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Treatment industry pressured to adjust

THIS ISSUE • innovation skills road show hits Melbourne • Blue gums seek to regain FSC certification

TPAA is at crossroads as it faces its greatest challenge in 50 years

• • THE timber preservation industry and its representative body TPAA are at the crossroads and face some of their greatest challenges – and there are serious suggestions

that the association should be ‘reinvented’ into a larger industry organisation.

“I believe the association’s greatest challenge in many years is before us now,”

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retiring president of the Timber Preservers Association of Australia Phillip Burke said at the annual general meeting in

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Adds to burden for new home buyers THE housing industry has urged the federal parliament to give swift passage to the Bill to repeal the carbon tax when it sits later this month.

“The carbon tax is bad for housing affordability, and the housing industry will welcome the introduction of the Bill to dismantle it,” the Housing Industry Association’s industry policy chief executive Graham Wolfe said.

“Modelling conducted prior to the introduction of the tax projected an increase of between 0.8% and 1.7% increase in the cost of building a home, and we have not seen any evidence to the contrary.”

Mr Wolfe said the housing industry had implored the previous government not to introduce the tax, and was now asking in the strongest terms that all sides of politics supported its repeal.

“It is a bad tax,” he said.

“It adds to the burden on people buying a new home, particularly those who are trying to get into the housing market for the first time; it’s a hand-brake on jobs in home building, manufacturing and related sectors including retail, landscaping and whitegoods.

“Imposing the carbon tax across the range of products and components that comprise a new home means that a tax multiplier effect occurs on the largest purchase most people will make in their lifetime.”

energy efficient than existing ones,” he said.

“This is also no transparency about where the carbon tax is adding to the cost of building a home, and therefore the homebuyer can’t make decisions or change behaviour to avoid paying for it.

Graham Wolfe .. little to be gained by dragging the process out any longer than need be.

Mr Wolfe said the key question to ask was, how would it [the carbon tax] help improve the environment?

“The tax is applied to new homes, yet these are much more

“There is little to be gained by dragging this process out any longer than need be.”

Mr Wolfe said industry and customers needed certainty, particularly as contracts for new homes were priced and written many months in advance.”

“The best way to achieve this certainty is to quickly dismantle the tax.”

‘the carbon tax is applied to new homes, yet these are much more energy efficient than existing ones’ – Graham wolfe

new Zealand forest growers go to the polls FOURTEEN candidates are standing for six positions on the board of the Forest Growers Levy Trust, the new body representing the interests of forest owners.

On-line voting begins this on November 5 and closes

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Carbon tax .. adds up to 1.7% to the cost of building a home.

November 22. Anyone who owns a forest grown for eventual harvest that is 10 or more years old and 4 ha or more in area is eligible to vote for their category of representative.

The main role of the levy trust board will be to manage and

allocate the funds generated by a new commodity levy on forest products that begins on January 1. The levy will be used to fund research and other activities that benefit all plantation forest growers.

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ducks in a row, but can timber’s end-of-year revival be sustained?

Residential building approvals hit new high level AN air of confidence is wafting through timber businesses in eastern states, fanned by low interest rates, a new high in residential building approvals and a return to stable government in Canberra.

“It seems it’s the last, fast burst to the close of the year,” said Timber Queensland CEO Rod McInnes, who has observed a good pick-up in trading, particularly among truss and frame merchants.

“We just hope it’s sustainable.”

Meanwhile, wood processors in the state like Hyne and Carter Holt Harvey are ‘flat out’.

CHH has ‘worked wonders’ at its fire-damaged mill at Caboolture, 50 km north of Brisbane, preparing for a December 12 reopening.

Conjecture over the re-opening of the sawmill had been rife since the fire in December last year that caused an estimated $1 million damage.

Since the blaze on December 5, CHH has “looked after” the staff; all were kept on the payroll during the closure and throughout the renovation.

Rod McInnes said the reopening was welcome news

Rod McInnes

Eric Siegers

and would put some solid competition back into the market in southeast Queensland.

“It’s good to have Queensland’s second largest sawmill back in production and hats off to Carter Holt Harvey for maintaining its workforce and keeping them on the payroll, despite no significant output.”

The mill previously has processed up to 200,000 cub m, but future output will depend on the number of shifts required to meet market demand.

Meanwhile, the Finlayson family has a good grip on the Imbil and Melawondi hoop pine operations in the Mary Valley which were bought from Hyne

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by Superior Wood Pty Ltd, a company associated with the Finlayson group in Brisbane.

Skene Finlayson, a director of the company, said he was confident the Araucaria (hoop pine) industry would benefit from the amalgamation with existing Finlayson group operations in the region.

“Our focus is in value adding and remanufacturing of the Araucaria product, and the additional sawmill capacity will provide new opportunities to expand and improve our product range,” Mr Finlayson said.

In Victoria, truss and frame manufacturers are busy, but this had not yet been reflected

‘rBA’s interest rate cuts over the past two years are helping to support activity on the ground’ – shane Garrett

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in the general merchant sector, Timber Merchants Association executive officer Eric Siegers said.

“All the stats point to an uplift.

It might be fast and furious, but merchants will have to deal with this as a business,” he said.

“We thought there might have been a trickle of new activity coming through, but there’s no up-tick yet, which is a concern as we normally experience a boost in trading at this time.

“At the merchant level, we’re not seeing the same activity experienced at the end of last year. The industry is busy, but not as busy as its busiest time in 2012.”

Mr Siegers said a lot of merchants had recognised the value in being a member of an association; small, independent merchants were coming back to TMA,” he said.

Meanwhile, adding to refreshed industry confidence, Australia’s residential building approvals have hit their highest level since early 2010.

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increased by 14.4% compared with August on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Housing Industry Association.

This brought total approvals to 16,318 during the month.

“We have not seen a figure higher than this since March 2010,” HIA senior economist Shane Garrett said.

“Over the last three months, building approvals have been running at an annual rate of around 180,000. Growth was driven by the multi-unit segment of the market where approvals increased by 31.8% compared with the previous month.

“Detached house approvals rose by only 1.9% over the same period.”

But Mr Garrett cautioned that the recovery was not yet as broad-based as the building industry would like.

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September 2013, approvals increased by 8% compared with the previous quarter,” he said.

“Total approvals are 19.3% higher when compared with the same quarter of 2012.”

Mr Garrett says the main message from the approvals figures is that the RBA’s interest rate cuts over the past two years are helping to support activity on the ground. However, it is worth remembering that the growth in approvals is dominated by multiunits rather than houses.

“It would be a welcome development to see greater momentum emerge for detached housing,” Mr Garrett said.

“It is important that residential construction activity continues to grow in order to make up for the shortfall in building over the last decade; residential land made available more speedily would be one outcome supportive of this 3/12/12 11:59 AM objective.”

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has been record low rates and improving affordability acting to release pent up demand built up over the long period of underbuilding.

“But we are not home and hosed yet.

“Weak jobs growth and rising unemployment can still stymie the recovery.

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Peter Jones says the dramatic spike in building approvals numbers signals the struggling building industry has weathered the worst and a genuine recovery is now in train.

“The big spike is undoubtedly driven by developers responding to strengthening demand in high rise apartments in Sydney and Melbourne and can be expected to partially tail off next month,” Mr Jones said.

“The catalyst for the upswing

Mr Jones said state governments must urgently get their houses in order and remove road blocks to building such as excessive developer charges, red and green tape and poor land release programs.

In September 2013, total seasonally adjusted building approvals growth was strongest in New South Wales (+25.2%), followed by Victoria (+18%) and Western Australia (+12.3%).

Approvals also increased in Queensland (+3.8%) and South Australia (+0.8%).

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Cliftons, Level 1, 440 Collins Street, Melbourne. 12 noon: Lunch. 1-4.30 pm: Innovation forum supported

by Forestworks. 5-6 pm: IFA AGM. 6.30 onwards: IFA annual dinner.

Speaker: Graham Wilkinson, chief forest practices officer, Tas Forest Practices Authority. Presentation of IFA honorary membership to Alan Brown. RSVP October 31 to Alison Carmichael Institute of Foresters of Australia, PO Box 7002, Yarralumla ACT 2600. Tel: (02) 6281 3992.

Mob: 0414 287 079. Email: ifa@ forestry.org.au 8: 50th Anniversary of the Tasmanian Forest Contractors Association. Country Club Casino, Country Club Avenue, Prospect. 6.30pm till late. Cost: $900 per table or $100 p.p. The TFCA is one of the oldest employer organisations that represent primary industries in Australia.

Presentations from industry leaders throughout the evening will take us back through the many achievements of the TFCA over the last half a century. Numbers limited – bookings essential. RSVP to Denise DeBattista on (03) 6343 3398 or admin@tfca.com.au 8: Forest Valuation Seminar.

Venue: Cliftons, 444 Collins Street, Melbourne, 10 am-4 pm. Institute of Foresters of Australia, in conjunction with Pöyry Management Consulting (Australia) Pty Ltd, presents a one-day seminar on commercial forest valuation covering valuing natural forests and plantations for financial management, investment and reporting. Unique opportunity to meet with skilled practitioners

to discuss compliant approaches to forest valuation. Fee: $550 non-members; $275 IFA members.

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Mob: 0414 287 079. Email: ifa@ forestry.org.au Web: www.forestry. org.au 23: tABmA queensland timber industry gala dinner. Moda Events Portside Level 2, Portside Wharf Hamilton. Contact Alicia on (07) 3254 3166 or alicia@tabma. com.au 26-27: Foresttech 2013 (including the forest industry safety summit and steep slope wood harvesting conference – Rotorua, NZ. www.foresttech2013. com

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mArCH 2014 19: Forestwood 2014. politics, policies and Business impacts.

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mAy 2014 19-20: Frame Australia – Park Hyatt Melbourne. National event for engineered timber and building pre-fabrication, providing a unique forum on markets, products and systems for timber and wood used in the detached housing and multi-residential markets The conference – Prefab Timber and Engineered Wood in Building Construction – covers truss and frame pre-fabrication on Day 1 and pre-fabrication in building on Day 2. Frame conveys the very latest information at a global and local level to provide valuable knowledge on timber and engineered wood as sustainable and cost-effective construction systems for residential and commercial building.

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AUGUST 2014 6-9: AwisA 2014 exhibition.

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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).

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Melbourne last week.

“There is no doubt that the TPAA technical committee, with its proven ability to supply technical information and support, continues to be one of our major strengths,” Mr Burke said.

“However, whether this will be enough going into the future is open for discussion.

“If we are to continue under our present structure, we need to have commitment to a clear and formatted program, including marketing, memberships and leadership for at least the next 12 months.

“The fact that not all treaters are members and only a few choose to attend TPAA meetings is cause for concern.”

Industry observers say TPAA might deliver better options going forward for members, the industry at large and consumers if it was incorporated into an industry body such as the Australian Forest Products Association, based in Canberra.

In support of the TPAA’s 50 years of service to industry, retiring national secretary Doug Howick believes the major challenge is for the industry to become more cohesive and to fall in more strongly behind its

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Meeting in Melbourne for the TPAA annual general meeting .. top row, from left, Wayne Lewis, elected president, David Marlay, newly-appointed national secretary, and, bottom row, Phil Burke, retiring president, and Doug Howick, who is stepping down as national secretary.

association.

“The big challenge for TPAA is to increase the size and scope of its representation,” Mr Howick said.

“The ability of governments and legislators to discuss industry matters with the representative association rather than with a disparate collection of players often perceived to be ‘pushing their own barrow’, is an enormous asset.

“Governments like working with industry umbrella bodies, as long as those bodies are truly representative of the industry – ideally the whole industry – and we are not quite there, yet.”

Mr Howick said that now TPAA had accepted the responsibility of managing and maintaining the registration of timber treatment plants and brands – “and we’re doing it successfully” – the association was already in a working partnership with all treaters.

“I believe this provides the opportunity for TPAA to truly flourish and serve all industry interests effectively in support of the development and provision of a wide range of services to our stakeholders.

“We owe a great deal of our success to those who have gone before us, whose

shoulders we stand on. TPAA could not have continued to flourish for 50 years without more than a fair share of dedicated, professional contributors, many of whom have freely and generously given so much of their time and talent to industry matters.

“Just in my 20 years as national secretary we have been led by six presidents – Lewis Fisher, Kevin French, David Marlay, Wayne Lewis, David Spence and Phil Burke.

“They have been backed by an active technical committee which, for the last 12 years, has been chaired by Harry Greaves, and by some outstanding industry people as TPAA councillors.

“These are the people who have demonstrated their commitment by their actions and have helped take the industry forward. They all have extremely busy lives and schedules and their time and commitment – and that of all major committee members – should not be taken for granted. I believe that now is the time to build on their work, not to discard it.”

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the national association representing all sectors of the timber treatment industry was the key to a vast improvement in the industry’s perceived image.

“In earlier years, we have had a collection of companies and groups, all supplying similar services but all pulling in different directions in their attempts to achieve similar goals,” he said.

“One cohesive, national association should be able to speak with one voice in its representation of an industry selling knowledge, expertise and service to the community.

“We are now at a time when our whole industry, its principles, its policies and its purposes, as well as its products, its processes and its practices, are increasingly subjected to scrutiny under the microscope of legislation and the magnifying glass of media attention.

“The work of the TPAA technical committee can become our saving grace with the consumers who are our customers, because it demonstrates and delivers the professionalism we seek and which they increasingly demand.

“At such a time, and in a climate which is continually subject to change, the industry needs to become acutely aware of trends and the uses of both existing and new products.

“Technologies developed by the researchers can only be transferred to the industry through improved communications and professionalism.

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“To achieve these aims TPAA needs to strut its stuff. I concede that as a matter of

expediency in recent years, we have allowed the New Zealand-based Forest Industry

Engineering Association to take over the specialised conference and seminar role.

“But, the downside is that TPAA doesn’t seem to have as strong presence as, for example in 1995, when we attracted more than 400 delegates to the TPAA conference in Cairns.”

Mr Howick added: “It is my belief that the industry’s future lies in sticking together on a national basis and thus being able to speak with one voice.

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Standards Australia project:

proposal seeks to amend penetration requirements

A PROJECT proposal to Standards Australia by TPAA seeks amendments to the AS/ NZS 1604 series to clarify penetration requirements in the clauses on preservative treatment and correct out-ofdate references.

In his report to the TPAA annual general meeting in Melbourne last week, technical committee chairman Dr Harry Greaves said the documents required clearer wording in relation to penetration and retention compliance and references.

This also referred to the NSW Timber Marketing Act which was out of date since the Act was repealed in 2010.

“The preservative plant register and preservative numbers holder is now the TPAA and the standards should now refer to this instead of the NSW TMA.” In addition, Dr Greaves sought to use the opportunity – should the proposal be accepted by Standards Australia – to add H1 and H2 applications.

The technical committee meeting also discussed suggested work for AS/NZS 1605 series, notably in Part 2 – remove clause 1.6.3 from AS/ NZS 1605.2; remove the word ‘reliable’ from clause 1.7.1 in AS/NZS 1605.2; and add the

Dr Harry Greaves .. clarifying penetration requirements.

PAN spot test as Method 3 to Section 3 in AS/NZS 1605.2 .

Issues discussed at the meeting included the need for quality control of treated timber production organised through TPAA possibly linked to the recently developed TPAA treatment process guidelines; the register of treatment plant numbers; durability strategy and ramifications for AS/ NZS 1604 series; failure of imported hardwood sleepers; LOSP versus water-bornes and hazard class implications; and representation on the Timber Queensland Treaters Group.

Dr Greaves thanked all committee members and the national secretary Doug Howick for their work during the year.

David Marlay appointed TPAA secretary SUNSHINE Coast consultant David Marlay of Marketing and Timber Export Solutions Pty Ltd was appointed national secretary at the TPAA annual general meeting, replacing Doug Howick who has retired from the position.

Mr Howick will continue as the producer and editor of the TPAA newsletter ‘Contact’ and as registrar of the Timber Treatment Plant Registration Authority, which is managed and operated by TPAA.

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wayne lewis back as TPAA president National councillors appointed SYDNEY-based business development and export manager for Koppers Wood Products Wayne Lewis was elected president of the Timber Preservers Association of Australia at the annual general meeting in Melbourne last week.

Taking on the role a second time, he succeeds Phil Burke, managing director of Australian United Timbers at Burraga, NSW, who remains on the national council.

Pat Shelton, principal of Shelton Timber Treatment, Colac, Vic, was re-elected TPAA treasurer.

Established in 1990, Koppers Wood Products is Australia’s largest supplier of treated wood poles, engineering and piling timbers, and landscaping and viticulture products.

A 100% owned subsidiary of Koppers Australia Pty Ltd, Koppers Wood Products operates timber treatment plants at Grafton, NSW, Takura in Queensland, Longford in Tasmania and Bunbury, Western Australia.

National councillors appointed at the AGM were Elias Akle, Osmose Australia; Carson Backhouse, Dongwha Timbers, NSW; Phil Burke, Australian United Timbers, NSW, Tim Evans, Independent Verification Services, Qld; Lewis Fisher, Fishers Timber Preservation, Vic; Andrew Forster, SE Pine Treatment, Vic; Gerry Gardiner, i-Treat Timber, Qld; Harry

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national innovation skills road show hits melbourne this week

A MAJOR national initiative to further lift innovation in the forest, wood, paper and timber products sector arrives in Melbourne this week.

ForestWorks ISC will bring its new Innovation Skills Program to the annual gathering of the Institute of Foresters Australia, which will be at Cliftons, Melbourne on November 7.

The Melbourne event follows successful Innovation forums held in Bunbury and Mount Gambier. Feedback from the forums has been overwhelmingly positive.

“Everyone in our industry knows that greater innovation is the key to its success, but that’s where the clarity tends to end,” ForestWorks ISC CEO Michael Hartman said.

“So the idea of the Innovation Skills Program is to bring

Michael Hartman .. innovation is so much more than R&D

the latest global thinking on innovation, and the conditions under which it can occur, to our industry so that we can keep moving in the right direction.

“Research shows that productive innovation tends to occur within sectors with a strong culture

of collaboration. This has not traditionally been the strong suit of our local industry. The Innovation Skills Program will be assisting in building stronger communication links across the supply chain so that this vital collaboration can occur.

“The fact is, innovation is so much more than R&D and it doesn’t need to cost money.”

Mr Hartman said ForestWorks ISC’s aim in taking this program on the road as not so much to teach innovation, but to facilitate the conditions that enabled it to occur.

“The Australian forestry industry has a bright future in the 21st

century, but this will depend upon our capacity to innovate,” he said.

“That’s why I’m excited to bring this program to Melbourne, because I believe this kind of open information exchange is vital to turning our industry’s innovation ambition into genuine productive change.

“I strongly urge leaders in the forestry industry to make sure they attend IFA’s Melbourne workshop as part of their AGM and take an active role in ForestWorks ISC’s Innovation Skills Program.

“We will have a range of leading minds in innovation - both from forestry and other industries – offering their valuable insights.”

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CFMEU toughens pledge to fight government on building watchdog THE Construction, Forestry and Mining Union is preparing for a tangle with the Federal Government around the reestablishment of the Australian Building Construction Commission, created to address the union’s power.

The union has pledged to defy tougher rules on right of entry for union officials to the workplace being imposed by federal and state governments, breaking the law if they deem it is needed to represent their members.

Employment Minister Eric Abetz will push to quickly implement a crackdown on union-friendly workplace deals on government-funded projects.

The Bill will be introduced into parliament in the first sitting week this month.

Eric Abetz

William Harnisch

Senator Abetz wants the ABCC to administer a toughened code and guidelines consistent with codes overseen by conservative governments in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

Master Builders Australia CEO Wilhelm Harnisch strongly backed the Employment Minister’s commitment to restore the rule of law to Australia’s building sites and crackdown on corruption.

Dave Noonan

“Master Builders fully supports the minister in his pledge, to restore the ABCC and to protect union members from the potential corruption of union officials,” Mr Harnisch said.

“Only the ABCC, established on the recommendation of the Cole Royal Commission, had the necessary powers to successfully suppress industrial thuggery by building unions.”

Master Builders also supports the minister’s intention to ensure better transparency and accountability in the way registered industrial organisations are managed and believes the establishment of a Registered Organisations Commission is an appropriate first step.

Speaking on the ABC 7.30 Report, Mr Harnisch said he believed the battle line was whether the community could accept the right for anyone to boast about breaking the law .. “actually boasting about breaking the law”.

CFMEU national secretary Dave Noonan alleged the changes would “make it easier for employers to get away with having an unsafe workplace by trying to keep to keep the union organiser out”.

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Forestry

Valuing commercial forests

IFA to launch revised version of standard THE Institute of Foresters of Australia, in conjunction with forest industry specialist Pöyry Management Consulting Australia, will launch a revised version of its ‘Standard for Valuing Commercial Forests in Australia’ at a seminar in Melbourne next Friday (November 8).

“In my 30-plus years in the Australian forest industry, I have seen some appalling attempts at valuing commercial forests, so anyone who has an interest in either recording, commenting on or undertaking the valuation of forests should attend this seminar,” IFA president Rob de Fégely said.

The Association of Consulting Foresters of Australia, a division of the institute, receives funding from Forest and Wood Products Australia to develop the standard, “and it was neither an easy or fast process,” Mr de Fégely said.

Highly respected industry members Ian Ferguson, emeritus professor at Melbourne University, and Jerry Leech, a former long-term staff member of the Woods and Forests Department of South Australia (now ForestrySA) have combined their skills and years of specialist knowledge to produce this second version of the forest valuation standard.

A value on forests .. Melbourne seminar a ‘must’ for those interested in either recording, commenting on or undertaking the valuation of forests.

Rob de Fégely

Prof. Ian Ferguson

They consulted with the Australian Accounting Standards Boards and have been in regular contact with

Jerry Leech

foresters in New Zealand as well as other international bodies to provide this standard on how forest values should be correctly

‘it is often said that producing a ‘one-off’ value for a forest is relatively simple, but managing successive values over time within the vagaries of markets and nature requires good science and little bit of art’ – rob de Fégely

reported.

“It is often said that producing a ‘one-off’ value for a forest is relatively simple, but managing successive values over time within the vagaries of markets and nature requires good science and little bit of art,” Mr de Fégely said.

Speakers will include both Professor Ian Ferguson and Mount Gambier forestry consultant Jerry Leech along with specialists from Pöyry Management Consulting and others who will provide comment on the various components of valuing and recording a forests value.

“Since becoming president of IFA in March last year, I have been keen to promote the skills of our members, particularly registered professional foresters and provide opportunities for all forest managers to improve their skills,” Mr de Fégely said.

“I have been extremely pleased with the level of interest from not only foresters and forest managers but also financial officers from private forest managers, government forest agencies and financial institutions”.

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Family will bulldoze and burn plantations in elders deal ELDERS is set to quit its disastrous foray into forestry through a deal that will cement the wealthy Caratti family as the state’s biggest holders of prime agricultural land.

Under the deal, Elders will end a $1 million-a-month cash burn on leases over unviable Esperance plantations and hand control of the listed investment vehicle Agricultural Land Trust to a company controlled by Allen Caratti.

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It will give the Caratti family control of the historic Linkletter’s Place farm once owned by US celebrity investor Art Linkletter, an advocate of the Esperance district’s potential.

The farm was sold for a thenrecord $32.5 million in 2005 to Elders’ forestry arm Integrated Tree Cropping.

The Caratti family has an estimated wealth of more than $300 million thanks to extensive earthmoving and property

interests, including farms from the Esperance district to the mid-west. The empire was built after World War 2 by Mrs Caratti and her late husband Mick, then expanded by their sons John and Allen and several of their grandchildren.

According to a report in the West Australian, it is understood the Caratti family will bulldoze and burn the plantations on the cancelled leases and remediate the land for cropping and

livestock Linkletter’s Place will take the Caratti family’s holdings in arguably Australia’s best farming district to more than 70,000 ha.

These holdings include the 4800 ha Beef Machine farm that a company directed by Caratti’s wife and business partner Tina Bazzo bought from an Elders subsidiary in 2006 for $20 million in a sale-and-lease-back deal.

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Forest industry news

ABp creates koala management unit in bid to regain full FSC certification

Closer scrutiny of pre-harvest operations MAJOR woodchip producer Australian Bluegum Plantations has suspended harvesting operations in all areas known to have high koala populations until the Melbourne-based company implements new measures to protect them.

Following an audit by Rainforest Alliance on behalf of the Forest Stewardship Council, ABP’s FSC forest management certification, which has been in place since 2009, is to be suspended.

ABP says it will continue to work with stakeholders to address the shortcomings identified in the audit report, and is committed to regaining FSC certification as quickly as possible.

The business was set up by Global Forest Partners to manage a large blue gum estate in southern Australia.

It has capacity to supply the woodchip market in excess of 2,500,000 green metric tonnes annually from resources in the Green Triangle and Western Australia through ports in Portland, Vic, and Albany, WA. ABP managing director Tony

Blue gum plantations .. new measures to protect koalas.

Price said the company was fully committed to the hardwood plantation industry’s ultimate goal of zero harm to koalas.

“We are very sorry about injuries and deaths of koalas on our estate,” Mr Price said.

‘while we have had a koala management program in place since harvesting commenced in 2011, clearly more needs to be done’ – tony price

Tony Price .. fully committed to the hardwood plantation industry’s goal of zero harm to koalas.

“This situation is deeply troubling to all of us and is unacceptable, and we are committed to preventing further incidents of this nature.

Our internal monitoring and reporting processes were inadequate, and we apologise for releasing any incorrect information about animal deaths and injuries.

“While we have had a koala management program in place since harvesting commenced in 2011, clearly more needs to be done. We are working with local stakeholders to strengthen existing policies and procedures for the management of areas supporting koalas.

Specifically, these are: • Forestry workers have received further training to help them identify and report sightings of koalas, and to reinforce procedures for reporting koala injuries.

• ABP has undertaken more detailed pre-harvest surveys to identify koala density as well as testing advanced detection methods, including infra-red Cont Page 13

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Tropical forest communities can monitor trees ‘as well as experts’

Method uses basic instruments like sticks and ropes COMMUNITIES living alongside the world’s tropical forests can estimate an area’s carbon stocks as effectively as hi-tech systems, a study has shown.

An international team of researchers found communities using sticks and ropes obtained the same results as data gathered by satellites.

They added that the study showed that projects aimed at halting deforestation needed to use these people’s skills.

The findings have been published in the journal Ecology and Society.

“For the first time, we have shown that local communities are able to monitor forest biomass up to the highest standards of the [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change], even in the most species-rich forests on Earth,” explained co-author Finn Danielsen, senior ecologist for Denmark-based NGO Nordic Foundation for Development and Ecology.

“We are arguing that the (REDD) policy document is showing that they should be part of the process, but in reality they are not.”

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) projects are one of the main mechanisms available to policymakers to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from deforestation and land-use change.

Current estimates suggest that deforestation and forest degradation accounts for about 15% of GHG emissions resulting from human activity.

Under the schemes, such as the UN’s REDD program, developing nations are paid not to fell large areas of tropical

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Tropical forest measurements .. communities enter data into a spreadsheet which can tell how much carbon is stored in a particular plot.

forests.

REDD+ projects also include other measures, such as conservation, sustainable forest management and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks.

“If you want to have an impact on the ground, you have to involve the people who live in the area who depend on the resources provided by the forests,” Mr Danielsen told BBC News.

“You can do all sorts of remote sensing and national inventories of carbon stocks but if you do not involve local community members, you are going to have a very hard task linking all the factors together to have real

implementation on the ground.”

With this in mind, the study – coordinated by the World Agroforestry Centre – identified 289 plots in nine forest types located in four countries in southeast Asia and compared the carbon stock estimates collected by local communities with the results gathered by professional foresters.

Finn Danielsen observed: “We found that they obtained the same results, both in terms of accuracy and precision.”

He explained that the method used by the local communities was “very easy and very straightforward”, using just basic instruments, including sticks and ropes.

‘if you want to have an impact on the ground, you have to involve the people who live in the area who depend on the resources provided by the forests’

“They establish a plot in the forest that contains a typical composite of trees for the forest,” he said.

“Then they measure the trees and write down on a piece of paper how big the trees are and how many there are.

“They then enter this data into a spreadsheet and then this spreadsheet can tell us how much carbon is stored in that particular plot.

“If that plot is representative of the area then you can calculate how much carbon is stored in the forest.”

The team hoped its findings would show that forest communities were an underused resource when it came to the monitoring aspects of REDD projects.

“At the international level, we are saying that we have got to find ways for REDD to have a true impact on the forests around the world,” Mr Danielsen commented.

“At a national level, we would like to send the message to government departments that it is possible for local communities to do the job.

“We are not saying that they can do it better or they should do it alone, we are just saying that they can do it just as well as government foresters and foresters from the private sector.”

The study’s publication coincides with the start of the REDD Exchange 2013 in Oslo, Norway. The two-day gathering of 400 experts in the Norwegian capital aims to renew the forests and climate change agenda in light of the experience of REDD projects to date.

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Concrete industry mixes it with ‘wood first’ opponents

‘Canadian policy will awake sleeping giant’ MEMBERS of Canadian concrete and steel construction associations are angry and upset about a campaign by the wood industry to persuade provincial and federal governments to give wood preferential treatment over other building materials.

“We are not complaining anymore, we are going to war,” said Ed Whalen, president of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction.

“Governments that decide to implement ‘wood first’ or treat one material over another they will see us at the table. The wood industry has awoken the sleeping giant.”

Whalen made this statement at the Converge 2013 forum, which brought together leaders from the Canadian building materials and construction industries at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver last month.

His presentation was extremely critical of ‘Wood First’ legislation in Canada.

The Ontario Wood First Act passed second reading in the provincial legislature in April 2012, which included changes to the building code that could have allowed six-storey wood buildings to be constructed.

The Act died in committee when Premier Dalton McGuinty

Wood first .. in October 2009, the government of British Columbia moved to facilitate a culture of wood for new construction, through an Act that required wood to be considered as the primary building material in all new publicly-funded buildings.

resigned on in October last year and obtained a prorogation of the Ontario legislature.

The Act required the use of wood as the primary building material in the construction of provincially funded buildings, if the building design allows the use of wood under the building code.

“I can guarantee you that ‘wood first’ will hurt our industries,” Whalen said.

“The wood industry cares

about its own survival versus sustainability. I see it as greed over public safety. They want legislation versus free choice. They want legislation as opposed to the rigour and safety of the building code process.”

In response to Whalen, Daniel Veniez, an entrepreneur and chairman of EMR Capital Corporation, argued his approach to the problem was misguided and negative.

“The last thing that this industry

‘you shouldn’t be focusing responsibility or blame on the wood industry. these guys have done their jobs and they have done it well’

needs or any industry needs is to declare war on another,” he said “You shouldn’t be focusing responsibility or blame on the wood industry. These guys have done their jobs and they have done it well. You should do yours. In this context, your focus should not be anger. It should be a clear articulation of the facts.” According to Veniez, declaring war as a way to drive innovation and competitiveness is a losing proposition.

He said that the real enemy of the Canadian steel industry was the global steel industry, not the wood industry.

In addition, Veniez said the notion that the wood industry was unethical was utter nonsense.

“The focus of everybody should be where it rightfully belongs, on governments and legislators,” he said.

“So, they understand the issues and make fact-based and sensible decisions, on behalf of all of us. You can have fun declaring war all you want, but it won’t help you and it won’t help Canada.”

Veniez agreed that ‘wood first’ legislation was bad policy, but he said it was understandable in the context of a forest industry that was in deep distress.

– Daily Commercial News

Koala management role monitors personnel training From Page 13

technology.

• On-ground koala spotting prior to, during and after harvesting have been increased and ABP is ensuring these checks are consistently documented.

• A dedicated koala

management role has been created, responsible for monitoring, personnel training and stakeholder communications.

• Improved monitoring practices and procedures have been implemented to evaluate the success of the company’s

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program, and to prioritise areas needing immediate action going forward.

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ABP has bred then selected specific seed from various E. globulus families within its own seed orchards to accommodate selected traits known to enhance pulp characteristics in terms of pulp yield, density and chemical usage.

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sure-footed sorento tracks mountain roads and highway with efficient ease AS we edged up the narrow driveway to David Southern’s wood workshop, the intelligent, sure-footed all-wheel-drive Kia Sorento was in charge – just as it had been on a dozen difficult tracks and mountainous roads over two days of travel along the western edge of the Blackall Range above Queensland’s holiday playground the Sunshine Coast.

Across unsealed roads and out on the highway, we made good use of Sorento’s FlexSteer – a ‘first’ for Kia’s Australian range – providing three driverselectable settings for steering weight.

David’s workshop at Curramore nestles among hardwoods in a national park now recovered from the onslaught of the first timber cutters who extracted red cedar (Toona australis) and beech almost to extinction.

We were collecting a cedar table that David had crafted from an ancient giant red cedar which had fallen on his property to give up 4 cub m of boards and slabs to this enthusiastic member of Blackall Range Woodcrafters Guild.

Moving on to Howells Knob, a mountain lookout that rises 561 m above sea level, we again took stock of the Sorento, a machine designed under the guidance of Peter Schreyer, Kia’s head of design and the man responsible for the iconic Audi and Volkswagen models.

Although it may appear as a mere facelift from the outside, the Sorento is almost a new car underneath – a stronger and re-engineered body shell with minor improvements to the power train’s efficiency through lighter components.

Its biggest advantage is a revised locally-engineered suspension tune, which has brought the Sorento’s ride and handling characteristics on par with the best in the business.

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Kia Sorento .. sure-footed and intelligent.

From an engineering perspective, the new body shell is lighter than its predecessor, allowing for minor fuel economy and CO2 emission improvements across the range, but power and torque remain unchanged. The 3.5-litre V6 petrol (204kW of power and 335Nm of torque) and 2.2-litre turbo-diesel (145kW of power and 421-435Nm of torque depending on transmission) are currently the only two choices available with potential for a 2.4-litre four-cylinder petrol to join next year.

Kia continues the strategy of offering the petrol variants as front-wheel drive only while diesel models send power to all four wheels. Nonetheless, the Korean company has made the SLi grade available for the petrol model, which was only available as a base Si model in the past.

The new exterior offers an updated look with LED lights front and back, and options such as 19-in. alloy wheels and a glass panoramic roof. Inside, access is improved by the 100 mm lower ride height, and the cabin floor has also been lowered, increasing legroom by 30 mm in the second row and 9 mm in the 3rd row.

The upgraded Sorento can be equipped with up to six airbags, electronic stability control, a reversing camera, HID headlights, hill-start assist control, blind spot detection, lane departure warning system and a smart parking assist system for automatic parallel parking.

There was plenty of space to store the cedar table. Although with all three rows in place rear storage is limited to 258 litres, folding away the third row gives 1047 litres and a capacious

Cedar treasure .. wood craftsman David Southern.

2052 litres with the third and second rows laid flat.

Premium options include powered, heated and ventilated front seats, heated second-row seat cushions, a Bluetooth hands-free system, UVreflecting solar glass, and airconditioning for the third row seats.

A revised 190 hp 2.4-litre “GDI” engine with 242 Nm of torque is on offer but GCC-spec models will likely continue with the lesspowerful 174 hp 2.4-litre “MPI” engine, while a 276 hp 3.5-litre V6 is optional. Depending on market, there is a choice of 6-speed manual and automatic gearboxes, with front-wheeldrive or all-wheel-drive with ‘lock’ mode.

The steering, suspension, brakes and torsional rigidity have all been upgraded.

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Price range options are $40,500 for the entry level Si petrol model up to around $55,000 for the Platinum diesel.

The Sorento Platinum price tag may sound steep, even with satellite navigation and metallic paint, but it’s around $15,000 cheaper than the comparative Ford and Toyota variants.

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