The Australian
Master TreeGrower Program
Supported by the RDC's Joint Venture Agroforestry
Program & Land and Water Australia
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The Australian
Master TreeGrower Program |
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Most Australian Master TreeGrowers are farmers who want trees to shelter stock and crops, control land degradation, enhance wildlife habitat and improve their landscape. Where they are able to incorporate commercial trees into these or other plantings they may be hoping to produce high quality timber, bushfoods, eucalyptus oils or other commercial tree products. Others are independent forest owners managing their own native forest or plantations for a similarly wide range of reasons. We define agroforestry, farm forestry and family forestry as the commitment of farmers, alone or in partnerships, towards the establishment and management of forests on their land. |
Agroforestry News Magazine - If you or your group is keen to conduct a program in your region or learn more, read the information about the program provided on this site then contact Rowan Reid. |
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About the Australian Master TreeGrower Course Short courses for farmers
The MTG approach
How to run a Master TreeGrower Program |
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Online access to books, papers, magazines and videos
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Tools for forest measurement and management The MTG Diameter Tape Computer based tools for measurement and monitoring forest values
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Publications Agroforestry at the University of Melbourne Bambra Agroforestry Farm The Otway Agroforestry Network |
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Links to other web sites that provide information for tree growers
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Contact the Master TreeGrower Program School of Resource Management. Faculty of Land and Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. 3010. Victoria. Australia Rowan Reid (03) 8344 5011 |
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The Australian Master TreeGrower program is supported nationally by the Federal Government's Joint Venture Agroforestry Program and Land & Water Australia In 2000, the program was awarded the $10,000 Australian Eureka Science award for Excellence in Environmental Education. There is now international interest in the program, most notably from the World Agroforestry Centre whose work examines the potential for trees to improve the lives and landscapes of some of the world’s poorest farmers. |
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What is Agroforestry, farm forestry and family forestry?
Where many landholders are involved the result is a diversity of activity that reflects the diversity of aspirations and interests within the community.
