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Herbicide Resistance: Protecting the Tools We Still Have
Herbicide resistance is usually noticed when something stops working. A treatment that once delivered reliable control begins leaving survivors and attention quickly turns to what product should be...

From Reactive Weed Control to Proactive Vegetation Management
Evidence to Adoption examines how integrated vegetation management research has been translated into repeatable operational programs across Australian road, rail, open space and infrastructure asse...

Integrated Vegetation Management in Rights-of-Way (Part 2)
Integrated Vegetation Management, fighting veg with veg Integrated Vegetation Management in Australian rights-of-way | Part 2 of 2 In simple terms, Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) is the del...

Integrated Vegetation Management in Rights-of-Way (Part 1)
Integrated Vegetation Management in Australian rights-of-way | Part 1 of 2 Linear infrastructure is the circulatory system of the Australian economy. Electricity transmission and distribution lines...

One of the strongest arguments for Integrated Vegetation Management is not operational, it is governance based. In traditional reactive vegetation management models, decisions are often difficult t...

As Integrated Vegetation Management gains traction, one question consistently arises, how do we change contracting models without increasing risk or losing governance control. This concern is under...

Across most linear infrastructure portfolios, vegetation risk is already being outsourced. Contractors carry day to day exposure, access challenges and delivery risk. However, asset owners and asse...

Most vegetation programs are still built around activity delivery. Schedules, frequencies and response windows dominate decision making. While this approach can achieve short term compliance, it le...

Doing More With Less | Integrated Vegetation Management Series 2026 Article 1
Vegetation management across infrastructure assets is becoming more complex, not less. Roads, rail, utilities, pipelines, renewables, substations and industrial assets are operating under tighter a...
