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  • A Profile of the Northern NSW Private Forest Resource and the Private Native Forest Industry
    In 1994 Northern NSW Forestry Services (Norfor) undertook a study of the north coast private native forest and plantation resource for the Northern Rivers Regional Development Board. In December 2002 Norfor completed a review and update of the 1994 study for Northern Rivers Private Forestry, under the auspices of Invest Northern Rivers.
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  • Technical Report - Greenhouse Allies Project
    Measurement of carbon sequestration in small non-industrial forest plantations.  Click here for the Summary.
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  • From Pest to Profit
    Prospects for the commercial utilisation of camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora) in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales. This study has established that current formal and informal trading in the harvesting, milling and value adding of camphor laurel in north-eastern New South Wales exceeds one million dollars per annum in turnover, and involves the full-time and part-time employment of more than thirty persons
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  • The Private Native Forest and Plantation Resource of the NSW North Coast
    In 1994 Northern NSW Forestry Services (Norfor) undertook a study of the north coast private native forest and plantation resource for the Northern Rivers Regional Development Board. In May 2002 Northern Rivers Private Forestry, under the auspices of Invest Northern Rivers, commissioned Norfor to review and update the 1994 study. This report presents the results of that review.
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  • Wood Property Report on CAMPHOR LAUREL (Cinnamomum camphora)
    The Queensland Forestry Research Institute (QFRI) has undertaken a series of small scale experiments to establish some basic wood property information on camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora). The following report summarises the results of wood property tests performed by QFRI.
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  • Carbon trading for small-scale farmers
    - is it just a mirage? By Alison Specht
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  • Two types of camphor tree?
    by Brett J. Stubbs, Research Fellow.
    The camphor laurel, or camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora, is undoubtedly one of the best known trees of the northern NSW and southern Queensland. It is also one of the most detested.
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  • Ethanol from Timber and other Cellulose Waste
    - Some Facts
    The use of waste timber to produce a green fuel for the transport industry is now within our grasp.
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