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Forests, Business and Sustainability - Jacki Schirmer, Roamain Pirard, Peter KanowskiPlantation forestry is an increasingly important part of the global forestry industry. In the decade to 2010, global expansion of planted forests averaged five million hectares (ha) annually, mostly through...

Trees on farms to support natural capital: An evidence-based review for grazed dairy systems

ELSEVIER, November 2019- Jacqueline R England, Anthony P O'Grady, Aysha Fleming, Zara Marais, Daniel MendhamIntensification of the dairy industry globally, combined with a changing climate, has placed increased pressure on natural capital assets (and the flow of ecosystem services) on...

Red Hot tips for practical busfire management

Update from State Fire Management Council.Minister Shelton, Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management, has announced the enhanced Red Hot Tips Program....

Tasmanian Forest Industry launches COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing video series

The Tasmanian Forest Industry has released a four-part video series to support mental health and wellbeing within the industry through COVID-19.The videos were created as a collaboration between eight industry organisations and supported by the Tasmanian Government.Click here to view...

Understanding the values behind farmer perceptions of trees on farms to increase adoption of agroforestry in Australia

Agronomy for Sustainable Development, January 2019 - Aysha Fleming, Anthony P O'Grady, Daniel Menham, Jacqueline England, Patrick Mitchell, Martin Moroni, Arthur LyonsAgriculture faces increasing sustainability pressures. Land intensification and degradation, energy use and inputs, complex environmental management, social issues facing...

Understand how trees improve the carbon balance - carbon investing improves your ROI from trees

Many private landowners have expressed a strong interest in using trees to reduce climate impacts by sequestering more carbon.Co-incidentally this carbon investment will increase the economic return from trees on farms which adds to a myriad of other benefits....

Economic Impact of Forestry in New Zealand - Te uru Rakau May 2020

PWC, May 2020 - Te Uru RakauNew Zealand is currently experiencing an increase in forestry as a land-use. This follows a period of rapid planting in the 1990s and early 2000s and a decade of low planting and deforestation since...

How Stephen Clarke can help you capitalise on the extensive benefits of trees

Senior Private Forester Stephen Clarke is a professional Forester (BScFor (Stell) MBA MIFA RPF) with extensive experience. Zimbabwean born, Stephen studied forestry at the University of Stellenbosch, before working in New Zealand and now Tasmania....

Forest Safety Code Review - Have your say on how to keep it relevant to the Tasmanian forest industry

In order to ensure the revised Tasmanian Forest Safety Code continues to be relevant to the Tasmanian Forest Industry PF Olsen Australia is seeking your input. Over the next six months sections of the 2007 Code will be progressively reviewed...

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