Innovation in Action
About Innovation in Action
Innovation in Action projects focus on implementation of innovative silviculture projects and operational research. The Innovation in Action funding enables the enhancement of project implementation and design to collect data on multiple values, in addition to what is required in the appraisals manual, and engage with communities, support new partnerships and the uses of diverse forms of knowledge.
PRoject Themes:
Projects are aligned with one or more of the following priority themes.
- Old-like in a new light: Using partial harvesting and/or other innovative silviculture techniques for the recruitment of old growth characteristics.
- A burn a day can help keep wildfire away: Supporting cultural and prescribed fire planning as a tool for managing multiple values.
- Thin it to win it: Exploring prescription development for partial harvesting and/or thinning to improve forest resilience, reduce wildfire risk and manage multiple forest values.
- Training tomorrow’s forest innovators: Innovative silviculture practitioner and/or operator training, education or practical forestry experience opportunities.
- Beyond the sawlog: Innovative and optimized use of fibre to create higher value products, increase employment and support local economies.
- Success, failure, learn and tailor: Share learnings of successes and failures of using innovative silviculture techniques to enhance adaptive management strategies.
