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Project update for the Forest Safety Code review conducted by PF Olsen Australia

15 Oct 2020

Since the end of August, the project manager PF Olsen Australia, has reviewed the responses received to the Preliminary Draft of the revised Forest Safety Code (Tasmania)....
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A report on the effect of shelter on temperate crops: a review to define research for Australian conditions

15 Oct 2020

Department of Agronomy and Farming Systems, University Adelaide, I K NubergThe fact that the shelter created by windbreaks can have a significant, positive effect on crop production is supported by eight decades of research from many countries around the world....
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Rob Smith offers his expertise to advance Tasmania and help the planet at the same time

15 Oct 2020

Originally from the UK, Rob Smith has been a Private Forester with PFT for the last 15 years. Bringing his passion for forests and the outdoors to PFT, Rob was in similar roles in Northern New South Wales and before...
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Fifteen years of the joint venture Agroforestry Program

15 Oct 2020

Australian Government Initiative, June 2009 - John PowellThe aim of this report is to increase public awareness of the role, value and potential of farm forestry and agroforestry and to highlight the importance of focussed national research and development.It highlights...
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Market for Plantation Grown Wood: Where we're at and where we're going

15 Oct 2020

As we continue to see the impacts of COVID-19 across the forestry sector, many aspects of our lives and jobs are put on pause as we take a considered approach on the best path forward. Despite this global pandemic, it...
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Sorting the wood from the trees

15 Oct 2020

Outback Magazine - Mark MullerA group of Victorian landholders are bringing new ideas to old plantations, and driving the rise of sugar gum as a fine timber.Andrew Lang a Victorian farmer has introduced sugar gum trees into his property to...
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A guide to buying plantation species seedlings webinar recording available

15 Oct 2020

On the 2nd of September, Private Forest Tasmania (PFT) hosted another virtual webinar in response to stakeholder feedback to ensure continued communications with stakeholders during the current worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.The Webinar recording and presentation documents are now available for viewing...
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Institute Of Foresters Of Australia Seeks Public Apology From UTas Over Retracted Paper

15 Oct 2020

Media Release, 31 August 2020The professional association representing some 1,000 forest scientists, researchers and professional forest land managers will be seeking an apology from the University of Tasmania after a paper suggesting forestry harvesting activities make forests more bushfire prone...
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Promises and perils of plantation forestry

15 Oct 2020

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

15 Oct 2020

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...