The Southern Cross Group of Forest Researchers and Practitioners (the Southern Cross Group for short) is a group of individuals with experience and expertise in
forestry and
forest ecology, who work to foster better management of
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
's native forests.
Goals
In their 200
''report'' the Southern Cross Group advocated incentives to encourage private landholders:
* to retain and foster more native trees on their land,
* to allow and stimulate these trees to reach larger sizes,
* to report the presence of
endangered plants and animals on their land, and
* to provide more habitat for these
endangered species.
Members
The Southern Cross Group includes:
*Dr
Jerry Vanclay - Professor of Sustainable Forestry,
Southern Cross University
*Mr David Thompson
''Centre for Agricultural & Regional Economics Pty Ltd''*Prof
''Jeff Sayer'' formerl
Utrecht University
*Dr ''Jeff McNeely'', Chief Scientist, World Conservation Union (
IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
)
*D
''David Kaimowitz'' Director General,
Center for International Forestry Research
*Mr Alex Jay, Branch President
''Australian Forest Growers''*M
''Anne Gibbs'' Community Natural Resource Management Support Officer
*Mr
''Heather Crompton'' past President
''Institute of Foresters of Australia''*Mr David Cameron, Committee Member
''NSW Farmers’ Association''*D
''Ian Bevege'' Member
''Institute of Foresters of Australia''
References
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External links
A Proposal for Stewardship Support to Private Native Forest in NSW''
Nature conservation organisations based in Australia