Northern Rivers Private Forestry Development Committee Website

Southern Cross University School of Forestry and Northern Rivers Private Forestry

Private forestry in the Northern Rivers is very fortunate to have a School of Forestry at Southern Cross University. Northern Rivers Private Forestry and Southern Cross University are actively involved, collaborating on projects that have important forestry and environmental outcomes.

Collaborations have included;

Landholders' Perceptions of Farm Forestry in the Northern Rivers Region of NSW.

This project was designed to assist the NRRPC in the formulation of a strategic plan to develop commercial timber plantations on private lands in the region. The Commonwealth Department of Primary Industries and Energy funded it under the Farm forestry Programme (the precursor to AFFA).

The Greenhouse Challenge Allies Projects.
Project 1 was a programme aimed at developing capacity to measure carbon absorption in vegetation and soils.
These activities provided an insight into the practical issues involved in measuring carbon sequestration and involved twenty-five Northern NSW properties. Other partners were Australian Greenhouse Office, NorthPower
and the other two Northern NSW RPCs. Project 2 (is almost finished) has the same partnership except that the Mid-North Coast RPC is not involved and it included "The Sinks Summit" December 2001.

The commercial utilization of camphor laurel.
The "From pest to profit" report was done by Centre for Coastal Management, SCU and NRRPC was a member of the steering committee.

Occasional lectures by NRPF members.

The NRPF will continue to have a close association with SCU particularly in
supporting the forestry course. NRPF sponsor an annual prize for the top
student at graduation.

Student Reports

The following are reports written by students that may be of interest to practitioners of forestry.

Land Degradation in Association with Plantation Forestry by Timothy Potter

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