Fire operations manual

[Extract] This Fire Operations Manual is for use on Wunambal Gaambera country in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Plan 2010-2020 is a plan for looking after our country and all the important things in it. Strategy 1 says ‘continue and expand the fire management program with annual burns and by 2012 complete the Uunguu Fire Management Plan consistent with carbon abatement opportunities’. This strategy helps to achieve the following objectives: * Objective 2 By 2020 our country will still be healthy with no plants, animals, fish or birds or their habitats that are here today, being lost; * Objective 3 By 2014 we will be looking after ten important cultural sites according to Wanjina Wunggurr Law, and by 2020 all culturally important sites will be looked after in this way; * Objective 8 By 2015 we will be managing fire on Wunambal Gaambera Country; and * Objective 10 By 2015 we will have figured out and started using ways to reduce the problems that climate change might have on our targets, us and Wunambal Gaambera Country, and ways to make sure our actions don’t make carbon problems worse. The Healthy Country Team is also developing a 10-year fire activity plan to outline how fire will be managed. It also develops annual operations plans to guide each year’s work. This operations manual will help to guide the implementation of the activity plan and annual operations plans. It aims to ensure that Uunguu Land and Sea Management Rangers and traditional owners can manage fire safely and to a high and accredited standard. This includes having the appropriate levels of qualifications under state training requirements and under national accreditation. It means having the appropriate equipment, systems and OH&S procedures in place to carry out fire management. This manual provides guidelines for Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation (WGAC) and its Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Team to control fire. WGAC has the authority of Wunambal Gaambera people to implement the Healthy Country Plan. The WGHC Team includes the Healthy Country Manager, Uunguu Rangers, nominated WGAC Directors and any Traditional Owners and staff working on Wunambal Gaambera country

Fire operations manual

[Extract] This Fire Operations Manual is for use on Wunambal Gaambera country in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Plan 2010-2020 is a plan for looking after our country and all the important things in it. Strategy 1 says ‘continue and expand the fire management program with annual burns and by 2012 complete the Uunguu Fire Management Plan consistent with carbon abatement opportunities’. This strategy helps to achieve the following objectives: * Objective 2 By 2020 our country will still be healthy with no plants, animals, fish or birds or their habitats that are here today, being lost; * Objective 3 By 2014 we will be looking after ten important cultural sites according to Wanjina Wunggurr Law, and by 2020 all culturally important sites will be looked after in this way; * Objective 8 By 2015 we will be managing fire on Wunambal Gaambera Country; and * Objective 10 By 2015 we will have figured out and started using ways to reduce the problems that climate change might have on our targets, us and Wunambal Gaambera Country, and ways to make sure our actions don’t make carbon problems worse. The Healthy Country Team is also developing a 10-year fire activity plan to outline how fire will be managed. It also develops annual operations plans to guide each year’s work. This operations manual will help to guide the implementation of the activity plan and annual operations plans. It aims to ensure that Uunguu Land and Sea Management Rangers and traditional owners can manage fire safely and to a high and accredited standard. This includes having the appropriate levels of qualifications under state training requirements and under national accreditation. It means having the appropriate equipment, systems and OH&S procedures in place to carry out fire management. This manual provides guidelines for Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation (WGAC) and its Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Team to control fire. WGAC has the authority of Wunambal Gaambera people to implement the Healthy Country Plan. The WGHC Team includes the Healthy Country Manager, Uunguu Rangers, nominated WGAC Directors and any Traditional Owners and staff working on Wunambal Gaambera country

Pest species control manual

[Extract] Wunambal Gaambera people are committed to looking after country is to manage and control pest species and make sure they have a smaller impact. The Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Plan 2010-2020 (WGAC 2010) outlines how Wunambal Gaambera people will look after their country. Strategy 2 states 'continue weed and feral animals control programs in high use areas (roadsides, Ngauwudu, Wuuyuruu, Anjo Peninsula, Wargul Wargul and coastal zone), each year on a priority basis, survey weeds and feral animals in other areas to identify any new or threatening invasions and control as required'. This strategy addresses the following objectives: * Objective 2 By 2020 our country will still be healthy with no plants, animals, fish or birds or their habitats that are here today, being lost; * Objective 9 By 2015 we will be managing and controlling pest species on Wunambal Gaambera Country and by 2020 pest species will have a smaller impact. The Healthy Country Team is also developing a 10-year activity plan to outline how pest species will be managed. It also develops annual operations plans to guide each year’s work. This operations manual will help to guide the implementation of the activity plan and annual operations plans. It aims to ensure that Uunguu Land and Sea Management Rangers and traditional owners can remove and control weeds and feral animals safely and to a high and accredited standard. This includes having the appropriate levels of qualifications under state training requirements and under national accreditation. It means having the appropriate equipment, systems and OH&S procedures in place to carry out pest control. This manual provides guidelines for Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation (WGAC) and it's Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Team to control weeds and feral animals. WGAC has the authority of Wunambal Gaambera people to implement the Healthy Country Plan. The WGHC Team includes the Healthy Country Manager, Uunguu Rangers, nominated WGAC Directors and any Traditional Owners and staff working on Wunambal Gaambera country. The manual also provides guidelines on how to identify new pests that come in so that they can be removed before they become a problem. Early detection and control is vital as it will save lots of money, effort and time, and may prevent environmental damage later. It is not a plan of action, and not a training manual. The Manual is divided into two parts: Weed Control and Feral and Pest Animal Control. The manual addresses planning skills and training required job and public safety law implementation – work plans follow-up reporting review. The manual relies on a wide range of published technical information, which has been reviewed and extracted to make a usable and easily-understood control manual for all people trying to control weeds and pest animals on Wunambal Gaambera country

Pest species control manual

[Extract] Wunambal Gaambera people are committed to looking after country is to manage and control pest species and make sure they have a smaller impact. The Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Plan 2010-2020 (WGAC 2010) outlines how Wunambal Gaambera people will look after their country. Strategy 2 states 'continue weed and feral animals control programs in high use areas (roadsides, Ngauwudu, Wuuyuruu, Anjo Peninsula, Wargul Wargul and coastal zone), each year on a priority basis, survey weeds and feral animals in other areas to identify any new or threatening invasions and control as required'. This strategy addresses the following objectives: * Objective 2 By 2020 our country will still be healthy with no plants, animals, fish or birds or their habitats that are here today, being lost; * Objective 9 By 2015 we will be managing and controlling pest species on Wunambal Gaambera Country and by 2020 pest species will have a smaller impact. The Healthy Country Team is also developing a 10-year activity plan to outline how pest species will be managed. It also develops annual operations plans to guide each year’s work. This operations manual will help to guide the implementation of the activity plan and annual operations plans. It aims to ensure that Uunguu Land and Sea Management Rangers and traditional owners can remove and control weeds and feral animals safely and to a high and accredited standard. This includes having the appropriate levels of qualifications under state training requirements and under national accreditation. It means having the appropriate equipment, systems and OH&S procedures in place to carry out pest control. This manual provides guidelines for Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation (WGAC) and it's Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Team to control weeds and feral animals. WGAC has the authority of Wunambal Gaambera people to implement the Healthy Country Plan. The WGHC Team includes the Healthy Country Manager, Uunguu Rangers, nominated WGAC Directors and any Traditional Owners and staff working on Wunambal Gaambera country. The manual also provides guidelines on how to identify new pests that come in so that they can be removed before they become a problem. Early detection and control is vital as it will save lots of money, effort and time, and may prevent environmental damage later. It is not a plan of action, and not a training manual. The Manual is divided into two parts: Weed Control and Feral and Pest Animal Control. The manual addresses planning skills and training required job and public safety law implementation – work plans follow-up reporting review. The manual relies on a wide range of published technical information, which has been reviewed and extracted to make a usable and easily-understood control manual for all people trying to control weeds and pest animals on Wunambal Gaambera country

A guide for ecologists: Detecting the role of disease in faunal declines and managing population recovery

Biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, especially among vertebrates. Disease is commonly ignored or dismissed in investigations of wildlife declines, partly because there is often little or no obvious clinical evidence of illness. We argue that disease has the potential to cause many species declines and extinctions and that there is mounting evidence that this is a more important cause of declines than has been appreciated. We summarise case studies of diseases that have affected wildlife to the point of extinction and bring together the experiences of wildlife managers, veterinarians, epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists, zoologists and ecologists to provide an investigation framework to help ecologists and wildlife managers address disease as a factor in wildlife declines. Catastrophic declines of wildlife may be the result of single or multiple synergistic causes, and disease should always be one factor under consideration, unless proven otherwise. In a rapidly changing world where emerging infectious diseases have become increasingly common, the need to consider diseases has never been more important

The genetic and ecophysiological diversity of Microcystis

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