Partners and alliances of the Forest Science Centre, Cumberland
- Continued work on taxonomy of foliar fungi of eucalypts in native forests and plantations (FABI-South Africa, CBS-Netherlands, Murdock University-WA, QDPI).
- Continued collaboration with CRC Greenhouse Accounting.
- Continued collaboration with CRC Forestry.
- Continued collaboration with the Bushfire CRC.
Hawkesbury forest growth chambers
- The Hawkesbury Forest Project, a collaborative project between UNSW, UTS, UWS and DPI 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 and Conservation, Narama Mine: Application of recycled organics in mine site rehabilitation.
- Australian Coal Association Research Program, Minerals Council: Use of soil amendments to maximise forest products on mine lands.
Recyled 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.