{"id":29549,"date":"2025-10-23T16:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=29549"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:58:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:58:44","slug":"putting-seeds-to-good-use-gottstein-grant-builds-nsws-seedbank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/putting-seeds-to-good-use-gottstein-grant-builds-nsws-seedbank\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting Seeds to Good Use: Gottstein Grant Builds NSW\u2019s Seedbank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A tree starts with a seed \u2026 and a well-managed forest starts with a seed database and correctly identified, recorded and stored seed\u00a0collections.<br><br>Meet Joel Dawson, who works for Forestry Corporation of NSW, who is using his Gottstein Trust Skills Development Grant, awarded in late 2024, to develop a seed database for NSW state hardwood forests, which will be able to be accessed by land managers and forestry agencies to help manage at-risk eucalypt species.<br><br>\u201cWhile other land managers have some of this information\u00a0in databases\u00a0already,\u00a0our current dataset at forestry in NSW is in spread sheet format and is need of updating to a relational database\u201d, said Joel. \u201cWe should be able to bring together more data such as spatial information and germination rates for specific environmental conditions.\u201d<br><br>It\u2019s an important platform for the future, with clear benefits that Joel highlighted, \u201cThis accessible database will help with restoration of forests after bushfires or other disruptions.&#8221;<br><br>\u201cThe grant has allowed me to conduct field trips across NSW, ACT, Tasmania and Victoria gathering information, and seeds, to develop\u00a0a set of procedures for\u00a0managing seed collections, storage and linking of information needed to restore hardwood forests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gottstein Trust Pitch for 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1129772170?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Wood Central&#8217;s Jason Ross, a 2023 Gottstein fellow, spoke to Helen Murray at Timber Construct 2025 in Melbourne. <a href=\"https:\/\/gottsteintrust.org\/news-podcasts\/news\/article\/20-career-boosting-grants-2025- applications-are-open\">Details of the three types of Gottstein grants, which all close for applications at midnight Monday, 27th October 2025<br><\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/gottsteintrust.org\/news-podcasts\/news\/article\/20-career-boosting-grants-2025- applications-are-open\">can be found here.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019d found out about the Gottstein Trust Skills Development Grant through a colleague and encourages others to apply, something they\u00a0must do before\u00a0this year\u2019s round closes in just a few days.<br><br>Based at Eden, NSW as Resources Supervisor \u2013 South, his role encompasses Batemans Bay, Tumbarumba and Eden management areas of the state hardwood forest estate. \u201cWorking in forestry and on coastal NSW is pretty special,\u201d according to Joel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Gottstein Trust were great to work with in the application process. I found the application process really straightforward through the online form. If you have any idea of an area you\u2019d like to upskill in don\u2019t hesitate to apply, as it\u2019s a fantastic opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tree starts with a seed \u2026 and a well-managed forest starts with a seed database and correctly identified, recorded and stored seed\u00a0collections. 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