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The Private Native Forest and Plantation Resource of the NSW North Coast

A Northern Rivers Private Forestry initiative supported by Invest Northern Rivers, NSW Department of State and Regional Development and Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Australia

Prepared by:
Northern NSW Forestry Services
P.O. Box 245
CASINO NSW 2470

© Copyright Northern Rivers Private Forestry 2002
This work is copyright. Material in this Report may be reproduced in whole or in part, providing the meaning is unchanged and the source is acknowledged.

Disclaimer:
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 The 1994 North Coast Forest and Plantation Resource Study
1.2 The Private Native Forest and Plantation Resource of the NSW
North Coast in 2002

2. The 2002 Study Area

3. The Existing Private Hardwood Resource
3.1 Historical Aspects
3.2 Hardwood Timber Yields from Private Forests
3.3 Management Practices
3.4 Applications for Young Regrowth and Plantation Hardwoods

4. Methodology for Updating the 1994 Study
4.1 Broad Forest Types
4.2 Basic Site Quality Criteria

5. The Private Native Forest Area
5.1 Gross Area
5.2 Productive Forest Area
5.3 Net Productive Forest Area

6. Potential Hardwood Yields
6.1 Growth Rates
6.2 Estimated Total Potential Annual Yields
6.2.1 Estimated Potential Pulpwood Yields
6.2.2 Estimated Potential Yields of Sawlogs, Veneer, Poles, Piles, Girders and Salvage Logs
6.2.3 Proportion of Log Types other than Pulpwood

7. The Hardwood Plantation Resource
7.1 State Forests of NSW
7.1.1 Pre-1994 Plantations
7.1.2 Post-1994 Plantations (including Joint Ventures)
7.2 The Private Plantation Resource

8. Legislation and Regulation of Private Forestry
8.1 The Native Vegetation Conservation Act (1997)
8.1.1 Regional Vegetation Management Plans
8.1.2 Private Native Forestry Exemption
8.1.3 Clearing Outside RVMP Areas
8.1.4 The Development of Guidelines for Private Native Forest Management
8.1.5 Further Information about the NVC Act
8.2 The Plantations and Reafforestation Act (1999)
8.2.1 Further Information about the Plantations and Reafforestation Act and Code

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Appendix 1 Executive Summary – North Coast Forest and Plantation Resource Study, 1994
Appendix 2 Maps 2 to 13 - Local Government Areas Showing Forest Cover and Plantations
Appendix 3 Record of Field Checking and Previous Consultancies used to Validate Broad Forest Types [pdf]
Appendix 4 Photographs illustrating some examples of Broad Forest Types and Hardwood Plantations
Appendix 5 Gross, Productive and Net Productive Forest Areas by Map Sheet, LGA, Broad Forest Types (1994 classification) and Site Quality Classes [pdf]
Appendix 6 Estimated Potential Yields by LGA, Broad Forest Types (1994 classification) and Site Quality Classes [pdf]
Appendix 7 Photographs illustrating Value Adding of Young Regrowth and Plantation Hardwoods [pdf]

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