• Continued work on taxonomy of foliar fungi of eucalypts in native forests and plantations (FABI-South Africa, CBS-Netherlands, Murdock University-WA, QDPI). 
• The Energy Networks Association Limited to conduct research aimed at improving the effectiveness of methods used for controlling termite infestations in wood power poles.
• University of NSW (ARC Linkage) for the application of full-waveform lidar data for the extraction of plot statistics such as percentile tree counts, stem measurement, canopy cover and leaf area index (health).
• Charles Sturt University (ARC Linkage) to enable studies on the duel threat of exotic pest impacts exacerbated by climate change - specifically Ips bark beetle and Sirex wood wasp.
• Continued collaboration with CRC Forestry.
• Continued collaboration with the Bushfire CRC.

Whole tree chambers (9 m tall), University of Western Sydney’s Hawkesbury campus.

• The Hawkesbury Forest Experiment, a collaborative project between UNSW, UTS, UWS, Macquarie University and DPI initially funded by the Australian Greenhouse Office to investigate the impact of climate change on Australian forests commenced in June, 2005. This is an international project with involvement of Professor Sune Linder of the Swedish Agricultural University, Prof Rich Norby of Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Prof Ram Oren of Duke, North Carolina. 
• IEA Bioenergy Task 38, an international collaborative project working on developing methods and promoting best practice in assessing greenhouse gas balances of biomass and bioenergy systems. Dr Annette Cowie's role as National Team Leader is continuing.
• Department of Environment Climate Change and Water, Xstrata Ravensworth Operations: Application of recycled organics in mine site rehabilitation.
• Coal and Allied and Integra mines: Establishment techniques for Dry land forestry.
• Australian Coal Association Research Program, Minerals Council: Use of soil amendments to maximise forest products on mine lands. 
  

Recycled organics for trees on minesites

• Tomen Pty Ltd/Bulga Coal: Bulga Mine Site Plantation Trial
• Macquarie Generation: Growing commercially viable eucalypt plantations on marginal lands using wastes (Hunter Region).
• Biodiversity surveys in western NSW, funded by and in conjunction with officers from the Department of Environment and Heritage in Canberra.
• Bat survey in revegetation sites at Holbrook as part of David Freudenburger's CSIRO's BioAssess project.
• Thermal physiology of bats, Fritz Geiser, University of New England.
• Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Radiata pine for restoration of the dry river valleys in Aba, Sichuan, China.