Become personally involved with the research programme
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Trevor Innes
and University of Tasmania PhD student David
Blackburn inspecting some sawn boards of shining gum at
FEA’s sawmill in Bell Bay
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I am pleased to report that the five projects within Programme
Two, High Value Wood Resources, are all progressing well with
significant outputs already produced and some work well ahead of
schedule.
The work described in this newsletter covers a range of
high-quality studies from lab-based genetics work to full-scale
processing of well documented stands.
These results present the industry with the opportunity to
improve plantations established for multiple products as well as
for pulpwood alone. This improvement will flow from genetics
studies, traditional breeding, improved silviculture and the
availability of non-destructive evaluation tools for assessment of
stem value.
I encourage CRC for Forestry members to involve
themselves personally in the research programme.
Speaking for my own company, FEA, I am
confident that our close involvement with large-scale sawing
studies on Eucalyptus nitens and work on sub-tropical
hardwoods will continue to be immensely valuable to our business. I
expect the application of ongoing results to contribute to
improvements throughout the value chain.
I look forward to the upcoming work in this
research programme and expect to be able to present similarly
encouraging results in the next newsletter
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Trevor Innes
