The area of the imported weed Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) is steadily expanding and eliminating natural ecosystems and their habitats of rare and endangered species in Barrington Tops National Park. A research project, funded by the CRC for Weeds Management Systems, has commenced to provide...

Generalised travel-cost models were specified for the repeatable measurement of the economic value of recreation in Parks. Valuations of recreational use have been undertaken for approximately 30 metropolitan parks in Melbourne and 35 National Parks and other sites in rural Victoria. Zonal...

Environmental weeds are plants that invade natural ecosystems and are considered to be a serious threat to nature conservation. Environmental weeds have been implicated in the extinction of several indigenous plant species, and they also threaten ecosystem stability and functional complexity....