Resources
The Resources category covers research projects such as forest policy, growth and yield modelling, wood quality, forest health management, silviculture, water use, soil quality, plant disease, tree genetics, tree breeding and resource evaluation.
Major issues include forest management strategies for climate change and maximising the greenhouse advantages of forest products.
A key goal is to increase industry profitability and ensure efficient use of inputs throughout the industry’s value chain.
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Benchmarking the wood properties of radiata pine plantations: Tasmania - Summary Report
This project sought to identify the major sources of variation in wood properties affecting structural lumber recoveries across Tasmania (within and between sites) in crops within 10 years of ... Read More -
Pesticides in Plantations - The use of chemical pesticides by the Australian plantation forest industry - Summary Report
To extend the understanding of the use of chemical pesticides in the plantation forest industry, this study reviewed and assessed the: Regulatory controls at Federal, State and local Govern... Read More -
ESTR Database Contents and Usage Summary Report
The primary objective was to establish a database of eucalypt species trials in Australia, of known genetic and silvicultural history, that may be available for future research studies related... Read More -
Scenarios for selected timber markets
While timber supply is rather predictable, the future use of timber in society is subject to a wide range of influences. This project explored the major forces of change driving timber supply ... Read More -
Socioeconomic impacts of plantation forestry - information booklet
This information booklet summarises the key findings of a recent study conducted by the Bureau of Rural Sciences, examining socioeconomic impacts of the plantation sector in the Great Southern... Read More -
Regional Scale, Spatially Explicit Quantification of Plantation Forest Water Use
This project tested a method to enable regional scale, spatial and temporal quantification of water use of plantations and other land uses in the Green Triangle based on remote sensing of vege... Read More -
Evaluation and Validation of Canopy Laser Radar Systems for Native and Plantation Forest Inventory: Summary Report
Research into using Lidar technologies to characterise forest structure has increased rapidly. However, the use of such technologies to assist commercial forest inventory operations has not ye... Read More -
Breeding Radiata Pine to Maximise Profit from Solid Wood Production: Summary Report
To develop breeding objectives for pine solid wood production this project defined the production system for pine solid wood production; defined breeding objectives through literature review a... Read More -
Variation in Wood Properties of Plantation-Grown Eucalyptus dunnii Relevant to Solid-Wood Products
This study evaluated possible low-cost methods of assessing solid-wood value of plantation- grown E. dunnii trees using the tangential shrinkage properties of fixed-height increment cores. It ... Read More -
Towards the Development of Heartwood-free Eucalypts
This project was directed at exploring opportunities to use molecular tools to enhance permeability of heartwood in eucalypt stems. The research focused on the molecular basis of tylosis forma... Read More
