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Where should all the trees go? Investigating the impact of tree canopy cover on socio-economic status and wellbeing in local government areas (NY16005)
This project revealed changes in canopy cover in Australian local government areas, identifying priority areas for greening and monitoring progress towards the nursery industry’s 202020 Vision goal.
4 August 2017
EnviroVeg program for promoting environmental best practice in the Australian vegetable industry (VG12008)
EnviroVeg - the vegetable industry's environmental best practice management program - was supported by this investment between 2012 and 2017.
3 January 2017
Technical communications and policy development for the Australian nursery industry (NY12012)
This project supported the role and activities of a policy and technical officer for the Australian nursery industry, between 2013 and 2016.
11 October 2016
202020 Vision: Goods Line monitoring and evaluation research proposal (NY13024)
This project showcased the benefits of urban greening by exploring the social and environmental benefits emerging from the redevelopment of the Goods Line old railway pathway in Sydney.
5 August 2016
Market development through the National Urban Forest Alliance (NY13002)
This investment raised awareness of the benefits of green space and nursery products by engaging like-minded parties from local government and other industries through the National Urban Forest Alliance
7 March 2016
Greening neighbourhoods - mitigating heat stress with vegetation (NY12018)
This project explored the importance of the nursery industry in helping mitigate heat stress in cities.
21 August 2015
Effectively utilising water allocations for managing turfgrass in open spaces (TU11012)
This work investigated how to best manage water allocations for maintaining turfgrass in public open spaces, including how watering amounts, schedules and soil wetting agents affect turf growth and quality.
11 February 2015
Erosion control - turf research and development facility (TU12022)
The use of turf in erosion control was investigated in this project, using the Erosion and Sediment Control Demonstration Facility.
23 December 2014
Economic evaluation of farm energy audits and benchmarking of energy use on vegetable farms (VG13054)
This project identified energy efficiency improvement opportunities for the Australian vegetable industry, developed a tool for assessing on-farm use and improvement areas, and delivered energy consumption benchmarks.
22 December 2014
Identifying and quantifying turfgrass groundcover in urban areas using online satellite imagery (TU13027)
This project developed a new method of identifying and quantifying turf grass cover in urban areas
30 October 2014