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• Australian Hardwood Drying Best Practice Manual Part 1

  This manual is a set of operations established and conducted to achieve high grade results in product quality and recovery, flexibility, innovation, cost, and competitiveness, through the coop... Read More

• Comparing the biodiversity impacts of timber and other building materials

  Building codes in Australia and other countries are increasing their environmental sustainability requirements; life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies will play a prominent role in shaping ... Read More

• Contribution of CAR reserves to mature-forest biodiversity in production forest landscapes

  Australia’s National Forest Policy is based on a forest biodiversity conservation strategy that relies on a network of CAR (comprehensive, adequate and representative) reserves and complementa... Read More

• Determining the economics of processing plantation eucalypts for solid timber products

  This project assessed the economics of processing plantation eucalypts of known origin using current industry-standard equipment and procedures and identified the factors most directly affecti... Read More

• Eucalypt Plantations for Solid Wood Products in Australia – A Review. ‘If you don’t prune it, we can’t use it’

  This review explores influences and impediments to profitably process plantation hardwood resource over time. For this study, solid wood products include natural rounds, sawn timber and veneer... Read More

• Fertilisation and forest health: preventing or offsetting biotic leaf loss in eucalypt plantations

  The project developed tools to be used by managers of Eucalyptus globulus plantations to prevent or offset the effects of defoliation events on plantation productivity. The role of fertilising... Read More

• Impact of sapwood and the properties and market utilisation of plantation and young hardwoods: Executive Summary and Literature Review (PART A)

  The hardwood processing industry in Australia can no longer rely on milling native forest logs and must increasingly look to plantation timbers. For this transition to be successful, more need... Read More

• Improvement of Hardwood Drying Schedules

  This project updates the KilnSched drying model to allow more accurate modelling of the drying behaviour of regrowth blackbutt, jarrah, messmate, spotted gum, alpine ash and Victorian ash. The... Read More

• Rapid screening of commercial forestry species to Uredo rangelii (myrtle rust) and distinguishing U. rangelii from Puccinia psidii (guava rust)

  Myrtle rust (Uredo rangelii) was detected on 23 April 2010 on a cut flower growing property on the central coast of NSW. Myrtle rust is a fungal species that has been described as part of the ... Read More

• Sorting plantation Eucalyptus nitens logs with acoustic wave velocity

  This project evaluated Acoustic wave velocity (AWV) as a direct measure of wood stiffness using two age classes (8 years and 13–15 years) of Eucalyptus nitens. Standing trees and felled logs w... Read More

• The effect of solid-wood silviculture on growth, form and wood properties in Eucalyptus plantations: an Australian perspective

  Thinning, pruning and fertiliser application are important silvicultural treatments used in eucalyptus plantations. This research project investigated the growth and physiological responses, a... Read More

• The potential to recover higher value veneer products from fibre managed plantation eucalypts and broaden market opportunities for this resource. Part A and Part B

  Tasmanian forests are predicted to produce over 2,000,000 cubic metres of pulp grade hardwood logs annually, largely from unpruned, unthined plantations currently managed for fibre production.... Read More

• Timber in multi-residential, commercial and industrial building: Recognising opportunities and constraints

  This report explores the potential increased use of timber and wood products in building construction, particularly in the growing multi-residential (i.e. units, hotels, etc.), commercial (i.e... Read More