Parks and Recreation Celebration
Over forty years of teaching Parks and Recreation at Lincoln, one of the University’s renowned flagship courses, was celebrated last Wednesday night with a campus gathering of over eighty alumni and VIP guests.
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Using AI to rapidly ID pest species, biosecurity risks
Ever been fined $400 at the border for a forgotten banana and wondered about the strict biosecurity rules in New Zealand? A University of Canterbury academic is working to make it possible to instantly identify suspect insects, plants and fungi from a photo using artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.
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Funding round extended for Gisborne erosion control
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has announced an extension to the funding round for its Erosion Control Funding Programme (ECFP) to 13 July 2018.
Better data removes guesswork for Tall Trees Nursery
Tall Trees Nursery has come a long way since director David Vanderuit first planted a small plot of trees out the back of the family’s quarter acre block at Balnarring, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Opportunity to comment on nat’l tree standard
Australian production nurseries providing tree stock to councils, developers and landscapers are being invited to provide feedback on a draft revision to the Australian Standard AS2303:2015 – Tree stock for landscape use.
More Crazy Yellow Ants reported in NSW
NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) said its staff are responding to community reports of Yellow Crazy Ant at two new sites, in the northern rivers area in NSW.
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