Summary
About 60 M ha of Queensland's 76 M ha of woodland communities ('forest') are grazing lands were amenable to various degrees of responsible developmnent. This could conceivably increase beef cattle carrying capacity by 1-2 M head and reduce turn-off times. Development principles derived should also be relevant to the Northern Territory's top half.
This project has provided a comprehensive set of quantitative data, as well as testing the methodology necessary, for a soundly based woodland management policy for these woodlands through:
- detailed descriptive studies of woodland structures
- by evaluating traditional and innovative developnment strategies
- by cataloguing available control measures for native and exotic woody weeds
- by testing new products, establishing field trials and using contenlporary technology for data collection and processing, information exchange and decision support.
