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| House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry

Seeing the forest through the trees

23 November 2011

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Preliminary Pages	(PDF 177KB)

Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 256KB)
The scope of the inquiry Structure of the report
Chapter 2 - History of Forestry in Australia	(PDF 208KB)
Softwood Agreements in the 1960s The National Forest Policy Statement of 1992 Native forests in the 1992 Statement Plantations in the 1992 Statement Tasmanian Statement of Principles Committee Comment

Chapter 3 - Future role for forestry and forest products	(PDF 653KB)
Demand from paper, construction and other sectors Current consumption Future demand Committee Comment Climate change Carbon Farming Initiative Committee Comment

Chapter 4 - Native forestry	(PDF 1840KB)
Defining and managing native forest conservation values What is a native forest? What is an old-growth forest? What is the ‘conservation value’ of a forest? How to manage conservation values in native forests Wood supply security RFAs and wood supply security Social licence Committee Comment Forest Ownership Committee Comment Native forest management Bushfires Regrowth Biodiversity Committee Comment Native forest products High value timber and wood products

Chapter 5 - Plantations	(PDF 314KB)
Land and water competition Land competition Water competition Committee Comment Planting Rotation length and sustainability Finance and investment Managed Investment Schemes Management Thinning Environmental impact of plantations Community impact of plantations Committee Comment Products and innovation Committee Comment

Chapter 6 - Farm forestry	(PDF 275KB)
Harvest flexibility Integrated land use Planting Species Finance Management Thinning Benefits of farm forestry Farm benefits Local environmental benefits Local economic benefits Local community benefits Products Scaling, aggregation and the supply chain Conclusions—supporting farm forestry Innovation Financial assistance for planting Extension services Committee comment

Chapter 7 - Using forestry biomass	(PDF 117KB)
Forestry bioenergy Environmental performance Biomass potential and supply chain barriers Sources of Biomass Committee Comment Carbon Sequestration Biochar Integration of biochar with forestry and agriculture Committee Comment

Chapter 8 - Forestry into the future	(PDF 459KB)
The future of forestry Making the future happen Recommendation areas Additional support Committee comment A national discussion Conclusion

Appendix A – Submissions	(PDF 43KB)

Appendix B – Exhibits	(PDF 53KB)

Appendix C – Public Hearings	(PDF 53KB)
Wednesday, 25 May 2011 - CANBERRA Wednesday, 1 June 2011 - CANBERRA Wednesday, 15 June 2011 - CANBERRA Wednesday, 22 June 2011 - CANBERRA Friday, 24 June 2011 - CANBERRA Tuesday, 28 June 2011 - NEW NORFOLK Wednesday, 6 July 2011 - CANBERRA Wednesday, 10 August 2011 - MELBOURNE Wednesday, 17 August 2011 - CANBERRA Wednesday, 24 August 2011 - CANBERRA Thursday, 1 September 2011 - GRAFTON Wednesday, 21 September 2011 – CANBERRA