Subject Keywords: Forest solutions Dialogue Landscape

Subject Keywords: Smallholders communities new approaches

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Subject Keywords: Pesticides Chemicals

Regions: Australia and New Zealand, Oceania

Countries: Australia

Alternative Strategy: Experimenting with polymer coated fertilisers that can be placed in the planting hole in direct contact with the root ball. Early indications are that this may lead to rapid initial growth and hence reduce the need for post plant weed control and browsing animal control.

Alternative Method: Reduction

Alternative Trial: Yes

Alternative Type: Specific strategy

Pest Type: Weed

Subject Keywords: Pesticides Chemicals

Regions: Australia and New Zealand, Oceania

Countries: Australia

Alternative Strategy: Chopper rolling prior to planting

Alternative Method: Reduction

Alternative Trial: No

Alternative Type: Specific strategy

Pest Type: Pine wildlings

Subject Keywords: Pesticides Chemicals

Alternative Strategy: Podisus nigrispinus and Supputius cincticeps are predators of lepidopteran defoliating insects, especially of eucalyptus brown looper Thyrinteina arnobia. Natural enemies can be promoted by reducing weed control (retaining weeds between trees) and preserving natural forests on part of the managed area (appropriate to scale of the plantation). Regulation of lepidopteran defoliators (such as Euselasia apisaon) is enhanced where fragments of natural vegetation are present, e.g. through increased predation parasitoid wasps (Murta el al 2008; Zanuncio et al 2009)

Alternative Method: Reduction

Alternative Trial: No

Alternative Type: Specific strategy

Pest Type: Insect