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Welcome to the website of the Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry, an Australian national research consortium with headquarters in Hobart, Tasmania. The CRC for Forestry links leading Australian forest research organisations, companies, government agencies and universities in a forest science and management research and education partnership. [read more...]

Latest news

Read the response of CRC for Forestry scientists to the ABC's Australian Story about the effects of Eucalyptus nitens trees on water in the Georges River catchment, Tasmania.

A guide to Tree hollows in Tasmania has been released by the CRC and the Forest Practices Authority.  (Media release)

Email us to request a printed copy of our Highlights & Achievements 2008/9 report or download a low resolution (9 MB) or high resolution (22 MB) version here.

Two reports exploring how the expansion of the plantation industry has changed rural communities are now available: Community attitudes to plantations: survey of the views of residents of Tasmania, 2008 (summary report) and Socioeconomic impacts of the plantation industry on rural communities in Tasmania (full technical report). (Media release)

A number of scholarships are still available for postgraduate research in 2010.

Recent documents and releases

Forest scientists' response to toxic water claims
Media release 23 February 2010 regarding effects of Eucalyptus nitens trees on water in Georges River catchment, Tasmania, as reported on the ABC's Australian Story on Monday 22 February. [pdf 27.6 kb]


Tree hollows in Tasmania - A guide
Koch A 2009 [pdf 27.3 Mb]


Highlights and Achievements Report 2008/9 (low resolution, 9MB file)
[pdf 8.9 Mb]


Community attitudes to plantations: survey of the views of residents of Tasmania 2008
Williams K 2009 [pdf 4.0 Mb]


Technical Report 199: Socioeconomic impacts of the plantation industry on rural communities in Tasmania
Schirmer J 2009 [pdf 276.5 kb]


CRC for Forestry home

­­Managing & monitoring for growth & health ­

Managi­ng and monitoring for growth and health

Focusing on ways to reduce the cost of wood pr­oduction and off-site effects of tree plantation management, and decrease investment risk [more]

High-value wood resources

High value wood resources

Research into genetics, silviculture and wood quality to increase the value and profitability of eucalypt plantations [more]

Harvesting & operations

Harvesting and operations

Improving safety and efficiency of forest harvesting and log transport operations [more]


Trees in the landscape

Trees in the landscape

Developing forestry practices that meet agreed environmental certification requirements and foster constructive community engagement [more]

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