allph25csrrg&amp;cof=FORID%3A9&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Lloyd+Bird&amp;sa=Search#901" target="_blank">Who was Lloyd Bird</a> ? find out more about this most amazing botanist, whose work with flora of the SE Region of Queensland led to new plant species being discovered, conservation programs being implemented, developments incorporating wildlife and native vegetation corridors and much much more. Sadly, <a title="http://www.qt.com.au/story/2009/09/07/tributes-flow-for-lloyd-bird/" href="http://www.qt.com.au/story/2009/09/07/tributes-flow-for-lloyd-bird/" target="_blank">Lloyd passed away</a> in the beginning of September 2009, but his work will inspire and guide others for generations to come.</li>
<li><a title="http://bluecray.org/links/environment-links" href="http://bluecray.org/links/environment-links" target="_blank">bluecray.org environment links</a> &#8211; food, agriculture, agroforestry</li>
<li><a title="http://www.nicolamoss.com.au/" href="http://www.nicolamoss.com.au/" target="_blank">Nicola Moss</a> &#8211; thought provoking artist &#8211; based in and about the Mt Warning Caldera &#8211; her <a title="http://nicolamoss.blogspot.com/" href="http://nicolamoss.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blogspot</a> ;  <a title="http://artpost.abc.net.au/_Black-Crow-Morning,-noon-and-night/PHOTO/2006061/50484.html" href="http://artpost.abc.net.au/_Black-Crow-Morning,-noon-and-night/PHOTO/2006061/50484.html" target="_blank">her art on the ABC</a> &#8211; featuring &#8220;Black Crow Morning, noon and night&#8221; &#8211; and her <a title="http://www.nicolamoss.com.au/" href="http://www.nicolamoss.com.au/" target="_blank">gallery</a> website : &#8220;<em>an Australian artist, based on the Gold Coast. Her works focus on observing and interpreting the ecology of landscapes.</em>&#8220;</li>
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New guidelines for predicting  fire behaviour (Media Release)
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<li><a href="http://www.csiro.au/news/ProjectVesta.html">New guidelines for predicting  fire behaviour (Media Release)</a></li>
<li><a title="Amazon.com" href="http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Bush-Australia-Weyerhaeuser-Environmental/dp/0295976772" target="_blank">&#8220;Burning Bush: A Fire History of Australia&#8221; by Stephen J Pyne (Author) &#8211; to help understand the nature of Fire in Australian Landscapes</a></li>
<li><a title="The History Cooperative is a pioneering nonprofit humanities resource offering top-level online history scholarship." href="http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/eh/11.4/br_5.html" target="_blank">&#8220;The Still-Burning Bush&#8221; by Stephen J Pyne  (2006)- Book Review</a></li>
<li><a title="Sentinal : Geoscience Australia (Australian Government)" href="http://sentinel.ga.gov.au/acres/sentinel/" target="_blank">SENTINAL</a> <em>&#8220;Sentinel is a national bushfire monitoring system that provides timely information about hotspots to emergency service managers across Australia. The mapping system allows users to identify fire locations with a potential risk to communities and property.</em>&#8221; (from http://sentinel.ga.gov.au/acres/sentinel/)</li>
<li><a title="FIRE Ecology Research &amp; outcomes SE Queensland Region" href="http://www.griffith.edu.au/environment-planning/southeast-queensland-fire-biodiversity-consortium" target="_blank">SE Queensland Fire &amp; Biodiversity Consortium</a> &#8211; Hosted by Griffith University for <a title="Griffith University - Facilitating Scientific Research &amp; Good Conservation Outcomes  " href="http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/cics/home.html" target="_blank">The  Centre for Innovative Conservation Strategies</a> (homepage)</li>
<li><a title="http://www.riskfrontiers.com/" href="http://www.riskfrontiers.com/" target="_blank">Riskfrontiers.com</a> :- data bases for quake, flood, cyclone,  hail, bushfire and natural perils</li>
<li>Bureau of Meteorology (<a title="http://www.bom.gov.au/index.shtml" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/index.shtml" target="_blank">BOM</a>) :- <a title="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/warnings.shtml" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/warnings.shtml" target="_blank">National Warnings Summary</a> &amp;           <a title="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather-services/bushfire/fire-warnings-oct-2009.shtml" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather-services/bushfire/fire-warnings-oct-2009.shtml" target="_blank">new Fire Warnings and Forecasts</a> (as of October 2009) -</li>
<li><a title="Australasian Fire &amp; Emergency Service Authorities Council at http://www.afac2009.org.au/" href="http://www.afac2009.org.au/" target="_blank">AFAC 2009 </a>- Annual AFAC Conference Incorporating the Bushfire CRC Conference at the Gold Coast Convention Centre, Qld.  AFAC = Australasian Fire &amp; Emergency Service Authorities Council</li>
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<li><a title="QLD Rural Fire Service - Safety, Permits, Join, Publications, Links " href="http://www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au/" target="_blank">Queensland RURAL FIRE SERVICE </a>- Qld Government</li>
<li>Qld Fire &amp; Rescue Service &#8211; Qld Government Department of Emergency Services &#8211; <a title="Qld Fire &amp; Rescue Service - Prepare for bushfire information" href="http://www.fire.qld.gov.au/communitysafety/bushfire/default.asp" target="_blank">Prepare your property for bushfire</a> -</li>
<li>Qld RURAL FIRE SERVICE &#8211; <a title="Bushfire Risk Mapping for Qld Shire Councils" href="http://www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au/Bushfire_Safety/Building_in_Bushfire_Prone_Areas/Shire_Risk_Maps_Page.html" target="_blank">Bushfire Risk Mapping for Queensland Shire Council Areas</a> &#8211; Beaudesert/Boonah (now Scenic Rim Regional) and Gold Coast City Councils</li>
<li>Queensland EPA &#8211; <a title="Qld Govt Environmental Protection Agency Parks &amp; Forests Information" href="http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/managing_parks_and_forests/fire_management/" target="_blank">Fire Management</a> for Queensland Parks &amp; Forests</li>
<li>Gold Coast City Council, QLD &#8211;  <a title="DRAFT Springbrook Fire Strategy DOWNLOAD Gold Coast City Council" href="http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard.aspx?PID=7700" target="_blank">DRAFT Springbrook  Fire Strategy</a> -</li>
<li><a title="http://www.coag.gov.au/" href="http://www.coag.gov.au/" target="_blank">COAG</a> (Council of Australian Governments) <a title="http://www.coagbushfireenquiry.gov.au/findings.htm" href="http://www.coagbushfireenquiry.gov.au/findings.htm" target="_blank">Bushfire Enquiry (2003-2005) findings</a></li>
<li>2000 - <a title="http://www.coagbushfireenquiry.gov.au/subs_html/cuong_tran.html" href="http://www.coagbushfireenquiry.gov.au/subs_html/cuong_tran.html" target="_blank">a review of current knowledge and literatue assist in determining ecologically sustainable fire regimes for the southeast queensland region</a> (Cuong Tran &#8211;  Southeast Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium)</li>
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<li><a title="NSW Rural Fire Service - News, Permits, Join, Publications, links" href="http://www.bushfire.nsw.gov.au/" target="_blank">New South Wales RURAL FIRE SERVICE</a> &#8211; NSW Government</li>
<li><a title="Northern Rivers, NSW Catchment Management Authority (CMA) homepage" href="http://www.northern.cma.nsw.gov.au/" target="_blank">Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (CMA) Region</a> &#8211;  <a title="NSW Department of Environment &amp; Climate Change Recovery &amp; Threat Abatement for Species, Populations, Ecological Communities" href="http://threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/tsprofile/pas_cma_region.aspx?name=Northern+Rivers" target="_blank">Recovery Strategies</a> &#8211; habitat management:FIRE &#8211; 118 <a title="Northern Rivers CMA, NSW: Priority Actions - FIRE &amp; Habitat Management for Recovery Strategies (Threatened Species NSW)" href="http://threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/tsprofile/pas_cma_recovery_details.aspx?cma=Northern%20Rivers&amp;type=habitat+management:+fire" target="_blank">priority actions</a> -</li>
<li><a title="FIRE &amp; NSW Bush, Fire Management National Parks, Fire &amp; You" href="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/fire/" target="_blank">New South Wales Government Department  of Environment &amp; Climate Change &#8211; FIRE</a> -</li>
<li><a title="NSW Protected Areas : Park &amp; Fire Management Plans by Category" href="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/parkmanagement/ParkAndFireManagementPlansByCategory.htm" target="_blank">NSW Government Protected Areas : Fire Management Plans</a></li>
<li><a title="NSW Government Parks closures : Fire and Flood" href="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/FireClosure.aspx" target="_blank">NSW Government : Fires Floods and Parks closures</a></li>
<li><a title="http://www.australianforests.org.au/aboutsite/index.htm" href="http://www.australianforests.org.au/aboutsite/index.htm" target="_blank">Australian Forests</a> -&#8221; <em>The National Forestry Education and Awareness Network reports to the Federal Government and consists of the State- based forest educators involved in the development and delivery of teaching and learning programs and resources for teachers and students.</em> &#8220;  Australian Forests, sustainability, industries, management, education</li>
<li><a title="http://www.firenorth.org.au/nafi/app/init.jsp" href="http://www.firenorth.org.au/nafi/app/init.jsp" target="_blank">North Australian Fire Information</a></li>
<li><a title="Global Position and Tracking Systems Pty Ltd (GPATS)" href="http://www.gpats.com.au/" target="_blank">Australian Lightning Monitor</a> at GPATS Pty Ltd website.</li>
<li><a title="http://info.energex.com.au/tracker/asp/lightningtracker.asp" href="http://info.energex.com.au/tracker/asp/lightningtracker.asp" target="_blank">Energex Lightning Tracker</a> &#8211; 15 minute delay in data (from GPATS), but nice little map. (good for Mt Warning Caldera Region and SE QLD)</li>
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<p>If you are looking for something, and it isn&#8217;t here, you may like to try the <a title="http://bluecray.org/links/regional-links" href="http://bluecray.org/links/regional-links" target="_blank">Regional Links</a></p>
<p>or the <a title="http://bluecray.org/links/government-links" href="http://bluecray.org/links/government-links" target="_blank">Government Links</a> pages. There are also the other bluecray <strong>INFO </strong>pages you can try, to the right hand side of the page here&#8230;.see them?</p>
<p>Alternatively, you could try the <a title="http://bluecray.org/search/environment-search" href="http://bluecray.org/search/environment-search" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT SEARCH</a>. And failing all else &#8211; I guess that it&#8217;s back to google, yahoo, bing, or where ever else you go to get info. GOOD LUCK! The NSW andQLD Government websites appear to be re-arranging themslves at present (October 2009) &#8211; perhaps it is from, yet again, more internal changes, and departmental re-arrangements &#8211; it appears to be never-ending!</p>
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Australian Government &#8211; Ecosystems
Biodiversity Conservation in Regional Planning : Australian Government
Biodiversity Hotspots in Australia
Ecosystem Healthy Monitoring Program &#8211; at Healthy Waterways SE QLD
Wollumbin Biosphere Reserve Project &#8211;  ... <a href="http://bluecray.org/links/environment-links/ecosystems-links">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
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<li><a title="http://www.australia.gov.au/Ecosystems" href="http://www.australia.gov.au/Ecosystems" target="_blank">Australian Government &#8211; Ecosystems</a></li>
<li><a title="Biodiversity Conservation in Regional Planning - Australian government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage &amp; the Art" href="http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/planning/index.html">Biodiversity Conservation in Regional Planning</a> : Australian Government</li>
<li><a title="http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/hotspots/index.html#hotspots" href="http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/hotspots/index.html#hotspots" target="_blank">Biodiversity Hotspots</a> in Australia</li>
<li><a title="http://www.healthywaterways.org/EcosystemHealthMonitoringProgram/Home.aspx" href="http://www.healthywaterways.org/EcosystemHealthMonitoringProgram/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Ecosystem Healthy Monitoring Program</a> &#8211; at <a title="http://www.healthywaterways.org/home.aspx" href="http://www.healthywaterways.org/home.aspx" target="_blank">Healthy Waterways</a> SE QLD</li>
<li><a title="Wollumbin Biosphere Reserve Project - Caldera Environment Centre " href="http://www.calderaenvironmentcentre.org/blogs/files/6261026505651086c2465404ca6ba975-4.php" target="_blank">Wollumbin Biosphere Reserve Project</a> &#8211; a regional initiative by the <a title="Caldera Environment Centre, Murwillumbah, NE NSW" href="http://www.calderaenvironmentcentre.org/" target="_blank">Caldera Environment Centre</a></li>
<li><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Biological_Diversity" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Biological_Diversity" target="_blank">Convention on Biological Diverstity</a> - Rio de Janeiro 1992  Wikipedia</li>
<li><a title="http://www.nrm.gov.au/index.html" href="http://www.nrm.gov.au/index.html" target="_blank">Australian Natural Resource Management</a> &#8211;  homepage</li>
<li><a title="Gondwana Rainforests of Australia at UNESCO" href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/368" target="_blank">Gondwana Rainforests of Australia</a> at <a title="United Nations Educational Scientific &amp; Cultural Organisation" href="http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29008&amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;URL_SECTION=201.html" target="_blank">UNESCO</a> <a title="Interactive MAP of World Heritage Properties - UNESCO" href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/254/" target="_blank">(Interactive MAP</a>)</li>
<li><a title="http://bluecray.org/links/regional-links" href="http://bluecray.org/links/regional-links" target="_blank">Regional Links</a> at Bluecray.org</li>
<li><a title="implementation of the SEQ Rainforest Recovery Plan (2005-2010) at SE QLD Fire &amp; Biodiversity Consortium at Griffith University SE QLD" href="http://www.griffith.edu.au/environment-planning/southeast-queensland-fire-biodiversity-consortium/research/rainforest-recovery-project" target="_blank">Rainforest Recovery Project - SEQ Rainforest Recovery Cross Regional Implementation Program</a></li>
<li><a title="http://www.wwf.org.au/ourwork/land/qldrainforests/" href="http://www.wwf.org.au/ourwork/land/qldrainforests/" target="_blank">WWF : Rainforest Recovery in SE QLD</a></li>
<li><a title="http://swaecoregion.org/" href="http://swaecoregion.org/" target="_blank">Southwest Australia Ecoregion Iniative</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.urbanwater.info/catchment/audit/1-WhatWhere.cfm">1.  What&#8217;s in the catchment and where does the water flow</a></li>
<li><a href="http://archive.wri.org/biodiv/forests.html">Biodiversity and protected  areas</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wri.org/ecosystems/data-maps-and-tools">Ecosystem Data, Maps &amp; Tools World Resources  Institute</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wri.org/ecosystems/#">People &amp; Ecosystems World  Resources Institute</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ieo/statewide.htm">Statwide map</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nature.org/">The Nature Conservancy &#8211;  Protecting Nature, Preserving Life</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/watershed/precomp/nf_tsi/drn_divs.htm">WaterShed</a></li>
<li><a title="Ecosystem - Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem" target="_blank">Ecosystems</a> &#8211; wikipedia</li>
<li>World Wildlife Fund : <a title="WWF : Ecosystems" href="http://www.wwf.org.au/search?site_url=http://wwf.org.au/search&amp;search_terms=Ecosystems&amp;submit=Search" target="_blank">Ecosystems search results</a></li>
<li><a title="Border Ranges Biodiversity Project" href="http://www.mallanganee.com/rfplan/" target="_blank">Border Ranges Biodiversity Project</a></li>
<li>2007 Endangered Ecological Community Listing for NE NSW &#8211; <a title="http://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/blog/2007/02/12/lowland-rainforest-in-nsw-north-coast-and-sydney-basin/" href="http://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/blog/2007/02/12/lowland-rainforest-in-nsw-north-coast-and-sydney-basin/" target="_blank">Lowland Rainforest</a> &#8211; blog article at Rainforest Recue Website</li>
<li> Links in the <a title="http://bluecray.blogspot.com/2009/02/bluecray-journey-bluecray-totem-how-it.html" href="http://bluecray.blogspot.com/2009/02/bluecray-journey-bluecray-totem-how-it.html" target="_blank">Bluecray Journey &#8211; the Bluecray Totem &#8211; how it all began</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://www.gullivermedia.com.au/lndscpe.html" target="_blank">Australian Ecosystem Series</a> &#8211; Gullivermedia.com.au</li>
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<li><a title="http://www.mdba.gov.au/" href="http://www.mdba.gov.au/" target="_blank">Murray-Darling Basin Authority</a></li>
<li><a title="http://www.environment.gov.au/water/publications/environmental/wetlands/directory.html" href="http://www.environment.gov.au/water/publications/environmental/wetlands/directory.html" target="_blank">A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia</a> : Third Edition<br />
Environment Australia, 2001 ISBN 0 642 54721 1  at Australian Government &#8211; Water for the Future publications</li>
<li><a title="http://www.wetrivers.unsw.edu.au/" href="http://www.wetrivers.unsw.edu.au/" target="_blank">Australian Wetlands &amp; Rivers</a> at University of New South Wales</li>
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