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There has never been a better time to plant trees

15 Oct 2020

There is a global shortage of timber, and farmers are the key to delivering the commercially viable resource of the future. In fact, the global demand for timber is expected to quadruple by 2050 (The World Bank, 2016). Within Australia...
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Tasmanian Forest Safety Code Review

15 Oct 2020

The Forest Safety Code (Tasmania) (the Code) provides practical guidance on how to manage risks in the Tasmanian forest industry. The code has been preserved as an approved code of practice under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012. Last...
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Report on sustainable systems of dairy production

15 Oct 2020

Department of Primary Industries, April 2003 - PR BirdSustainable systems of dairy production - a review of water quality, biodiversity, soil salinity/acidity, farm forestry, shade/shelter and productivity issues, and the likely impact on these of revegetation of dairy farm.View full...
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Modelling Financially Optimal Afforestation and Forest Management Scenarios Using a Bio-Economic Model

15 Oct 2020

Scientific Research Publishing, January 2016 - Mary Ryan, Cathal O'Donoghue, Henry PhillipsThe expansion of non-industrial private forests (NIPF) in Ireland is unique in the European context in which the almost doubling of forest cover within the last thirty years has...
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Socio-economic impacts of the forest industry

15 Oct 2020

University of Canberra - EconSearch ,May 2018 - Jacki Schirmer, Mel Mylek, Anders Magnusson, Brigitta Yabsley, Julian MorisonThe forest industry in Australia contributes to jobs and economic activity in many communities.During the last decade, there has been little information on...
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Plantations and sustainable rural communities

15 Oct 2020

ANU Forestry, University Western Australia, January 2003 - Jacki Schirmer, Mathew TontsTree plantations are often hailed as providing a wide range of economic, social and environmental benefits to rural regions.Yet in many of the regions where plantations have been established,...
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Windbreaks: Their influence and value

15 Oct 2020

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1911 - Carlos G BatesAn in-depth study of the benefits of wind breaks and how they have developed over the years, from early settlement to the twenty first century, by Carlos G Bates – Forest Assistance...
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Climate futures for Tasmania

15 Oct 2020

Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems CRC, December 2010 - Corney SP, Katzfey JJ, McGregor JL, Grose MR, Bennett JC, White CJ, Holz GK, Gaynor SM, Bindoff NLThe Climate Futures for Tasmania research project is Tasmania’s most important source of climate change...
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Modelling the costs and benefits of Agroforestry systems

15 Oct 2020

CSIRO, November 2018 - Daniel MendhamIntegrating trees into agricultural production systems can provide a range of benefits that may add substantial value to farm enterprises. Here, the Imagine bioeconomic model was applied to agroforestry systems at four sites in Tasmania.The...
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Plantations and social conflict: exploring the differences between small-scale and large-scale plantation forestry

15 Oct 2020

February 2007 - Jacki SchirmerCommercial afforestation of agricultural land is often associated with social conflict over the perceived environmental, economic and social impacts of the plantations being established. One of the most common solutions suggested to this conflict is a...