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Re-think needed on forest carbon

This Issue • ‘High conservation value’ term questioned • PEFC leader to head CoC seminar series

.. and workshops say forest managers should be proactive on climate change

“It is important that forest managers are prepared so that any adverse risks or positive opportunities can be carefully managed as part of an adaptation response,” he said.

[The Gillard government’s climate deal is expected to calm business concerns about an uncertain transition].

The climate change workshops, so far attended by about 150 forest growers, landholders, farmers, planners, researchers and natural resource management professionals in Bunbury, WA, Mount Gambier,

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AS the multi-party climate change committee in Canberra agrees on a switch from a carbon tax to an ETS by 2015, scientists and the forest industry are engaged in workshops in all states to assess the impact of climate change on the plantations sector.

Mick Stephens, strategic policy manager at the Australian Forest Products Association, who is speaking at the workshops alongside senior CSIRO scientists involved in adaptation research, says there should be a proactive rather than reactive approach to managing the risks of climate change.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Commercial tree growers left out of carbon design The Victorian Association of Forest Industries, representing the interests of the Victorian timber Industry

Victorian Association of Forest Industries Level 2, 2 Market Street Melbourne 3000 Tel: +61 3 9611 9000 Fax: +61 3 9611 9011 Email: info@vafi.org.au Web: www.vafi.org.au

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THE design of the Gillard government’s proposed carbon farming initiative (CFI) will severely limit opportunities for commercial forest growers to make a real contribution to greenhouse gas abatement.

A submission on the CFI lodged by the Australian Forest Products Association claims the CFI unfairly and inappropriately restricts opportunities for commercial forestry to provide abatement by including key forestry activities in the ‘negative list’.

“This is a huge missed opportunity for the CFI to generate low-cost abatement,” AFPA transitional CEO Allan Hansard said.

“It was extremely disappointing that the country’s only truly carbon positive industry sector would be virtually excluded from the initiative.

“If allowed to participate meaningfully in the CFI, the forest industry could sequester an additional 12 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2020, yet it has been almost fully excluded.”

Mr Hansard said the ‘negative list’ was arbitrary, subjective and was not underpinned by due process, a legal framework, or even scientific evidence.

“The list duplicates other areas of the law on policy issues that are unrelated to carbon abatement, such as water, fire and natural resource management,” he said.

“These matters are adequately and appropriately dealt with in other legislative instruments and should not be regulated by way of the CFI. “The government has bowed to pressure following spurious and unsubstantiated claims that trees will take over the

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landscape and has excluded commercial forestry from the CFI. Meanwhile, the government has claimed that the CFI will be good for forest growers.

“The bias against commercial forestry is so apparent that it is consciously misleading of the government to make such statements.

“The approach adopted by the government with the CFI is also contrary to its position in support of forestry activities as part of the international REDD+ initiative, further suggesting that domestic politics may have been allowed to distort sciencebased solutions.

“AFPA looks forward to working with the government in the design of the carbon price mechanism so that the forest industry – Australia’s only carbon-positive sector – can reach its potential in removing carbon from the atmosphere.”

The 2011 Timber Industry Dinner, incorporating the TABMA Awards, will be held in Sydney on Friday, October 28, at Doltone House – Darling Island Wharf.

The dinner will be supported by TDA NSW, the Furnishing Industry Association of Australia, the NSW Forest Products Association, the Timber Trade Industrial Association, WADIC, the Australian Timber Importers Federation, TABMA Australia, and WoodSolutions Invitations will be sent out early in September.

Contact us on Sydney – (02) 9277 3100 Adelaide – 0407 102 244 Perth – 0414 908 465 Brisbane – (07) 3254 3166 Hobart – 0407 102 244

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PEFC leader to head seminar series on chain of custody certification A GLOBAL update on forest certification will be presented to sawmillers, timber merchants and senior executives of industry and government organisations at a series of PEFC stakeholder breakfast seminars in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane this month.

Keynote speaker Ben Gunneberg, secretary-general of the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), will focus on wood and wood products chain of custody certification.

The seminars will be introduced by the executive director of Australian Forestry Standard Ltd Kayt Watts. Victorian Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh will join the panel at the Melbourne seminar on July 14 at the Amora Hotel Riverwalk.

Peter Walsh .. addressing Melbourne seminar.

Ben Gunneberg .. focusing on chain of custody.

The Sydney seminar will be at the Pullman at Sydney Olympic Park at Homebush on July 12, with the Brisbane seminar at Novotel Hotel on July 14.

Chain of Custody certification enables certified material to be

tracked from the forest to the final product.

“With increasing demand for products from responsibly managed forests, business interest in chain of custody certification along the timber

value chain is soaring,” says Kayt Watts.

“Concerned consumers, retailers, investors, communities, governments, and other groups increasingly want assurances that by buying and consuming these products they are making positive social and environmental contributions”.

Now with about 30 endorsed national certification systems and more than 220 million ha of certified forests, PEFC is the world’s largest forest certification system.

Each national forest certification system undergoes rigorous third-party assessment against PEFC’s unique sustainability benchmarks to ensure consistency with international requirements.

The 2011 conference has been specifically scheduled to coincide with Parliamentary sitting week to maximise engagement opportunities with MPs. It is highly recommended that interested conference attendees to make travel arrangements early, as flights and accommodation are difficult to secure during Parliamentary sitting weeks.

Associated workshops and meetings will be held on September 13 and 15.

Registrations open soon.

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Celebrate innovation and advances in forestry, wood products and design just before the international rugby starts on 9 September. Be part of the forestry and wood processing revolution. If you have anything to do with wood you and your company must be there.

Book your place and get more information, www.fi2011.co.nz The PF Olsen Forest Industries Expo 2011 will showcase the latest equipment, technology and systems from New Zealand and around the world, to an international audience. You can book to attend or register for a display site indoors or outdoors through www.fi2011.co.nz The BNZ Forest Industries Tech Clinics will feature 14 practical and independent clinics that will cover every facet of the forestry sector, from new tools for improving efficiencies in forest management through to the very latest in timber design, construction and building practices. For more information go to www.fi2011.co.nz.

The BNZ Forest Industries Conference on 7 September will focus on innovation and design in timber construction following the tragic earthquakes in Japan and Christchurch (2011), Haiti (2010), Chile (2010) and Italy (2009).

International speakers will cover recent major advances in design, technology and construction. For more information go to www.fi2011.co.nz

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events

WHAT’S ON?

JULY

7: HIA Industry Outlook Luncheon, HIA Home Ideas Centre, 28 Collie Street, Fyshwick ACT. Contact (02) 6285 7300.

13-14: Carbon Forestry 2011.

Key investment drivers and future business opportunities.

Auckland, NZ. Visit www. carbonforestryevents.com 19-20: FTMA Australia National Conference, Newcastle. Join FTMA Australia members on Tuesday, July 29, and network over golf at the Newcastle Golf Club and other activities. Wednesday, July 20,FTMA Australia AGM prior to conference commencing at 10am.

21-22: Reinventing Wood. Pine Manufacturers Association and Wood Processors Association joint annual conference.

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, NZ. Participate and learn how industry intends to position itself, post-Canterbury earthquakes.

Reinventing Wood aims to lift the focus of participants from commodity production to highvalued manufactured and branded timber solutions in domestic and export markets. Strong emphasis on the potential for re-creating Christchurch with innovative wooden building. Registration form: www.pine.net.nz/annualconference/registration-2001 Program www.pine.net.nz/annualconferenceprogramme-2001.

Contact: NZPMA. Tel: +64 3 544 1086. Email: info@pine.net.nz Visit: www.pine.net.nz 26-28: Malaysia Timber Council seminars, Melbourne (InterContinential Hotel, Tuesday, July 26) and Sydney (Marriott Sydney Harbour Hotel, Thursday, July 28). Join the Malaysia timber

industry contingent, lead by the Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok and CEO of MTC for an update on industry on policy and business development in the Malaysian timber industry. There will be no charge to attend the seminars, but prior registration will be necessary.

Inquiries: John Halkett (02) 9356 3826. Email: john.halkett@bigpond. com or John Bagley (02) 9487 2776. Email: bagleys2@gmail.com

SEPTEMBER 2: Women of Timber High Tea. Curvee Lounge, The Sofitel, Brisbane. The aim of the event is to gather as many women of industry, representing a variety of roles and organisational sectors, to get together and share their knowledge, experience and ideas.

Ticket price $55 p.p. (inc. gst).

RSVP August 26. Tel: (07) 3254 3166. Email: karen@tabma.com.au 5, 6, 8: WoodSolutions 2011.

Bringing together leading international and Australasian exponents of timber design.

Adelaide (Monday September 5), Intercontinental Adelaide, North Terrace. Sydney (Tuesday, September 6), Sydney Marriott Hotel, College Street. Melbourne (Thursday, September 8), The Windsor Hotel, Spring Street. Visit www.woodsolutions2011.com.au 5-7: NZ Forest Industries Expo 2011. Venue: Rotorua Energy Events Centre, Rotorua. Forest industry leaders and companies from across the world are booking their tickets to participate in the expo (FI2011) and make the most of the 2011 Rugby World Cup while they’re there. Exhibition sites have already been booked by a number of NZ and Australian companies, and inquiries being received from Canada, China, Vietnam and

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Austria. The expo will showcase the best that Rotorua, the wider Bay of Plenty region and the rest of New Zealand has to offer when it comes to forestry and wood products. Contact: Dell Bawden.

Email: office@bawden.co.nz Website site: fi2010.co.nz 6-7: BNZ Forest Industries Tech Clinics 2011. Rotorua, NZ www. forestevents.co.nz 7: BNZ Forest Industries 2011 Conference: Innovative products, designs and new developments for timber building. Rotorua, NZ. www.forestevents.co.nz

October 16-19: SilviLaser 2011. University of Tasmania, Hobart. Visit www. silvilaser2011.com 21-23: Timber & Working with Wood Show. Melbourne Showgrounds, Epsom Road, Ascot Vale. Contact: (02) 9974 1393. Fax: (02) 9974 3426, Email: info@eee. net.au 31-2 (Nov): 5th International Woodfibre Resources & Trade Conference. Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore.

Contact Pamela Richards on 61 3 5781 0069. Visit www. woodfibreconference.com

NOVEMBER 8-11: IUFRO Forest Health Joint Meetings. Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. Organised by the National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) in Uruguay, the University of Uruguay (UDELAR) and the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO). Motivated by the massive development of the forestry sector in several countries in South America.Visit www. iufrouruguay2011.org

Australia’s forest, wood, pulp and paper products industry now has a stronger voice in dealings with government, the community and in key negotiations on the industry’s future, as two peak associations have merged to form a single national association.

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has been formed through the merger of the Australian Plantations Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P) and the National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI).

AFPA was established to cover all aspects of Australia’s forest industry: - Forest growing; - Harvest and haulage; - Sawmilling and other wood processing; - Pulp and paper processing; and - Forest product exporting.

For more information on the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) or to enquire about membership , please call (02) 6285 3833.

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Talking forests and climate change in Brisbane .. Mick Stephens, strategic policy manager, AFPA (left) with Dr Melissa Green, social and behavioural scientist, CSIRO, Dr Libby Pinkard, senior research scientist, CSIRO, and Dr Don White, group leader, forest systems, CSIRO.

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SA, and Brisbane, have focused on the implications of climate change on commercial forests and opportunities for the plantation sector.

“Changes in temperature, rainfall and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can have both positive and negative implications for plantation forests, depending on their geographic location,” says Mick Stephens.

“Forest managers have a range of options for managing these impacts, including site selection, choice of species, spacing and thinning of trees, and fire management among other factors.”

The workshops, supported by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and CSIRO, will continue this month in Tumut, NSW, Traralgon, VIC, and Hobart.

Many Australians are still unconvinced that attaching a price on carbon emissions is the best way forward. For many, the fear of lost jobs and a potential loss in international

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competitiveness outweighs any possible benefits the country can make to mitigating the effects of climate change.

The question is why should Australia be compelled to act on carbon when major trading partners, the USA, Japan and China, have not?

New Zealand has also been facing many of the same problems as Australia. However, it has taken the first step and has gained international recognition for its ETS. Of the 30-plus emissions trading schemes operating around the world, New Zealand’s ETS is leading the way with its close integration to the forestry sector. The forestry estate is critical for New Zealand to meet its emissions targets, under the Kyoto Protocol.

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TIMBER PRESERVATION

The scramble for consumer confidence

By ROBIN DOWDING*

IT is interesting – and unfortunately inevitable – that we see the treated timber industry scrambling now for cover over the issues of quality and durability in service (T&F enews #177).

With the demise of TUMA came the spectre of industry control to assure the market of consistency in quality. But there is nothing new here. Industry has been there and done that more times than I can poke a treated stick at.

On each occasion at meetings held years ago, everybody agreed on the concept of industry self control. But that was where it stopped. Reason?

It costs money and nobody wanted to pay.

As I recall, the preservative suppliers were united in being prepared to supply the administrative knowledge and technical know-how, to run such a scheme. But that would have incurred a small surcharge on preservative supplies (not unlike other countries).

The offer was seriously discussed in many meetings at Timber House in Brisbane, but never taken up. Now the pigeons are coming home to roost and the market is starting to dictate terms, big time.

As one who was instrumental in helping pioneer the treated pine industry back in the early 80s, my thoughts concur entirely with references to a slackening in quality control.

In those early days we had the services of the Forestry police

force to ensure all parties, timber treaters, sawmillers and resellers complied with the Timber Utilisation and Marketing Act. The Queensland Timber Treaters Group was made up of all stakeholders in the industry who met on a regular basis to thrash out differences, suggest improvements and work with Forestry.

By the mid-80s, newcomers were entering the industry with a different agenda to the early pioneers. They saw a rising market as a cash cow. So they wanted profit, plenty of it and quickly. This led to strong

competition and the inevitable price-cutting – a road many a product has travelled.

Next to suffer was treatment quality. Corners were cut to get the next sale.

I’m not suggesting for a moment that all producers went down this track; many have weathered the storm without compromising on quality or service. But it is fair to say that the number of timber treatment companies and sawmillers who have gone out of business in the last few years bears testimony to hard times, competitive markets and desperate measures to counter

them.

Now we witness a scramble to restore consumer confidence.

Let us hope that treated timber industry can get the quality right and consumer confidence back. It’s a big ask and it will need a lot of effort and money, not to mention a formidable marketing task needed to win the battle. * Robin Dowding, a former sales and marketing manager with Koppers Hickson, has more than 30 years’ experience in the timber preservation industry.

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FWpA

2011 seMinArs TechnicAl ToolS FoR you FWPA’s R&D Works seminars are part of an ongoing initiative designed to deliver technical research and solutions. Seminars will be held throughout 2011 in all major forestry regions.

BrisBAne, tHursDAY 7 JuLY 2011 topic

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Energy Management Tools (Solid Wood Initiative)

Marco Lausberg

A review of the potential impact of VOC emissions on the future market share for engineered wood products (CSIRO)

roger Meder

Guide to the specification, installation and use of preservative treated engineered wood products (EWPAA)

simon Dorries

Assessing cants to maximise outturn of structural timber (Solid Wood Initiative)

Marco Lausberg

Building with timber in bushfire-prone guide (TDA NSW)

Andrew Dunn

Measurement of formaldehyde and other emissions from wood panels using the 1m3 chamber and desiccator test methods (EWPAA)

simon Dorries

Growth response of late age thinning of sub-tropical plantations (CRC Forestry)

Kevin Glencross

Kiln drying: Dynamic kiln scheduling and reduction of post drying conditioning time (Solid Wood Initiative)

Marco Lausberg

Handbook for effective and productive community engagement (CRC Forestry)

Melanie Dare

Best practise guidelines: Drying, gluing & finger jointing, priming & painting, timber machining and saw doctoring (Solid Wood Initiative)

Marco Lausberg

Predicting internal wood qualities with NIR (CRC Forestry)

Geoff Downes

Effective use of LiDAR in forest management (CRC Forestry)

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ENGINEERED WOOD

Product certification on the agenda .. EWPAA quality council members conferring in Brisbane are Brendan Smith, assistant mill manager, Juken New Zealand, Gisborne, NZ (EWPAA president), Jim Zacharin, Cabinet Timbers, Moorabbin, Vic, and Ross Lilley, Koala Furniture International, Bayswater, Vic.

Keeping an eye on EWPAA product certification codes

MEMBERS of the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia’s quality council met in Brisbane recently to monitor EWPAA product certification programs.

The EWPAA JAS-ANZ accredited product certification scheme is an industry-wide product certification based on the requirements of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) Type 5 system. This system requires that a production facility maintains a documented process control system, conducts in-mill end product testing and has rigorous internal

audit procedures.

The EWPAA laboratory in Brisbane became a registered National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) laboratory in 1969. In 1994, the EWPAA quality control program was registered by NATA as a quality managed system under ISO 9002.

The highest level of independence and credibility was achieved in 1996 when the program was directly accredited by the joint accreditation system – Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) – as a product certification program.

Talking quality control .. David Henderson of D&R Henderson, Windsor, NSW, Simon Dorries, EWPAA general mangager, Frank Moretti, industry consultant, Diamond Creek, Vic, and Paul Neilson, Queensland Department of Public Works and Housing, Brisbane.

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EVENTS

Kingswood king of the road for Hoo-Hoo

Variety Club charity run raises funds for needy children BRISBANE Hoo-Hoo Club 218 has joined the Variety Club’s annual Bush Bash car rally to raise funds for needy children and carry the timber industry’s service message across thousands of kilometres of coastal and outback Queensland.

• Launching the charity run at Thora Wholesale Timbers in Brisbane last week are David Harris (owner of the competing 1977 Holden Kingswood), codriver Wayne Williams and HooHoo Club 218 members Don Towerton, Alan Jones (club president), who is participating in the event, and Jim Bowden.

The three drivers will join 500 motorists on a 3000 km journey starting at Harvey Bay in Queensland on July 18 and finishing at Gympie on July 27.

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years old. Monies raised by the Variety Club of Queensland will help support sick, disabled and disadvantaged children.

The Kingswood driving team will hand out Hoo-Hoo brochures along the way.

Over the years, Brisbane Club 218 has raised more than $1 million in cash and provided

thousands of dollars worth of timber building materials for children’s charities.

President of Brisbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218 Alan Jones points out the service organisation’s black cat logos that are attached to the club’s 1977 Holden Kingswood entry in the Variety Club of Queensland’s annual Bush Bash children’s charity drive.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Reserves: committee seeks definition on the term ‘high conservation value’ A LEGISLATIVE Council committee investigating Tasmania’s transition out of native forests has recommended that no more reserves be created until an agreed definition on the term “high conservation value” is reached.

It also called for the conservation value of all native forests be determined before a transition out of the sector is finalised.

The committee has no power to implement its findings, but committee chairman Greg Hall says it would bear heavily on the minds of upper house members when they consider legislative changes.

The committee has urged the Tasmanian government to suspend the forestry peace talks until social and economic factors are considered.

A statement of principles was signed last year by environmental groups, industry bodies and unions, and agreed to protect large swathes of native forests and to create a plantation-fed pulp mill.

It remains to be seen how the principles will be rolled out, despite the early release of a draft “agreement” between parties.

Greg Hall said the statement of principles ignored the views of parties outside of the talks.

“Little, if any, consideration is given to the views of, and impacts on, the non-signatory key stakeholders through the development of any agreement,” he said.

Meanwhile, Coalition forestry spokesman Richard Colbeck says the agreement released

Greg Hall .. seeks conservation value of all native forests.

by the Tasmanian forest talks negotiator would effectively halve the size of the state’s forest industry.

“This will have consequences for more than just sawmills and contractors,” Mr Colbeck said.

“It will have the same

halving impact on everyone associated with the sector – equipment, maintenance, finance, accounting and any other services. None of these businesses has been represented in the talks.

“The forest industry contributes $1.6 billion to the Tasmanian economy; the deal will effectively wipe a whopping $800 million off Tasmania’s GDP at a time we can least afford it.”

“This deal also places huge question marks over some of Tasmania’s most highly prospective mineral resources, with ENGO demands that their claimed HCV zones be placed immediately into national parks.

“There has been no consideration given to the impact this deal will have on the mining industry.”

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FWpA

2011 seMinArs TechnicAl ToolS FoR you FWPA’s R&D Works seminars are part of an ongoing initiative designed to deliver technical research and solutions. Seminars will be held throughout 2011 in all major forestry regions.

GYMpie, FriDAY 8 JuLY 2011 topic

presenter

Energy Management Tools (Solid Wood Initiative)

Marco Lausberg

Managing subtropical pines for improved wood production based on a better understanding of genetics, silviculture, environment and their interactions

Anton Zbonak

Assessing cants to maximise outturn of structural timber (Solid Wood Initiative)

Marco Lausberg

Growth predictions in private spotted gum dominant forests in Queensland and N NSW to tom Lewis provide landholders with silvicultural tools to assist them in spotted gum stand management NIR and adhesive screening

roger Meder

MOE and MOR assessment technologies for improving graded recovery of exotic and radiata pines in Australia

Henri Bailleres

Growth response of late age thinning of sub-tropical plantations (CRC Forestry)

Kevin Glencross

Kiln drying: Dynamic kiln scheduling and reduction of post drying conditioning time (Solid Wood Initiative)

Marco Lausberg

Handbook for effective and productive community engagement (CRC Forestry)

Melanie Dare

Best practise guidelines: Drying, gluing & finger jointing, priming & painting, timber machining and saw doctoring (Solid Wood Initiative)

Marco Lausberg

Predicting internal wood qualities with NIR (CRC Forestry)

Geoff Downes

Effective use of LiDAR in forest management (CRC Forestry)

rob Musk

Venue: conference room two, Gympie conference centre, 28 Fraser road (Cnr. Bruce Highway, turn at The Woodworks Museum), Gympie reGistrAtion: 8.30 am (coffee on arrival) start 9.00 am Finish 12.30 pm (followed by a light lunch)

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Sustainable producing wood key to an overall carbon abatement strategy

Conferring at the AFPA workshop .. David Wood, manager, vegetation and sustainable pole forests, Ergon Energy, Steve Grallelis, DERM Forest Products, Adnan Cokic, Forest Plantations Queensland, and Keith Jennings, chairman, Queensland division, Institute of Foresters of Australia.

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Kyoto commitments.

These reports show the ETS working effectively in the forestry sector with deforestation ending when the scheme took effect in 2008. New plantings of 1900 ha were achieved in 2008, 4000 ha in 2009, 6000 ha in 2010, with projections of 8000 ha in 2011 and 10,000 ha in 2012.

“The future challenge is to increase economic growth while continuing this positive reduction in emissions,” says New Zealand’s Climate Change Minister Nick Smith.

“It is encouraging that in the first two years of the ETS, the emissions efficiency of the economy is being improved.”

Without emission reductions, climate change could contribute

as much as 10% to investment portfolio risk over the next 20 years.

Mercer’s report, Climate Change Scenarios – Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, has identified key climate change risks to business and has suggested that investors would benefit from increased allocation to areas like infrastructure, agriculture land, timberland and sustainable assets.

New Zealand’s ETS, which sets a carbon price based on supply and demand of carbon credits, is an important market mechanism in providing real incentives for businesses to reduce their carbon emissions.

Nigel Brunel, head of carbon and energy futures at OMFinancial, says economic incentives are the best way to encourage

David Wood, Ergon Energy (centre) with Rohan Allen and Barry Underhill of DEEDI.

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behavioural change and that the ETS gives an opportunity to create a system that fosters low-carbon development while protecting trade-exposed industries.

While opinion is divided in Australia, New Zealand is not going it alone. Henry Derwent, CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association based in Geneva, said: “It seems pretty plain now that a single global climate and pricing system is not going to be imposed by the UN. That means the way forward lies in individual regional, national and state systems over the world reaching out to each other over time.”

NZ’s Climate Change Minister Nick Smith, Henry Derwent from the International Emissions Trading Association and OMFinancial’s Nigel Brunel will all be presenting at Carbon Forestry 2011 in Auckland on July 13 and 14.

The conference will provide Australasia’s first major forum on carbon forestry for forestry and landowners, financial institutions, investment advisers, prospective purchasers of carbon credits and investors.

As Australians grapple with what scheme, if any, is appropriate

for them, lessons from New Zealand and international expertise will prove to be invaluable as the debate rages over the next six months.

Information about this event can be found on www. carbonforestryevents.com.

Meanwhile, Mark Poynter, a professional forester with 30 years’ experience and a Fellow of the Institute of Foresters of Australia, says the Climate Commission needs a re-think on forest carbon.

“It should really be a no-brainer that sustainably producing wood from a portion of Australia’s forests is integral to an overall carbon abatement strategy,” he says.

“Wood is one of few renewable resources: it stores carbon; it embodies much lower carbon emissions in its life cycle compared to alternative materials; and these emissions are recouped as forests are successively harvested and regrown.”

Mr Poynter says these benefits are widely recognised by the international forest science community and were articulated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its 4th Assessment Report in 2007.

Garth Nikles, horticulture and forestry science, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI), chats with Brad Carswell and Peter Laksa, directors of natural resource recovery and renewable energy group Pioneer Corporation, Brisbane.

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