The document outlines the process for excavating and exporting boab trees from Australia, detailing the logistical steps from harvesting to transport, including the use of heavy machinery and compliance with regulatory requirements. It provides specific information about the export permits, conditions, and phytosanitary certifications required for the successful international shipping of these trees. Additionally, it highlights the successful past exports to Qatar and Singapore, showcasing examples of trees that have thrived post-export.

1. Process for Excavation of
Trees through to Export
Example of Tree currently standing in the
Ground
Harvest site for trees is approximately
38 kilometres from Kununurra in
Western Australia.
There is a Mobilisation and
Demobilisation fee to be paid to just get
the Excavator to the harvest site. An
hourly rate for the use of the Excavator
is then charged for the time the machine
is working

2. Trees are excavated and lifted

3. Excavator walks tree from harvest area
to road and loading onto Road Train

4. One tree per Road Train trailer
Road Train
1 x tree per Trailer x 3 trailers
Travel : 3300 kms from Work Site to Sea Port

5. Crane lifts tree from Road Train
to allow our Australian Quarantine
Inspectors to carry out inspection
of tree & issue Phytosanitary
Certificate for export

6. Crane lifts tree and swings into
place over the open top
container

7. Care has to be taken when placing tree into
sea container to ensure branches are not
damaged and tree can be secured for the sea
voyage

8. Shade cloth covers put over the open top
container and loaded on to sea vessel
DISTANCE FROM HARVEST
SITE TO DARWIN SEA PORT IS
APPROXIMATELY 1000 KMS
BY ROAD

9. ASPIRE PARK, DOHA, QATAR
2 X LARGE BOAB TREES WERE EXCAVATED IN
2013 AND TRANSPORTED BY ROAD TO
FREEMANTLE PORT IN PERTH FOR SEA
FREIGHT IN 40 FOOT OPEN TOP SEA
CONTAINER TO QATAR.
TREES HAVE ADAPTED TO THE HARSH
CONDITIONS AND ARE THRIVING – SEE IMAGE
OF BOAB FLOWERS

16. SINGAPORE GARDENS BY THE BAY
MARCH 2015
STUMPY BOAB TREE EXCAVATED AND
TRANSPORTED ON FLAT RACK CONTAINER
FROM DARWIN SEA PORT.
IMAGES OF TREE BEING UNLOADED AND
TRANSPORTED INTO THE FLOWER DOME AT
NIGHT FOR PLANTING

22. .! Type of document NON-CITES Original - Valid for Multiple
o Export ConsignmentsAustralian Government
O Re-export 1. Multiple Consignment Authority No. : PWS2015-AU-000968
Department of the Environment o Import 2. Valid Until : 5/6/2018
o Other
Page 1 of 1
3. Importer (Name, Address, and Country) 4. Exporter (Name, Address, and Country)
Josef Perner
61 MORRIS ROAD
KATHERINE NT 0850
AUSTRALIA
5. Conditions 6. Name, Address and Country of Issuing Authority
- This permit is not transferable
- If for live animals, this permit or certificate is valid only if the transport
Wildlife Trade and
conditions comply with the lATA Live Animals Regulations; if for live
Biosecurily Branch
plants, with the lATA Perishable Cargo Regulations GPO BOX 787
- For special conditions specific to this permit also refer below. CANBERRA ACT 2601
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Sa. Purpose: Not Required
7/8. Scientific & Common Name 19. Description 110. Source 11. Quantity and
(Genus and Species of Animal or Plant) Unit
1
Adansonia gregorii LIVE PLANTIWHOLE TREE 150 NO.
Boab. Baobab. Bonle Tree, Dead Rat Tree
Special Conditions
Under Part 13A of ihe EPBC Act all Commonwealth and StatefTerritory requirements in relation to this specimen(s) must be met.
This permit is restricted to the export of specimens from a source approved by the Issuing Authority including a current wildlife trade operation;
captive breeding program; wildlife trade management plan; artificial propagation program or aquaculture program.
A specimen export record (SER) must be completed for each consignment exported under this permit, including all specimens and quantities to be
exported. Copies must be distributed in accordance with the instructions at the bottom of the front page of the SER form. All damagedlin
error/cancelled not exported SER forms must be marked ur:lused and returned to the Issuing Authority within two weeks.
This permit is only valid for specimens with the fOllowing WA Government Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) tags attached:
6,7,8,10,11 ,12,13,14,18,19,20,21 ,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31.32,33,34,35,36.39,40.42,43,44,46,53,55,57,58.63,64,65,71 ,81 ,83,84,86,87,89,90,
93,95,97,98,99,100,101 ,102,103,104,105,108.109,110,112,115,116.117.118,120,121,122,123,124,125,126.129,132,136,137,138,141 ,142,143,149,
151 ,153,161 ,162,163,164,165,166,167,169,170,174,175,176,177,178,179
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.9,10.11 ,12,13,141,15,16,17,18,19,20,21 ,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29.30.31 ,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41 ,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50
For Exports, a photocopy of the Multiple Consignment Authority should accompany the original Specimen Export Record
which details the specific items in each consignment
13. Authority for Permit/Certificate
.,007Issued By: Mr Christopher 0 Hicks
Issue Date: 05/06/2015
'J1k.·''''tralian Go~ernmentIssued under s303DG of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 ::;;g1Tepartment of th&'E"H'ironrnel1t
PERMIT TO EXPORT BOAB TREES FOR
MULTIPLE CONSIGNMENTS

23. CONVENTION ON
CITES Management AuthorityINTERNATIONALTRADE IN
ENDANGERED SPEClES OF
GPO Box 787
• WILD FAUNA AND FLORA Cannerra ACT 2601 ,Australia
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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
!Importer: (name, addres~:.:..,c:.:o.::;.un:.::;lry,tL)___._____ !Exporter: (name, address, country)
GARDENS BY THE BAY MR JOSEF PERNER
18 MARINA GARDENS DRIVE CYCAD ENTERPRISES PTY LTD
SINGAPORE 61 MORRIS ROAD
018953 KATHERINE NT 0850
SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA
Australian Government
Specimen
Export 257 2Record No, 0
PWS2014-AU-000810
NO.:
26 MAY 2015
Valid to:
Page 1/1
This is an original, uniquely numbered CITES Permit The following conditions apply.
1. Not valid unless acopy of the original multiple consignment authority is attached. 5, The export of speCimens is not avalid export unless the permit
2. Must meet conditions of attached multiple consignment authority. holder has signed and dated this document.
3. Species not listed on multiple consignment authority not to be exported.
4. Exporter name and address must match attached multiple consignment authority,
AWJ
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Adansonia gregoril BOAB LIVE PLANT W AU 1 No
This permit has been Issued under s303CG of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Permit Holder
!Name::lose.F y PERNE.~
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!Signa!Ure: ____P;;/~=--===_-_-_- .
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Minister / Delegate of Minister
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Oistrlbutlon: Original· To accompany shipment Pink - Complete & return to DEW within 2 weeks of Export
SER(ClTES) - 11/10
001

24. 1 Insert the name,
address and
occupation of
person making
the declaration
2 Set out matter
declared to in
numbered
paragraphs
3 Signature of
person making
the declaration
4 Place
5 Day
6 Month and year
7 Signature of
person before
whom the
declaration is
made (see over)
8 FuHname,
qualification and
address ofperson
before whom the
declaration is
made (in printed
letters)
Commonwealth of Australia
STATUTORY DECLARATION
Statutory Declarations Act 1959
1,1
JOE PERNER, Horticulturist and owner of Cycad International of 61 Morris Road, Katherine NT
make the following declarations under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959:
2 That in accordance with the additional certification required from the Singapore Agri-Food & Veterinary
Authority provide the following information :_
The following list of plants form a consignment that is to be exported from our Nursery in Australia to
Singapore :-
Adansonia gregorii (Boab) tree (1)
Prior to export, the plants listed above had the growing media subjected to an appropriate treatment to
ensure it is free from plant parasitic nematodes :­
Date of Treatment 2015
Treatment Method Drenching
Chemicals Used * Nemacur® 400 Nematicide Liquid
Active Ingredient: 400 gIL Fenamiphos
Dilution Rate : 200 mU200L water
I understand that a person who intentionally makes a false statement in a statutory declaration is
guilty of an offence under section 11 of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959, and I believe that the
statement~ t is declaration are true in every particular.
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2015D'~lared at 4 KATHERINE
Before me,
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~TH6:ltN£ ,.J 0$0
Note 1 A person who intentionally makes a false statement in a statutory declaration is guilty of an offence, the punishment for
which is imprisonment for a term of 4 years - see section 11 of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959.
Not9 2 Chapter:2 of the Criminal Ct:xIe applies to all offences asainst the Statutory Declarations Act 19S9 - see sedion SA of
the Statutory Declarations Act 1959.
CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF ROOT BALL OF
BOAB TREES REQUIRED FOR EXPORT - SOME
COUNTRIES ALLOW SOIL ON THE ROOTS IF
CHEMICAL TREATMENTS ARE APPLIED

26. RFP Nbr. 6915933 1 of 1
Name and Address ofexporter:
CYCAD ENTERPRISES PTY'
AS CYCAD INTERNATION.~
61 MORRIS ROAD
KATHERINE NT 0850
AUSTRALIA
ocDepartment.Of~~~rtesaooFOrestry
---,,-,--~----:-~----~..,,--~~"":""'-"""-Fc; ....... PHYTOSAMTARYCERTIFICATE
Declared name and address ofconsignee: .. . . . . .
Plant Protection.prgiilIisation oftIJc AUS!I'aliim Government
SINGAPORE GARDENS BY THE BAY
18 MARINA GARDENS DRIVE
SINGAPORE 18953
Place ofOrigin Code
SINGAPORE
!DistingLiishing marks
land container numbers:
AMFU1418431
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l'/rmtier andI,:>escriR~~on' .
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1 PLANTS ADANSONIA
D~T~ONALDBCLARAT~ONS
NORTHERN TERRITORY.
Country ofFinal Destination
SINGAPORE
0: Plant Protecti()~.;8f~!lfIisafi~!l of
SINGAPO~;E!·······
. Adansonia gregorii
0850
Commodity
Code
06029095
1) The media· in' whiCh the plants were grown has been treated "imd ].-.n.d~ ~9·b~}·free· from plant parasitic nematodes .
.' .' ,.' .... '., ...... '.'..
DATE
02-MAR-2015 FLOOD SPRAYE~ WITH NEMACUR 400 NEMATICIDE LIQUID (400 GRAMS PER LITRE FEN~IPHOS) AT 200 MILLILITRES
PER 200 LITRES WAT~~t·
iNO ADDITIONAL TREATMENTS
ThIS is to certiry that the plants, plant prodl!cts.orot~~ ~g)l ated', ..... .; ed herein have been inspected and/ort
to appropriate official procedures and areconside;red If}:befree fr6ft!'... ne JX!lsts speci~ed b}'.the importing
and to conform with t1ie current phytosanitaryrequiremel1t$;Qfthe im g;!J,ontracttng party, mcludtng those for
quarantine pests.··:--_·..c.•c::."...··_._'~.''''.:~---'••.,;,,.;,....._.....-'',.,-''::'-':•. '''''••.''''. .",.,---""i~-------------"-'P.--:::-"'f;.,....~
.. Placf~ ofissue ...
Name ofInspector'
Name ofAuthorised Officer
Bev Beacham
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