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A PROFILE OF THE NORTHERN NSW PRIVATE FOREST RESOURCE AND THE PRIVATE NATIVE FOREST INDUSTRY

A Northern Rivers Private Forestry Development Committee initiative supported by Invest Northern Rivers, NSW Department of Primary Industries and Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Prepared by:
Northern New South Wales Forestry Services
P.O. Box 245
Casino NSW 2470
September 2005

For:
Northern Rivers Private Forestry
P.O. Box 823
Murwillumbah NSW 2484

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The contents of this document, including area and resource estimates, are based on the best available information at the time of preparation. While every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that this document is correct at the time of printing, Northern Rivers Private Forestry, its agents and employees, disclaim any and all liability to any person in respect of anything or the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done in reliance upon the whole or any part of this document.

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.Introduction
     1.1 Background - The 1994 and 2002
          Private Native Forest and Plantation Resource Studies
     1.2 Updating the 2002 Study

2. The 2005 Study Area

3. The Existing Private Hardwood Resource
     3.1 Historical Aspects
     3.2 Hardwood Timber Yields from Private Forests
     3.3 Management of Private Native Forests and Plantations
     3.3.1 Native Forests
     3.3.2 Plantations

4. Methodology for Updating the 2002 Study
     4.1 The Private Native Forest Resource
     4.1.1 Areas
     4.1.2 Broad Forest Types
     4.1.3 Basic Site Quality Criteria

5. The Private Native Forest Area
    and Potential Hardwood Yields
     5.1 Gross Area
     5.2 Productive Forest Area
     5.3 Net Productive Forest Area
     5.4 Potential Hardwood Yields
     5.4.1 Growth Rates
     5.4.2 Estimated Total Potential Annual Yields
     5.4.3 Estimated Potential Pulpwood Yields
     5.4.4 Estimated Potential Yields of Sawlogs, Veneer,
             Poles, Piles, Girders and Salvage Logs
     5.4.5 Proportions of Log Types other than Pulpwood

6. The Hardwood Plantation Resource
     6.1 Hardwood Plantations on State
           Forest Established Prior to 1994
     6.2 Hardwood Plantations Established since 1994

7. A Profile of The Northern NSW
    Private Native Forest Timber Industry
     7.1 Introduction
     7.2 Methodology
     7.2.1 Other Sawmills not Surveyed
     7.2.2 Confidentiality
     7.3 The Size of the Private Native Forest Industry
     7.3.1 Reliance on the Private Native Forest Resource
     7.3.2 Annual Log Volumes from Private Native Forests
     7.3.3 Employment
     7.4 The Economic Contribution of the
            Private Native Forest Industry
     7.4.1 Royalty Payments to Private Landowners
     7.4.2 Wages to Sawmill Employees and
             Harvest and Haulage Contractors
     7.4.3 Value of Production
     7.4.4 Summary

8. Legislation and Regulation of Private Forestry
     8.1 The Native Vegetation Conservation Act (1997)
     8.1.1 The Existing Private Native Forestry Exemption
     8.1.2 Forestry Operations requiring Consent
     8.1.3 Further Information about the existing NVC Act
     8.2 The Native Vegetation Act 2003
     8.2.1 When will the Regulation and Code come into effect?
     8.2.2 Further Information about Native Vegetation Act 2003
     8.3 The Plantations and Reafforestation Act (1999)
     8.3.1 Review of the Plantations and Reafforestation Act and Code
     8.3.2 Further Information about the
             Plantations and Reafforestation Act and Code

Acknowledgments

Further Information

Bibliography

Appendices

Appendix 1:Executive Summary from 1994 North Coast Forest and Plantation Resource Study

Appendix 2: Executive Summary from 2002 Study – The Private Native Forest and Plantation Resource NSW North Coast

Appendix 3: Maps 2 to 10 – Local Government Areas showing Forest Cover and Plantations

Appendix 4:Photographs illustrating some examples of Broad Forest Types and Plantations

Appendix 5: Gross Productive and Net Productive Forest Areas by Map Sheet, LGA, Broad Forest Types and Site Quality Classes

Appendix 6: Estimated Potential Yields by LGA, Broad Forest Types and Site Quality Classes

Appendix 7: Data Sheet for Sawmill Surveys

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