From the CEO, Gordon Duff
 The CRC for
Forestry Annual Science Meeting is regarded by many as the most
significant information sharing and networking opportunity in the
Australian forestry research and development calendar.
I’m happy to announce that our next meeting will be held from
18-20 May 2010, in Fremantle
WA.
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Decision support systems in forestry
 During August, the CRC held a two-day workshop
on decision support systems (DSS) at the University of
Melbourne to help participants gain a clear understanding of
what DSS actually are, how they are developed and how they can
be used in fields related to natural resource management.
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Award to assess land-owners' understanding of using forest carbon
offset sinks
 Dr
Lyndall Bull, CRC Board Member and convenor of Australia’s
National Forestry Masters Program, has received a 2009 Science and
Innovation Award for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry.
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Eucalypt expert Brad Potts invited to visit Hunan Provincial
Forestry Department in China
 Brad Potts, CRC
Program Manager for Program Four ‘Trees in the
landscape’ and a world leader in eucalypt genetics research,
has recently returned from a weeks visit to the Hunan Provincial
Forestry Department in China.
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Home is where the hollow is
 A guide
‘Tree hollows in Tasmania’ has been developed to help
forest field workers identify trees that are most likely to contain
hollows that can be used for shelter by Tasmanian fauna.
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Farewell to Shelley Caswell
 During October we farewelled our Finance and
Administration Manager, Shelley Caswell, after fifteen years with
the CRC for Forestry and its previous incarnations. We will miss
Shelley's friendliness, organisational skills, and her great store
of accumulated CRC knowledge, and we wish her a happy and relaxing
retirement.
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Chinese delegation visit the CRC
 During late
November an eight-member delegation from China’s Chongqing
Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Commission visited the CRC for
Forestry’s headquarters in Hobart. The delegation was
interested in gaining a greater understanding of how Australia
manages its forest resources, and visited the CRC to better
understand our structure, research and priorities.
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Common ground - is a solution to the forestry conflict
possible?
 The CRC’s
'High-value wood resources' Program Manager , Dr Chris Harwood, was
invited to speak at a public forum during November titled
‘Common ground – is a solution to the forestry conflict
possible?’ organised by the University of Tasmania’s
School of Geography & Environmental Studies.
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