CHABG – www.anbg.gov.au/chabg
Directory of Botanic Gardens – www.anbg.gov.au/chabg/bg-dir/index.html
Weeds Australia – www.weeds.org.au
Association of Friends of Botanic Gardens Inc. – www.friendsbotanicgardens.org/
Tropical Talk forum
The Tropical Talk forum was developed as a way of connecting horticulturalists around the world who work in a similar role - namely, those growing tropical plants for public display, including those in Botanic Gardens and similar organisations.
While this is the primary target audience, Tropical Talk acknowledges the magnificent contribution to the public knowledge of tropical plants that private growers and like minded groups provide, and also welcomes people from these wider areas.
Start talking now at: http://tropicaltalk.freeforums.org/
AUSTRALIAN BOTANIC GARDENS WEED NETWORK (ABGWN)
WEED RISK ASSESSMENT
PROCEDURE AND MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE (WRAPM)
The WRAPM is a software package, developed by the ABGWN together with
the Australian Weed Management CRC, that scores weed risk for a
particular plant growing in your area.
It includes: the endorsed ABGWN Weed Policy; inbuilt databases of
plants appearing on Australia's major weed lists (WONS, CALEW and
noxious weeds declared in all States) as well as a list of over 3000
plants known to be naturalised in Australia; a list of plants with known
health risks; a suite of web sites that can be used within the program
to assist in building up the weed risk score; a compendium of native
plants that are known to hybridise (to assist in assessing the
likelihood of gene pool pollution of local native plants); a suggested
strategy for individual weed management based on the weed risk score
obtained; a voluntary organisational weed management strategy.
All these files will be updated as more information becomes available.
Any suggestions for improvement of the program would be welcome, and a
yearly review of the questions and information base is recommended.
There is inbuilt help for all the questions.
A manual will be sent to all members of the ABGWN.
The WRAPM can be downloaded as a blank executable file (14MB) to which
you add your assessments. The more assessments you do, the fewer will
have to be done in future. For any difficulties contact Roger Spencer.
Dr Roger Spencer
ABGWN Facilitator
roger.spencer@rbg.vic.gov.au
03-92522315
To download the software please complete the form below and you will be directed to the downloads page.
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