ResQu, RESilient QUeensland – Unmanned Aircraft for Emergency Response and Biosecurity

Collaborants:

Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation

CSIRO

Protecting rainforest from weeds
Our rainforests are precious – less than two per cent of Australia's land area, confined to small patches clustered mostly in inaccessible, mountainous regions along the tropical coast. It's important we look after these precious habitats. Unfortunately, a purple-leaved weed, Miconia calvescens, has invaded some areas of rainforest. Miconia is an unusually aggressive invader and has potential to cause irreversible damage to native plant and wildlife populations.