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Barakula doomed?

Industry, business fear shut-down after 100 years of robust forest management

By JIM BOWDEN

A SHROUD of fear and incredulity – like the red pall that hovers above a bush fire – drapes Queensland’s western cypress industry as the state government moves to shut down timber operations in the 260,000 ha Barakula forest estate.

Sawmillers, foresters, logging contractors and business leaders live in daily dread over what they believe is a fastapproaching outcome – the shutting down of a centuryold industry by a government capitulating to radical conservationists.

Barakula, 300 km from Brisbane and centred on the town of Chinchilla, has been producing cypress pine and eucalypts under sustainable forest management practices

Shadow over cypress industry.

for more than 100 years.

Once, management of the robust forests was entrusted to around 90 Queensland forest service personnel. Last week the final few – three men and their machinery – were

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made redundant as the state continued its scaling back of activities in the forest.

The forest practices today are recognised by the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), an internationally recognised benchmark for best practice sustainable forest management.

“These bureaucratic decisions have desecrated the life time’s work of the thousands of timber families over 100 years who believed Barakula would continue to produce forest products in perpetuity,” said Tony Moxon, joint managing director of the Moxon Group, a fourth generation business drawing supply from the forest.

“And it all could be lost, simply by a government wishing Cont Page 15

This Issue • Melbourne supply chain seminar • ASIC paper supports plantation investment

the way to go .. but when?

• Passion for wood in carpenter awards • Heather makes history for Hoo-Hoo

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Buyers combing Making forest operations an prior to final bids impact ..

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Gympie touted as HQ option AT least two international companies are discussing resource and supply issues with Queensland sawmillers and processors as the deadline for the sale of the state’s forest plantations draws closer.

Queensland Treasury is giving all prospective buyers access to data relating to the 99-year lease arrangement and has arranged forest inspections and meetings with Forest Plantations Queensland officers.

The government is looking for firm bids by the end of this month for presentation to Cabinet in June.

Industry believes the government is keen to sell the entire plantations estate of 203,000 ha of softwoods and hardwoods to a single buyer.

It is believed the FPQ sale includes 33,000 ha of freehold land.

The assets are expected to fetch more than $500 million.

Meanwhile, political representatives in the Gympie region, 160 km from Brisbane in the centre of the southeast Queensland forest plantations belt, have backed a citizen’s plan to re-locate the head office of the state’s forestry operation to Gympie, 160 km from Brisbane.

State MP David Gibson and Mayor Ron Dyne expressed their support for the plan, put forward by a reader of The Gympie Times, believed to be a former district forester.

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the areas where the impact of their decisions can be directly seen,” Mr Gibson said.

Cr Dyne was also highly supportive.

“Gympie is the capital city of Queensland’s forestry industry and should be where the state’s forest farming enterprise is based,” a reader told the Times last week.

The proposal would be a major boost for the Gympie economy Cont Page 6

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ASIC paper supports protection for forest plantation investment THE plantation industry strongly supports appropriate levels of investor protection as a matter of principle, particularly for retail investors, who comprise the majority of those joining forestry schemes, the chief executive of A3P Richard Stanton said.

He was commenting on the release of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Consultation Paper – Agribusiness managed investment schemes: improving disclosure for retail investors – which has been welcomed by both A3P and the National Association of Forest Industries.

The consultation paper presents for public comment a draft set of ‘disclosure benchmarks’ that ASIC has developed to enhance investor protection

Richard Stanton .. minimising the risk.

for investors in agribusiness managed investment schemes.

This follows similar benchmarks already introduced for investors in unlisted mortgage and property schemes, and unlisted unrated debentures, and is consistent with an undertaking

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ASIC gave to the Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry last year.

Once finalised, these industry benchmarks are intended to apply from early in FY2011.

“Having determined the collapse of the two largest agribusiness companies last year was not caused by the managed investment scheme structure itself, the government has been considering ways to minimise the risk of company failures in the future and the impact on investors if that were to occur,” Richard Stanton said.

NAFI CEO Allan Hansard said government ministers had repeatedly said they wanted to help rebuild confidence in plantation investment through the managed investment scheme structure, and they recognised that the integrity measures embodied in the 2007 statutory tax deduction for retail forestry investments were an important foundation.

“Improving the regulatory framework, such as through effective ASIC benchmarks for the industry, should be another important step.” Mr Hansard said.

A3P and NAFI will now examine and assess the draft disclosure benchmarks in detail and provide ASIC with constructive comments, and will then work with ASIC and retail forestry companies to ensure a workable set of disclosure benchmarks can be implemented in a timely way in the new financial year.

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CoC the way to go .. but when?

Merchants grapple with timeline on certification

By JIM BOWDEN

TIMBER merchant organisations are looking more closely at chain of custody certification systems following seminars on the subject in Sydney and Brisbane.

“Chain of custody is certainly a requirement we are going to pursue on behalf of merchant members,” TABMA chairman Peter Hutchison said.

He was speaking after TABMA’s recent CoC seminar in Sydney addressed by representatives of AFS Ltd, FSC Australia, the EWPAA, and the Green Building Council of Australia [See T&F enews #120].

“The debate can now continue in a more intelligent and positive way,” Mr Hutchison said.

Chain of custody is the unbroken path by which products taken

Timeline .. survey will determine merchant sector’s commitment to chain of custody certification.

from the forest end up with the consumer, passing through all the stages of manufacturing, transportation and distribution.

More and more government projects are demanding a CoC ticket from suppliers and there is increasing pressure from the green building industry for

certification standards to be met in the residential market.

TABMA chief executive Colin Fitzpatrick said he would be sitting down with both certification bodies – AFS and FSC – to discuss the best method for setting up a CoC umbrella scheme within the

organisation for its merchant members.

“But first we have to gauge the intensity of any groundswell of interest out there before we proceed,” Mr Fitzpatrick said.

“AFS and FSC speakers at the seminar urged merchants to prepare now for certification, while the EWPAA, a CoC auditor, suggested we ‘sit it out’ for a few years. However, all agreed CoC was inevitable, eventually.

“The fact is, right now there is no demand for CoC timber from merchants’ customers, so we don’t want to go out halfcocked on this and spend a lot of money too soon.

“Eventually the issue will gain momentum so a full survey Cont Page 9

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Decentralisation ‘important issue’ From Page 2

and would not cost the State Government anything, other than removal expenses, but would save millions because of its convenient location in the heart of most of the state’s forest farming and associated value-adding industries, the reader, who asked to remain anonymous, said.

With the planned sale of Forestry Plantations Queensland, he suggested the relocation of the company’s head office to Gympie should be a condition of the sale.

As well as being a geographical centre for the industry, the region was also home to major employers and valueadding processing operations such as Laminex, Carter Holt

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Harvey and a large exotic pine plantation nursery. The increasingly vacant Main Roads Department building would be one possible source of office space for the move.

Mr Gibson said decentralisation was an important part of Queensland’s future and would rectify a situation where the forestry industry was run from an office in Brisbane “where there isn’t a plantation tree in sight”.

“If the Bligh Government continues to defy the will of the people of Queensland and continue with this sale, they should make it a condition that the new owner establishes a head office in Gympie.

“And [the buyer] should be a Queensland company, not a multi-national.”

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Forestal Arauco back in business after earthquake

MOST of the industrial activities of Forestal Arauco, one of Latin America’s largest forest enterprises, are expected to return to normal this month – less than nine weeks after the massive earthquake and tidal wave hit Chile.

A program schedule for normal operations was sent to the Chilean Securities and Insurance Supervisor by Arauco president and chief executive Matías Domeyko.

But severely damaged port facilities and a huge reconstruction programs that are drawing on local timber production are expected to prevent any major export activity for some months.

According to schedule, by the end of April Arauco’s pulp business should be operating at 70% of its production capacity.

Located in the Los Ríos region, the Valdivia pulp mill (annual production capacity of 550,000 tonnes) has been operating since March 21.

Licancel pulp mill (140,000 annual tonnes), located in the Maule region, should resume operations during the next 10

Matías Domeyko .. production programs back to normal.

days, says the report. Nueva Aldea pulp mill (1 million annual tones), located in the Bío Bío region, should resume some time during April. Located in the same region, Line 1 at Arauco pulp mill (290,000 annual tonnes) should restart this month.

Panel production has returned to full operation and 100% of the production should be reached during April. Located in the Bío Bío region, the MDF production line 1 at Trupan Cholguan facility, producing about 180,000 cub m a year, is operating normally, while MDF

line 2 (about 350,000 cub m) is scheduled to resume operations this week.

Also, the Cholguan hardboard line (60,000 cub m/year) and the Nueval Aldea plywood facility (about 435,000 cubm/year) in the Bío Bío region are operating under normal conditions.

The plywood facility at Horcones (340,000 cub m) in the Bío Bío Region will resume operation during this month.

Arauco says its sawn timber

operations will reach 100% of its production capacity during April. Of the seven saw mills operated by the Celulosa Arauco y Constitución SA subsidiary, Aserraderos Arauco in Chile, six are producing normally and the seventh, Horcones I, is scheduled to reopen during April.

Of the five remanufacturing plants operated by Aserraderos Cont Page 11

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Strong links in timber supply chain Melbourne seminar to ‘stimulate industry thinking’ THE stage is now set for the Victorian timber industry supply chain seminar next month – ‘Connecting the Pieces for Business Success’.

“Registrations are now starting to roll in. Seating is limited and late-comers might miss out,” chief executive of the Timber Merchants Association Peter Roberts said.

Electronic and hard copy flyers setting out the seminar goals, themes, speakers, program and registration details have now been widely distributed.

“So, no excuses for not registering now,” Mr Roberts said.

The special one-day seminar is being jointly hosted by the TMA, the Australian Timber Importers Federation (ATIF) and the Window and Door Industry Council (WADIC) and will be

Reviewing the seminar program .. Peter Roberts, TMA, and John Halkett, ATIF.

held at the Radisson Hotel in Melbourne on Tuesday, May 18.

Mr Roberts said the seminar would appeal to the broad cross-section of companies

and organisations in the timber supply chain, their suppliers, supporters and related businesses and interests.

“The seminar will cover key aspects of the industry

supply chain, together with wider aspects of the business environment, wood-based product marketing and matters related to company-level business success,” he said.

The seminar will also reinforce the goals of TMA and ATIF to assist in growing industry capability, and enhancing competitiveness and commercial success.

“Our aim is to run a seminar that will update current industry issues, stimulate new ways of thinking and reinvigorate industry enthusiasm,” Mr Roberts added.

ATIF technical manager John Halkett said seminar speakers would include leading timber supply chain experts, marketing specialists, technology providers and regulatory authorities.

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REGISTER NOW: Free entry to members of TMA (Vic), ATIF and WADIC This special one-day seminar will cover key aspects of the timber industry supply chain, together with wider aspects of the timber industry’s business environment, wood-based product marketing and matters related to company-level business success.

Top field of speakers representing federal government, FWPA, HIA, transporters, the Canadian and New Zealand forest products industries and many other sectors associated with the timber supply chain.

Seminar speakers will include leading timber supply chain experts, marketing specialists, technology providers and regulatory authorities.

Registration forms available at www.timber.asn.au www.atif.asn.au or www.wadic.org.au ‘The seminar will appeal to the broad cross-section of companies and organisations in the timber supply chain, their suppliers,supporters and related businesses and interests. Leading experts and specialists will cover a range of topics, including the changing nature of housing construction and the

timber industry; product innovation and marketing activity; the ‘drivers’ for change; and the emerging factors that will impact on future timber supply chain business performance’ Peter Roberts, CEO, Timber Merchants Association.

Registration inquiries: Ingrida Matulis on (03) 9875 5000 Email: ingridam@timber.asn.au

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Merchant members have independent audit option From Page 4

of members to assess their commitment is a good idea .. how many want to proceed now or in the short-term and how many want to sit on the fence.”

Mr Fitzpatrick said merchants selling 90% of their timber to the residential market probably wouldn’t need CoC at this time.

But those providing say 5060% to government projects were going to need it sooner.

Seminar participant Michael Swan, managing director of Swan Le Messurier, said many merchants were grappling with the issue of why they were doing it rather than how they were going to do it.

“There is certainly an opportunity for TABMA to drive the CoC agenda for a lot of businesses. There are definite benefits but it’s disappointing we have to face two alternatives, AFS and FSC, rather that one.

“I am sure eventually merchants will gain from CoC. We ourselves are going down the path now to achieve certification.”

A TABMA Queensland CoC seminar in Brisbane last year attracted a big audience of merchants .. “which indicates there is a lot of confusion about how CoC should be applied to businesses,” chief executive Karen Johnston said.

“Questions ranged from ‘would

it be a fad?’, ‘how much would it cost?’, ‘why is it needed?’

“However, as CoC is voluntary and primarily driven by market demand, decisions will rest with the individual circumstances of members.”

Ms Johnston said TABMA Queensland had negotiated a CoC service agreement with the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia.

“This is a great example of associations working together to assist the industry,” she said.

“The first service we now offer is CoC consultation. A trained consultant (a qualified engineer with industry experience) will investigate current systems and assist members in putting together a CoC manual.”

Ms Johnston said that since announcing the service to members less than a month ago, TABMA already had commenced consultation for a number of businesses.

“The second service is independent auditing. EWPAA has told us there are not enough qualified auditors in Australia and, invariably, we anticipate the majority of industry will all want to be certified at once.

“There is now another qualified auditor available so industry stakeholders can contact us for more information.”

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Manual on mixed forestry species ‘must read’ for foresters, students THE Department of Sustainability and Environment has launched the second volume in a planned series of silviculture reference manuals

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Heavier loads lift forest productivity THE Wood Council of NZ says all New Zealanders will benefit from a decision to allow heavier loads on a limited number of roads.

“The amendment by the Ministry of Transport will improve New Zealand’s competitiveness in international forestry markets, while resulting in substantially lower carbon emissions relative to load weights,” president Doug Ducker said.

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TABMA CHAIN OF CUSTODY SEMINAR

Passion for wood shines through in carpenter awards TY TURNER became a carpenter straight out of school because he had a passion for working with wood.

Part of this Launceston building contractor’s passion now is to help his apprentices get a similar appreciation of “one of nature’s greatest inventions”.

Ty was named Tasmanian and National Carpenter of the Year in awards announced last Friday – National Carpenters Day. The six state awards and six state apprentice winners will help raise awareness of the benefits and environmental advantages of using wood as a building material.

National Carpenters Day is promoted by Forest and Wood Products Australia under its Wood. Naturally Better program.

The nation’s best apprentice carpenter is Nicholas Edgerton from the Melbourne suburb of East Bentleigh.

Ty Turner, 32, started Turner Building Contractors in 2001

and his business has already won four Master Builders Association awards and two Housing Industry Association awards.

“I know how important it is to develop the next generation of carpenters so I take pleasure in accepting work experience students into my company and helping them develop the same passion for carpentry that I have,’’ Ty said.

Award judges said apprentice winner Nicholas Edgerton stood out because of his volunteer work in rebuilding some of the homes in Marysville after the Black Saturday bush fires, spending weeks away from home to do so.

“Nick is the first to unpack his gear in the morning and the last to pack up. He takes pride in his work and is always eager to learn. I was really impressed with his extensive knowledge of the trade for his young age,” said employer and nominator Cont Page 13

Massive rebuilding program From Page 7

Arauco in Chile, four are producing normally.

Additionally, Arauco says it will reopen Horcones II saw mill, located in the Arauco community. This facility had been closed down last year because of the international crisis that affected the sector.

According to schedule, this sawmill should begin operations next June with a monthly production capacity of about 14,500 cub m.

Despite consistent aftershocks, things are becoming more stable for many people in

Chile. Severely damaged ports in the Concepcion area are partially functioning again and are processing containers that were registered at the port prior to the earthquake.

In a massive rebuilding program, Aurauco, together with the Chilean Housing Ministry, is working on a master plan for the reconstruction of Constitucion, based on sustainability. The city was devastated by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake on February 27 and a 2 m high tsunami which claimed 350 lives.

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INNOVATION

Plywood prefab modular building has real marketing possibilities for design students IF you’ve ever dreamed of living inside an old air ship like a Zeppelin, then this prefabricated modular home, the Canühome, designed

by George Brown College’s Institute Without Boundaries, Toronto, Canada, is for you.

Founded in 2003, the institute consists of a post-graduate program that teaches collaborative design strategy to professionals from diverse backgrounds, a research division that develops projects around curriculum projects and a commercial division that delivers professional design consultation based on Institute methods.

Well actually, the designers thought it looked more like a canoe, hence the name.

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the appropriate answer is yes, and certainly so with this unique design.

The design is intended for use by young couples, seniors, singles and small families as a starter or finisher home. It has been designed to fit in rear gardens in the city, the suburbs, or rooftops of buildings or in the countryside.

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design is quite ingenious; its shape allows for convective and radiant heating, and the designers proudly announce that “air is a building material”.

The curvature of the structure also channels rain water for capture and use in various applications, and there are plans to incorporate solar collectors to help meet some of the energy needs of the home.

The project has five major goals – to engage the public; to raise public awareness of the impact of housing on the environment; to showcase sustainability; to aid in growing the market for sustainable homes and related products; and to enable the housing industry to more easily move towards sustainable practices.

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FSC Project Certification offers a new benchmark to verify wood sources for green buildings, developments and other projects.

A high standard of verification means building owners and tenants will have the best possible assurance that wood used has come from responsible sources.

Workshop participants will include architects, builders, developers and suppliers wanting to learn about the international project certification standard and how it can be implemented in the Australian market.

The half-day workshop will be led by Sarah McKay, one of the authors of the FSC Project Certification standard who will be visiting Australia from the USA for the workshops.

This workshop offers leaders in environmentally sustainable design andgreen building the opportunity to distinguish themselves through their commitment to responsible wood sourcing.

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The half-day workshop will cover: • How FSC Project Certification fits with green building verification and rating mechanisms.

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Workshop leaders will include: • Sarah McKay (former FSC International Policy Officer and now working with certification body Scientific Certification Systems) • Chris Taylor, PhD student at the Centre for Design, RMIT University • Michael Spencer, CEO FSC Australia

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Barbecues put sizzle in day for carpenters From Page 11

Matthew Swan of Swan Homes.

State winners are Craig Tucker, Winchelsea (Vic), Kelvin Wilson, Cabarita Beach (NSW), Ty Turner, Launceston (Tas), Jason Davies, Camp Hill (Qld, Joel Benton, Hallett Cove (SA), and Adam McArthur, Midland (WA).

Apprentice winners are Thomas Harford, Montrose, and Nicholas Edgerton, Bentleigh East (Vic), Alexander Ognjenovski, Monterey (NSW), David Pollington, Legana (Tas), Jay Spletter, Chermside (Qld), Nick Richards, Port Lincoln (SA), and Darcy Saville, Martin (WA).

Businesses and TAFE colleges are hosting barbecues around Australia to celebrate the day.

Television personality and

carpenter Tom Williams, official ambassador, says being a chippy at heart, he has always loved working with wood.

Carpenter of the year Ty Turner wins a Hitachi Power Tools Mega Pack valued at $2500 and winning apprentice Nicholas Edgerton takes home an Irwin tools pack valued at $850.

FWPA managing director Ric Sinclair said the awards were an initiative to help Australians understand how they can play a part in tackling climate change by using one of the planet’s most natural materials – wood.

“Wood is the most renewable and sustainable material and its increased use can assist in reducing carbon dioxide emissions and provide carbon storage.”

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HOO-HOO: THE NEXT DECADE

Heather makes history for Hoo-Hoo First woman president elected at Melbourne convention

By JIM BOWDEN

SYDNEY timber identity Heather Gattone created Hoo-Hoo history when she was elected new president of Jurisdiction 1V of Hoo-Hoo International at the Melbourne convention on Saturday.

She not only becomes the first female president of J1V – Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and South Africa – but with husband Ron is a partner of the first ever married couple to sit on the HHI board.

Ron Gattone (#99428) was J1V president from 2007-2009 and as vice-president of HooHoo International he will lead a contingent of Aussies to the HHI convention in Souix Falls, South Dakota, in September.

He takes the role of Snark of the Universe in 2011.

In another historic world ‘first’ in Melbourne, three women are now at the top of the J1V tree – Heather Gattone of Sydney Club 215 as president, Val Fennel of Mount Gambier Club 214 as first vice-president and Susan Bennett as on-going J1V secretary.

Heather (#100067) is financial director of Crescent Timber and Hardware at Annandale.

Previously she worked in a financial role at both Crescent and Swadlings Timber and Hardware at Rozelle which is owned and operated by Colin and Gianna Swadling and Danny Gattone.

A Hoo-Hoo member since 2004, Heather and her committee will work to retain and build membership in the movement across the jurisdiction.

“We aim to keep Hoo-Hoo out there working with the timber industry while looking after our committed members and encouraging new ones. Only at our last Sydney meeting we introduced four new members to the club.”

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Flying the flags for Hoo-Hoo are Harvey Strack, Perth, Heather Gattone Sydney, new J1V president, Gary Gamble, Black Bart HooHoo Club, California, USA, Slim Fennell, Mount Gambier Club 214, Susan Bennett, J1V secretary,and Greg Richardson, Mount Gambier Club.

The Gattones have been in the timber merchant business for more than 25 years. Ron and Heather recently celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary with their son and daughter.

A Mossman girl, Heather was born and bed in Sydney while her husband arrived in Australia from Italy when he was eight years old.

Ron was born in the little town of Civitella. His family lived in the mountainous Abruzzo region in southern Italy and in their move to Australia first settled at Ayr in north Queensland where Ron’s father worked as a builder and ran a boarding house for cane cutters.

The convention, with the theme ‘The Next Decade: A Vision for Hoo-Hoo’, welcomed international guests, including world president of HooHoo International Jim Spiers (#97670) of Vancouver Club in Canada, and his wife Judi, who have been visiting clubs in J1V prior to arriving in Melbourne.

The couple live on Vancouver Island and Jim, a retired log

supplier, has worked for many years drawing supply from steep sites with experience in helicopter harvesting and water transport, either floating logs or using barges in rougher seas.

He told a meeting of Mount Gambier Club earlier this month that the Canadian forest economy is much worse than in Australia; several mills have shut down and the local pulp mill has closed but will soon reopen

He said several loggers were bankrupted and dependence on the US market for sales had been hurt by the Canadian dollar’s parity with the Greenback.

“But industry survivors that modernise should have a good future,” Jim said.

On the subject of Hoo-Hoo International, he outlined new ideas such as “educating the educators”, and he especially praised local projects in Australia, such as the Hoo-Hoo Pavilion at Umpherston Cave and the Hoo-Hoo Lookout.

Mount Gambier club members presented Jim with a red gum hand saw made by a local artisan.

The Melbourne J1V convention at Rydges Hotel from April 15 to 18 attracted the magical number of 99 Hoo-Hoo delegates, swelled by VIP guests and industry supporters.

Bookings for the convention’s industry bus tour last Friday filled quickly and 50 participants inspected Corinthian Doors and pallet manufacturing at Dormit Industries, both at Dandenong, Tilling Timber at Kilsyth and Bowens Timber and Hardware, North Melbourne.

Report and pictures, next issue.

Mount Gambier Club 214 president Maurie Drewer (left) presents HHI world president Jim Spiers with a red gum hand saw.

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Senate inquiry submissions point to folly of locking up managed forests From Page 1

to court green preferences in populace southeast Queensland suburbs.”

Mr Moxon added: “And what is just as shameful is that government foresters in Brisbane who believe shutting down Barakula is wrong on scientific grounds have been gagged by the Premier’s Department.”

Supporting this science, is a recent Senate inquiry into native vegetation laws, greenhouse gas abatement and climate change measures that has received submissions pointing out the folly of locking up well managed natural forests simply for political expediency.

A submission by Barakula local Dale Stiller supported by local councillors, sawmillers, foresters and land management experts challenges the value in locking up Barakula; it would create a fire risk of Black Saturday proportions and leave biodiversity unprotected.

The history of national parks in Queensland shows active forest management other than for restricted areas to cater for tourist and recreational purposes is virtually zero Timber Queensland says industry acknowledges and supports proper, sustainable forest management and has been increasing its dependence on plantation forests to avoid high conservation native forests.

But it is concerned about the government’s intention with respect to Barakula.

“This forest is not some untouched wilderness,” chief executive Rod McInnes said.

“It has been managed for more than 100 years to produce both cypress and hardwood, has a comprehensive roading

Tony Moxon (left) with Jim Wangmann at the Chinchilla cypress mill which draws 100% of its product from the Barakula forest.

system for both management and fire control and still meets the international criteria of the PEFC.” Mr McInnes said the timber processing industry was negotiating with the state government to reach a longterm balance between wood supply and conservation outcomes.

“The current arrangements in Barakula are meeting this need admirably,” he said.

“Industry remains disappointed that the government refuses to engage in a broader scientific debate on Barakula and seems content to shut down forest activity in this indisputably well managed forest while allowing mining and gas exploration to continue.

“The government appears to be practicing double standards on this issue.”

Before and after World War 2, forestry staff numbers at Barakula were in excess of 100 and the current forest estate is a worthy memorial to those who made this great effort. The local timber industry has been one of the backstays of the country towns in the region such as Chinchilla, Miles,Taroom and Jandowae.

Charlie Hazard, a forest worker

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made redundant after working more than 40 years as a bulldozer driver in Barakula, says his main concern about a forest lockup is the deterioration of the fire breaks he has worked hard to maintain.

‘This forest is not some untouched wilderness – Rod McInnes “There just won’t be enough man power, so we might see a lot of cypress trees lost in bushfires,” he said.

He says the forest is as rich and productive as the day he started work there.

The main species of commercial timber harvested at Barakula are cypress and eucalypts. Of the eucalypts, spotted gum, narrow leaf and broad leaf ironbarks are the principal species. These species are well suited to sustainable forest management.

As well as its prime timber qualities, cypress is a species that regenerates well as long as it is kept free of fires; it has very good form which assists in maximising sawn recovery and responds well to harvesting and silvicultural treatment.

The principal eucalypt species

growing at Barakula are slow growing dense hardwoods.

These species readily regenerate and respond positively to harvesting and silvicultural treatment. They are tolerant of fire and indeed fire promotes regeneration.

One of the fortuitous advantages of the Barakula state forest as it stands is the naturally occurring mosaic of cypress and eucalypt forests.

While there are areas of cypress-eucalypt mixed forest, there are much larger areas of almost pure cypress or pure eucalypt forest.

The advantage of this situation is that the eucalypt forests were regularly burnt to reduce fuel build-up and foster regeneration. These regularly burnt forests in turn provided fire protection to the cypress forests, which are very sensitive to fire.

The history of national parks in Queensland shows conclusively that active forest management other than for restricted areas to cater for tourist and recreational purposes is virtually zero.

Roading systems are allowed to revert to scrub and very little controlled burning is done.

Fuel build-up eventually will lead to fire which in the case of Barakula could destroy 100 years of sustainable forest management in a few days.

The fact that Barakula has been producing timber for more than a century is surely proof that the management regime imposed on this area has not endangered the ecosystem.

If the forest has been successfully managed on a sustainable basis for 100 years why not for another 1000 years?

The fact that it meets the standards for national park status confirms the success of past management.

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An assessment of the standing timber, product range and approximate value was undertaken on the western portion 107 LX 2421 in March last year.

In preparation for the assessment, aerial photos were procured, the regional ecosystems overlayed, proposed strip lines considered and their GPS points down loaded to gain a representative sample of various forest types.

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Management units were identified and mapped by assessing the consistency of the forest in relation to species mix and productivity. The strip data was then extrapolated to give a per hectare figure of available volume and extrapolated over the unit area.

Professional report indicates value of timber at $307,000 as at February 09, rising to $788,000 in 8-9 years.

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