By Mila Bristow, Mark Annandale and Alan Bragg.
One in a series which aims to provide practical guidance for people wishing to establish farm forestry projects. It outlines the steps required to successfully establish rainforest timber trees, particularly in plantation situations, in the Wet Tropics of north Queensland. It was written for land managers (including farmers) and intermediaries such as farm forestry or agribusiness advisors. It discusses what is known about growing native rainforest species on farms, the planning issues that growers need to address and the trees' requirements for successful establishment and early plantation management. It describes general principles that can be applied to different sites and illustrates the management decisions involved, using case studies based on north Queensland research.

2005, 87pp, Pub. No. 03/010

By Xungai Wang, Lijing Wang and Xiu Liu
Alpaca fibre is soft, luxurious and has a range of natural colours and good strength. Australia has great potential for a viable alpaca industry with sound pastures and modern technologies for breeding the best genotypes. For the development of Australian alpaca fibre industry, there has been a strong demand for research into fibre properties and processing, as well as product development along the value-adding chain. This is the first major research project, funded by RIRDC, to assist the Australian alpaca industry and fibre processors, to develop better understanding of the fibres and their processing performance.