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By JIM BOWDEN
INDUSTRY stakeholders are fast tracking a national pathway on timber standards following a critical first meeting of the newly-formed standards reference group in Sydney last week.In a tactical move, the group met at Standards Australia’s head office at the Exchange Centre in Bridge Street, Sydney, and devoted part of the meeting to discussions with new SA chief executive Colin Blair.Group members agreed the meeting was a breakthrough start to a complex and difficult issue – the review of 150
standards related to the timber industry. “The FWPA made a good fist of it at the meeting, addressing priorities and working towards a common level of understanding among group members,” A3P solid wood manger Peter
Juniper told T&F enews.In late 2008, Standards Australia sold the rights to publish standards to information provider and trainer SAI Global. The arrangement, effective from
industry group getsactive on standards
Stakeholders network to speedpriority and uptake of revisions
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The business of biomass• Upbeat outlook for SA forests• Upswing in world consumption of OSB• Making better use of every sawlog• What’s On?
ThiS iSSUe• Farming for carbon viable option• Chipping away at falsehoods
Fast-tracking timber standards.
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DESIGN engineer Colin Blair is the new chief executive of Standards Australia.Mr Blair has worked at Standards Australia since 1987 and has extensive experience in the standards environment.He is an engineer and fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and holds a Bachelor of Engineering (UNSW), Master of Engineering Science (UNSW), Master of Environmental Studies (UNSW) and Master of Business Administration (University of Rochester, New York State, USA).Before joining Standards
Australia, Mr Blair worked as a practising design engineer.
January 2009, stripped SA of previous income derived from the distribution of standards, forcing it to charge industry for any developments or revisions.The board of FWPA agreed to establish a new industry service for coordination of standards development following a workshop in Melbourne on July 20 last year and appointed Neil Evans standards manger in October.The Sydney meeting, chaired by FWPA managing director Ric Sinclair, agreed to categorise standards as either high, medium or low priority and assign funds to make sure these priorities are addressed.FWPA has allocated $500,000 to this area of standards activity.[FWPA has provided about $4.5 million for R&D projects related to standard over the past five or six years].“We expect the new work will be
completed in a few weeks and then discussed by the group network via teleconference,” Neil Evans said.“At this point a list of standards will be chosen to form the new work program for the first review.”Four standards are now being assessed. The first is the revision of AS1604, funded jointly by FWPA and the Timber Preservers
Priority list from150 standards
to be processed
Neil Evans .. networking with industry.
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THE value of forestry to the South Australian economy is expected to increase above $2.6 billion as blue gum harvesting ramps up and new projects come on stream.Newly-appointed Forests Minister Michael O’Brien gave the upbeat forecast at the National Association of Forest Industries board and policy dinner in Adelaide last week.He said the state’s forest and forest processing industry employed nearly 13,000 people directly and indirectly in more than 630 businesses.“The industry is worth $2.6 billion and this is likely to increase as blue gum harvesting ramps up, leading to growth in exports, and developments take shape such as the proposed Penola pulp mill and the renewable energy pellet mill
in Mount Gambier,” Mr O’Brien said.He said the Forest Industry Development Board was currently working with stakeholders to draft a forest industry strategy for the state.
“The strategy will help guide policy direction for government and industry, with an aim to produce a business environment that is conducive to growth, but without interfering in or distorting the marketplace,” he said.NAFI chief executive Allan Hansard said the plantation resource not only provided essential economic benefits but also significant community and environmental benefits to South Australia and Australia more broadly. Mr Hansard said that not many people realised that the 330,000 ha of plantation in the Green Triangle region provided essential wood products for domestic processing and export markets and also enabled Australia to meet its Kyoto target by soaking up carbon dioxide emissions from other sectors in the economy.He said the sustained investment and growth in the industry was contingent on South Australia developing a workable water policy framework for the forest industry to provide the right signals for future investment.“The industry has long advocated for water policy that is equitable and based on good science, reflecting sound principles of good public policy,” Mr Hansard said.“We understand the South Australian Government is carefully considering their water policy for forestry, in particular whether to adopt the recommendation by the South East Natural Resource Management Board that water use for forestry should be licensed in the same way as irrigators who pump water from underground aquifers and rivers.”Mr Hansard said the approach suggested by the SENRM board was not equitable or sustainable.
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Michael O’Brien .. blue gums boosting value of forest industries.
upbeat outlook for sA forestsBlue gums contribute to industry’s $2.8bn value
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TIMBER Queensland has long held an interest in opportunities for using waste products in the form of sawmill residue for renewable energy production.As opportunities in the energy sector have emerged, the industry is increasingly recognising opportunities for plantations to supply biomass for energy production, without impacting on their primary wood production purpose.There are significant opportunities for biomass from the forest and timber industry to contribute to renewable energy in the state. Importantly, biomass provides an opportunity to deliver base load power as demonstrated by the Rocky Point Power station (see story, Page 9).There are emerging
technologies and opportunities for the timber industry to participate in the bio-energy sector.Apart from opportunities for added income from the sale of residue or value added char or energy products, there are
opportunities for the production of power to offset rapidly rising electricity costs.However, there is a huge array of technologies and to help make sense of this emerging industry, Timber Queensland has organised a seminar – Bio-
energy Under the Microscope: Fact or Fiction? – in Brisbane on July 1.Chief executive Rod McInnes says the seminar will also provide an overview of Queensland government policies relating to bio-energy and help businesses evaluate which bio-energy products could make a difference to their bottom line.“We’ve organised this event so our members and others across industry can hear from the leaders in the bio-energy market and position themselves to capitalise on the emerging opportunities for the timber industry.”[The seminar agenda registration information is
Efficient wood-based energy could be the new fuel of choice.
The business of biomass
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JUNe 201017: A3P members’ forum in Melbourne. Welcome dinner June 16. A unique opportunity for members to improve their understand of key policy issues impacting the plantation products and paper industry, to network with colleagues from throughout the industry and to help guide A3P’s work on behalf of the industry. Cotact Natalie Loudon. Email:[email protected] for a registration form. A3P will cover the full meeting and dinner costs for staff of member companies.
18: National energy price and market update seminar, Melbourne. Organised by the Energy Users Association of Australia, it will update energy users and other interested parties on electricity and gas prices, market conditions, outlooks and topical issues. Tel: (03) 9898 3900 or email: [email protected]
18-20: Timber and Working with Wood expo, Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney.
21-22: Frame Australia 2010 Conference: housing Construction and Sustainability. Sofitel Melbourne. The major national event for engineered timber and pre-fabrication. View: www.frameaustralia.com.au
21-22: Skills Tasmania Conference, hobart. Showcasing workforce development and planning.
June 28-July 2: 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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JULY 20101: Bio-energy Under the Microscope: Fact or Fiction? Brisbane. Unsure how the burgeoning bio-energy market can deliver a return to your business? Attend this Timber Queensland event to ensure you are positioned to capitalise on the emerging opportunities for the timber industry. www.timberqueensland.com.au/events
14: Seminar – Fair Competition and the illegal Logging Trade. Speaker: Juel Briggs, Briggs Veneer. Prosperos Restaurant, 310 Church Street, Parramatta, 6,30pm for 7pm. Hosted by Sydney Hoo-Hoo Club 215. Contact: Chris White on 0411 293 646 or Ian Ramsay on 0414 746992. Email: [email protected]
14-18: interforest 2010 Trade Fair for Forestry Technology Munich, Germany. www.interfrost.de
21-22: Wood energy 2010 - reducing energy costs and improving energy efficiencies. Rotorua, NZ.
21-22: ScanTeCh 2010 Sawmill Scanning & Optimisation Technologies. Rotorua, NZ. www.scantechevents.com
26-27: ScanTeCh 2010 Sawmill Scanning & Optimisation Technologies. Melbourne. www.scantechevents.com
26-27: Wood energy 2010 (World Reducing energy Costs & improving energy efficiencies) Melbourne.
26-29: Combined workshop. ATTA / FIAPS / ForestWorks combined annual workshop Hobart. Details: www.atta.org.au
SEPTEMBER 20103-5: Canberra Timber & Working With Wood expo, Exhibition Park in Canberra. Contact: (02) 9974 1393. Fax: (02)9974 3426 Email: [email protected]
6-12: Landcare Week. www.landcareonline.com
7-9: Wood Manufacturing 2010.Profitable Wood Manufacturing: Tooling, Technology & Design. Rotorua, NZ. www.woodmanufacturingevents.com
8-10: AFAC bushfire CRC annual conference. Darwin Convention Centre Australia. www.afac10.org
9: Australia’s Place in the Changing Global Forest Products Market. Future opportunities for global forestry markets including renewable energy; certification and regulation of global markets; ownership and investment in Australia; industry-led solutions for a sustainable industry. Presented by ForestWorks, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins. Note: Forest industries liaison dinner in the evening at the Regent Theatre on Collins Street. For information contact: [email protected]
13-15: Wood Manufacturing 2010. Profitable Wood Manufacturing: Tooling, Technology & Design. Melbourne. www.woodmanufacturingevents.com
15-16: Wood Manufacturing 2010 Profitable Wood Manufacturing - Tooling Technology & Design, Melbourne.
20-21: Wood Manufacturing 2010 Profitable Wood Manufacturing - Tooling Technology & Design Rotorua, NZ.
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available online at www.timberqueensland.com.au More information is available from Timber Queensland’s communications manager Clarissa Brandt on (07) 3358 7906 or email [email protected]].Timber Queensland believes that the state government should actively pursue opportunities that aim to expand the production of electricity from renewable sources, but should not seek to impose further regulatory requirements for the use of renewables that are additional to the nationally imposed renewable energy target.A TQ submission focuses on the actions that would assist the forest and timber industry in realising the industry’s full potential to contribute to renewable energy production.The government currently maintains a policy position that precludes the use of native forest sawmill residue for power generation, a position considered irrational by the industry.The native forest trees are legally harvested according to the various regulations associated with private and state-owned native forests, including agreements such as the Southeast Queensland Forests Agreement and Western Hardwoods SFP; all have AFS certification.The residue is generated within the sawmill, and is an unavoidable by-product of processing trees.Despite numerous representations to government, there is yet to be any change in their policy position.Timber Queensland believes it is now time for the government to recognise that the continued
opposition to use of any genuine native forest sawmill residue for power generation is untenable.High profile speakers at the Brisbane seminar will include Dr Stephen Schuck, manager, Bioenergy Australia, Greg Nielsen, director, Office of Clean Energy, Matthew Warnken, director, Crucible Carbon, Tony Moxon, chairman, Moxon Timbers, Terry McConnell, business and industry relationship manager, Energex, and Ray Ferdinand, managing director, GS Energy. [Ethanol produced from biomass grown in plantations can be blended with gasoline to create E85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. CSIRO studies show trees planted over the next 50 years could produce enough methanol, an alternative wood alcohol, to replace, over time, liquid fuels currently produced from crude oill and its derivatives].
Meanwhile, sawmilling operations overseas are forging ahead with biomass projects. Canada-basedEnsyn Technologies Inc. and Tolko Industries Ltd have formed a partnership to build the world’s largest commercial plant to extract a kind of oil from biomass that can be used in heating and electricity.The joint venture, High North BioResources Limited Partnership, will build and operate a plant in Alberta, designed to turn 400 bone dry tonnes of biomass a day into 85 million litres of pyrolysis oil annually. The pyrolysis oil will
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Renewable resources:opportunity to expand
production of electricity
Continued opposition to use of any genuine native forest sawmill residue for power generation is untenable
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be used at Tolko’s sawmill.The facility will also be capable of producing a renewable resin ingredient that can be used in the manufacture of wood panel products.Ottawa-based Ensyn Technologies is a world leader in fast pyrolysis and the production of pyrolysis oil from forestry and agricultural biomass.Tolko, a private, Canadian-owned forest products company, is a major producer and marketer of lumber, veneer, plywood, oriented strand board and kraft papers, with manufacturing operations across western Canada.
Ken Shields, chief executive of Conifex, a privately owned softwood forest products company in British Columbia, says there are a number of factors coming together to produce a sustainable forest industry, including bioenergy.He says there are tremendous opportunities in the bioenergy sector.Mr Sheilds points to a unique
opportunity for producing and selling electricity at two of the company’s sawmills where it has a power broiler and a steam turbine generator and has the potential for both power and pellets.The mills have a combined annual production capacity of 445 million board feet of lumber on a two-shift basis, a forest licence with an annual allowable cut of about 932,500 cub m, a steam/power plant and associated turbine and boiler.Cutting across these fast-moving trends, is a new report that says large-scale biomass plants – hailed as a key part of the renewable energy revolution – could actually have
a detrimental effect on the environment and the economy, threatening jobs and releasing millions of tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere.“Diverting wood from existing users to large-scale biomass plants will be bad for the environment and bad for jobs – surely the opposite of what governments wish to achieve,” warns Stuart Goodall, chief executive of the Confederation of Forest Industries.ConFor represents UK forestry and wood-using businesses, from nurseries and growers, to wood-processing end-users.The independent report by Edinburgh-based John Clegg Consulting, looks at future demand from existing wood-
using businesses and new large and medium biomass energy plants - including sites planned in Scotland that would have a total generating capacity of around 400 megawatts.There is also a plan for a 225MW biomass site at Hunterston, Ayrshire, as well as a number of other significant proposals in England and Wales.But the Clegg report compares demand with existing supply, including imports, and concludes potential demand for wood far outstrips projected supply.“Large-scale biomass plants are simply not the most efficient way to use wood and woody material,” says Stuart Goodall.“This valuable, finite resource has a major part to play in the low carbon economy by locking up carbon in both forests and wood products, and through generating heat and power locally.”The report says if new large users of British grown wood and other wood fibre enter the marketplace, supported by subsidy, then it can only be at the expense of existing users, impacting negatively and disproportionately on sustainability, employment, carbon sequestration, and
Expanding the production of electricity from renewable sources.
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Biomass plants detrimental: UK view
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Sawmilling operations overseas are forging ahead
with biomass projects
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Association of Australia.Another three standards are with Standards Australia for amendment – AS/NZS 1859.1, AS/NZS 2269.1 and AS/NZS2098.2. This was completed in conjunction with the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia.The reference group also agreed to produce supporting documentation to assist in the interpreting of the new grading standard AS/NZS 1748. FWPA will be funding the development of this user aid to assist in consistent grading outcomes.Although there are 150 standards relevant to timber, the reference group is not expected to comb through all of them, preferring to create a top list of priorities that can be
processed quickly by the FWPA standards manager.Many standards are likely to be abandoned while others might be produced as an industry document or a set aside for later revision or amendment. Some standards have already been amended and revised.Standards Australia will continue to be involved in many of the revisions and the Sydney meeting appreciated the desire by SA chief executive Colin Blair to work cooperatively with the timber industry.However, FWPA is not likely to work through SA on every standard revision; there is an ‘open door’ on this allowing reference group members to decide the best options.Working with SA remains the best approach for industry,
although there are some copyright and intellectual properties to consider. SA or ASI Global may have copyright on industry standards but they don’t necessarily hold the intellectual property rights.The timber framing standard is one example – it evolved from input from all state timber industry bodies.Industry members of the standards reference and networking group are Peter Juniper (A3P), Kim Harris (Carter Holt Harvey), Peter Robson (Boral Timber), Simon Dorries (EWPAA), Frank Moretti (Gunnersens), John Harrison (Harrison Timber), David Gover (Gunns), David Marlay (Hyne), Gary Demby (McCormack Demby Timber), Vincent Corlett (Nannup Timber Processing), Craig Kay (Tilling Timber) and
Richard Schaffner (Westpine).The group includes people with considerable technical expertise in standards and others with virtually no experience at all.“What was very encouraging is that the broad makeup of the group shows the industry really wants to get involved in standards issues,” Ric Sinclair said.So .. industry is off to a good start on standards with the standards reference group expected to meet four times a year.That some major standard have been revised already – such as the timber framing code and the timber structure code – then this will ease some of the pressure from an industry impatient to see positive outcomes sometime soon.
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mitigation of climate change.”Total wood production in the UK is expected to peak at about 20 million tonnes around 2019, the report concludes, with demand from existing markets at a similar level.Large-scale biomass plants currently proposed in the UK would need at least 27 million tonnes of additional wood every year.Demand for wood could exceed supply as early as next year – before the impact of most
large-scale biomass plants is felt. The report warns that even if a “small proportion” of the new proposed wood energy plants become operational, this would put huge pressure on finite wood resources.New sites cannot rely on imports, the report says, because global supplies of wood for biomass are severely limited. This could mean biomass plants that propose to import wood will have to turn to domestic supplies, creating greater pressures.
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The business of biomass
Wood waste greenpower for cane mill
QUEENSLAND’S Rocky Point Green Power electricity generation plant is green by name and by nature, using everything it can lay its hands on.It’s a cogeneration plant that burns wood and green waste and bagasse (sugar cane waste) to generate electricity, steam and hot water. A third of the electricity is used by the neighbouring sugar mill during the harvest crush, usually from July through November, and the rest sold to the grid. Outside the crush about 95% is sent to the grid.General manager Peter Shaw says other factors contributing to the plant’s runaway success include improvements to on-site technologies and infrastructure, a huge increase in available biomass fuels, a steady income stream from abatement certificates and some handy pocket money from by-products.Stanwell Corporation took over the mill from the Heck Family in 2002 and spent $50 million replacing the old high emission boilers with more efficient high-pressure boilers. It became the Rocky Point cogeneration plant, with value-adds such
as organic sugar production and distillation of fuel alcohol, ethanol. Last year, private equity group Babcock and Brown and National Power bought the plant for $5.12 million and renamed it Rocky Point Green Power.The company has not renewed its electricity supply contract with the Queensland government’s Energex and has instead gone with private retailer JackGreen, whose Green Power scheme is reporting significant uptake from consumers.Peter Shaw estimates in the past year the amount of waste available has grown exponentially, from about 120,000 tonnes on Stanwell’s watch to 300,000 tonnes today.
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SOFTWOOD mills will be able to weed out below-standard material at an early stage and grade products more accurately thanks to a FWPA and Queensland government-funded project.The project, led by Henri Bailleres and Gary Hopewell of Agri-Science Queensland, explores whether non-destructive technologies, such as acoustic resonance techniques, could be used to sort logs (before cutting) and green boards (before drying) to help remove material which would not make the minimum grade later in the process.Currently such sorting, or grading, occurs downstream
once timber has been cut and dried. Early grading could lead to considerable cost savings for processors and could
see timber being cut for the appropriate end use.“Our aim was to try and identify low-grade material as early as possible,” says Gary Hopewell.Industry has been very supportive of the project and has provided considerable in-kind assistance; Carter Holt Harvey, Wespine and Hyne were the main industry partners.“It’s about the better utilisation of resources,” explains Kim Harris, national product and compliance manager with Carter Holt Harvey.“The more industry can understand a log prior to sawing, the more decisions we can make before we saw it which increases the chances of high-grade recovery. It means the industry can produce timber with a higher confidence that it will be for the right end product resulting in less waste from fall down.”The research also aimed to improve the measurement of dry board stiffness and strength using new statistical techniques and non-destructive testing methods.Better stiffness and strength measurements could lead to grading closer to threshold
limits and therefore improved grade yields, resulting in more efficient use of the softwood resource.Wood taken from fast grown trees harvested at a young age can be very variable even within a single stem.Such variation is not acceptable if the wood is to be used for structural purposes for which it must meet minimum strength and stiffness criteria. To ensure it is suitable, the wood is graded, that is, sorted into appropriate stress groups, before it is used.Currently this grading takes place once the log has been cut into boards and undergone costly drying and planning.This project aimed to establish whether such sorting could be achieved at an earlier stage, saving time and money and ensuring that logs are used for the most appropriate purpose. Researchers used three distinct populations of exotic plantation grown pines (stiffness-limited radiata pine, strength-limited radiata pine and Caribbean pine) for their study.Samples were tested at the
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log and board stages. A final measurement of the actual strength and elasticity of the boards showed whether assessments made using non-destructive tests at the earlier stages would have accurately sorted the logs and boards.More than 200 logs were measured and weighed to provide density data and then tested using acoustic resonance techniques. The modulus of elasticity (MOE), a measure of the flexibility of the log, was obtained.The logs were then cut into more than 1500 green boards which were subjected to a range of non-destructive tests, including using gamma rays, acoustic measurements and laser and camera optical scanners, to again estimate a value for MOE and MOR, a measure of the strength of the boards. The boards were then high-temperature kiln-dried and again tested using a range of non-destructive technologies, individually and in combination. Finally the boards were remeasured using destructive standard static bending tests to get actual readings of MOE and MOR.
The researchers correlated the figures for MOE and MOR from each non-destructive test with the actual MOE and MOR obtained after the destructive tests. In the case of the logs, results from non-destructive tests on the whole log were compared to the average properties measured from all the boards from the log.“We found that the predictions made before cutting and before drying gave a good indication of the stiffness of the cut and dried boards,” Gary Hopewell explained. “The correlation was strong enough to support sorting, particularly at the green board stage.”
By testing the boards early in the process, up to 8% of the material that is unlikely to make a structural product can be diverted to other applications, saving the processing costs of about $80 cub m.
“The technology is already being implemented,” Mr Hopewell said. “Softwood producers in Australia are looking at what equipment they can put in place to sort at log and green board stage.”
Richard Schaffner, business development manager at Wespine, says early sorting could make a significant difference to profitability for some milling operations.“Potentially, it could be a huge cost saving,” he suggests. “It will mean different things for different mills. Resources grown in cooler, higher altitudes tend to have lower stiffness so this sorting could be of value. The saw miller could test the log and stream it.”The researchers went on to compare how well different combinations of non-destructive technologies were able to measure stiffness and predict strength at dry board stage.“The Metriguard Continuous Lumber Grader is what people are using at the moment to grade dry board,” Mr Hopewell said. “It is reliable technology, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do better.”Richard Schaffner added: “This research has shown ways of combining technologies and getting big gains compared to where we are now. There’s still a long way to go in developing scanning technologies. This is an important first step.”
Early sorting could make a significant difference to profitability for some milling operations.
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‘It could be a huge cost saving and it willmean different things for different sawmills’From Page 10
early sorting could make a significant difference to
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Programme highlights for 2010 include:2010 Bush Craft Competition • Woodwork for Women • Honey Dipper Competition
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CARBON forestry is a viable option for land owners looking for new income streams, say New Zealand forest owners.“Two recent studies indicate that plantations grown on hill country could be used to offset farm emissions and to improve overall farm profitability,” Forest Owners Association president Peter Berg says.“Many farmers already grow woodlots and small plantations, however much land suited to forestry has not been planted, because trees don’t provide an annual cash income.“Carbon forestry changes this model, providing an annual stream of carbon credits starting about five years from planting. The credits, in the form of NZ Units (NZUs), can be sold on the open market or kept in the bank.”Farm Forestry Association president John Dermer says a lot of comment about the ETS has been very negative and he suspects this has put most farmers off.“My advice to farmers is that they should take a close look at the opportunities and to make up their own minds whether they can make some money out of it. I suspect many hill country sheep and cattle farmers and
dairy farmers with run-off blocks will be pleasantly surprised at what they discover,” he says.“Having said that, you need to get it right; the ETS is complicated and there are risks that need to be managed, so it’s very important to take expert advice.”Canterbury University Professor Bruce Manley and forest researcher Piers Maclaren have examined the financial returns and risks associated with
carbon forestry under the New Zealand ETS.In an article to be published in the academic journal Forest Policy and Economics, they explain that the main financial benefit of carbon forestry comes from the “time value of money”. In other words, income from the sale of carbon credits earned as the forest grows can be invested in more trees, something else, or used to pay off debt.When the trees are harvested, about 75% of the credits earned have to be returned to the government. This is because about 25% of the carbon from the trees, in the form of stumps, roots and other plant material, remains with the land until the new crop becomes established.“Manley and Maclaren’s studies show that radiata pine is a better investment than Douglas fir or shining gum (Eucalyptus nitens) and at higher carbon prices, it’s best not to thin or prune the trees,” Mr Berg says.“However, the highest carbon regimes also involve the highest NZU repayment risk when the crop is harvested. So many carbon foresters are likely to continue pruning, or planting Douglas fir, so they have a high
value timber crop to sell at harvest. “Other ways to manage this risk include spreading forest establishment and harvest dates, deferring harvest and planting a portion in long-lived species such as Douglas fir or redwoods.”A recent AgResearch-led study looked at the potential to use new forests to offset farm emissions and what this meant for farm profitability and cash flow.
Results showed that when carbon values reached $30 to $40/NZU over 60 years, forestry plantings were a cost-effective option to hedge carbon price risk. Farms with existing post-1989 forestry benefited most from additional plantings as they were able to make immediate use of carbon being sequestered in existing plantations.
Carbon positive .. planting trees on hilly country could improve overall farm profitability.
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Farming for carbon viable option
eTS provides an opportunity to make erosion-prone farmland much more sustainable. There is
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Theo Haralampou Woodturner
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Stan Ceglinski Traditional Woodworker
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Plantations on hill country could offset emissions
If you know someone who earns a living from producing, selling ormaking timber goods in Australia, bring them along to this seminar
Fair Competition – and the Illegal Logging Trade
SPEAkEr: Juel Briggs, Director, Briggs Veneers Pty LtdVENuE: Prosperos restaurant, 310 Church Street,Parramatta, Sydney (6.30pm for 7.00pm)CoSt: $40 p.p. (members); $44 p.p. (non members)
Juel Briggs will assess the impact that current and proposed regulations or government controls will have on Australian merchants, manufacturers and manufacturing jobs in the timber industry. She is concerned that timber products from all countries of origin or manufacture should be assessed under the same legality criteria, with no country of origin or of manufacture receiving special favourable treatment.
RSVP by Monday, July 12, to Chris White on 0411 293 646 or Ian Ramsay on 0414 746992 or email: [email protected]: Cheques made payable to Sydney Timber Industry Institute Inc will be received on the night. Direct funds transfer prior to the event is also acceptable. Account details available on request. Receipts available on the night.
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THE timber industry is a significant economic, environmental and social contributor to Victoria, comparable in size to the dairy and tourism industries.Of 7.8 million ha of native forest in Victoria, about 5500 ha is harvested annually or less than 0.07% of the total forest estate.The timber industry strives to achieve a balance between appropriate environmental conservation and economic development, playing a significant role in fighting climate change.The federal government recognises our sector as the only one that removes more greenhouse gas than it emits and Victorian government modelling supports that by showing public land stores more carbon than it releases,
inclusive of timber harvesting.It identifies bushfires as the biggest source of carbon emissions from public lands.While it’s true that some carbon is lost during timber harvesting, research from the CRC for Greenhouse Accounting shows wood and paper products continue to store carbon long after their useful product life.Areas harvested are not simply left as vacant car parks – they’re replanted with seed local to the area, removing significant amounts of carbon as they grow.The author (It’s just pulp fiction, Weekly Times, May 26) was content to make claims about the financial status of VicForests and the industry, but at no time sought the input of VicForests or ourselves.Issues such as the devastating
fires of 2003, 2006-07 and 2009 and a drastically reduced land base have contributed to the challenging operating environment we operate in.During the past 10-15 years, the annual sustainable supply of sawlogs has reduced from near 1 million cub m to less than 500,000 cub m, largely due to increased nature reserves.The contention that we can meet our current timber requirements by switching from native forest timber to plantation timber is simply not true.Independent research concluded the timber produced from Victoria’s Central Highlands could not feasibly be sourced from existing plantations and any 100% plantations policy would require further analysis on land prices and water impacts.Far from being an economic saviour for the Victorian tax payer, the same study estimated that an initial investment of $170 million, plus further investment by government and industry, would be required.
Due to the long time to realise a return on investment and the risk involved, state governments were the sole growers of plantation timber.This is the real reason for a lack of private sector investment and the rationale behind Managed Investment Scheme
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The contention that we can meet our current timber
requirements by switching from native forest timber
to plantation timber is simply not true
Chipping away at falsehoodsTimber industry strikes balance betweenenvironmental and economic pressures
An article in The Weekly Times, published in Melbourne, has called for the ending of native forest logging to “reduce the world woodchip glut”. The article suggests native forest logging is propped up by taxes while taxes help plantation timber to compete.in response to the article, PhiLLiP DALiDAKiS, executive director of the Victorian Association of Forest industries, says Victoria’s timber industry strikes a balance between the environmental and economic pressures.“however, some still attempt to discredit it as some sort of economic and environmental vandal, despite the facts proving otherwise,” Mr Dalidakis asserts.
Cont Page 15A sustainable forest industry in Australia requires a secure and diverse supply base. Picture by VicForests.
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IF Australia is to have illegal logging regulations, then timber products from all countries of origin or manufacture should be assessed under the same legality criteria, with no country of origin or of manufacture receiving special favourable treatment.That’s the opinion of Juel Briggs, a director of Briggs Veneers, who will address a seminar on the subject in Sydney on July 14.“If there isn’t equal treatment and finished product is allowed in to the country without any controls, when raw timber is subject to restrictions, more
illegal timber will just come in within the finished products, without any reduction of illegal timber imports,” Ms Briggs said.“Additionally, circumstances in which overseas manufacturers have an unrestricted timber supply, while Australian manufacturers have controls imposed on their raw material, will grant favourable treatment to overseas manufacturers, selectively disadvantaging jobs in the merchant and manufacturing sector.”The seminar – Fair Competition and the Illegal Logging Trade – will be hosted by Sydney Hoo-
Hoo Club 215 at Prosperos Restaurant, 310 Church Street, Parramatta, starting at 6,30pm.Club president Chris White said the seminar would highlight the impact that current and proposed regulations or government controls will have on Australian timber merchants and processors.“Industry really needs to work together on this to ensure that anti-competitive or favourable treatment should not be selectively applied to certain timber products over others,” Mr White said.• See notice, Page 13.
arrangements.MIS serves a valuable purpose in the wood and paper product supply chain and critics of our industry are quick to suggest company failures equals policy failure. However, I’d suggest it had more to do with their diversification away from sole forestry activities into other agricultural schemes.Regardless, we’re like any other industry and will include businesses that succeed and fail.
None of this detracts from the fact that as a country we do not currently meet our own timber consumption through domestic production.The latest figures (08-09) from ABARE place Australia’s trade
deficit in forest products at $2.2 billion, while federal government estimates suggest $400 million of forest products imports were sourced from areas considered
at high risk of illegal logging.Woodchips were also targeted by the author and are all too often demonised in rhetoric by anti-timber activists.
However, just as not all cuts of beef are scotch fillet or rib eye, not all parts of a tree can be used as sawlog. So while the industry is indeed sawlog driven, there is a range of by-products produced resulting in close to 100 per cent resource utilisation by processors.
And for the record, those woodchips go towards essential everyday consumer products along with high-quality printing.
A sustainable forest industry in Australia requires a secure and diverse supply base, strengthened by continually improving forest management, enhancing resource efficiency and facilitating innovation.
No other resource material has the positive environmental life cycle benefits that timber has, so cutting our industry down makes no sense.
A sustainable forest industry in Australia requires a secure and diverse supply base.
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MIS serves a valuable purpose in the wood and paper product supply chain
From Page 14
Just as not all cuts of beef are scotch fillet or rib eye,
not all parts of a tree can be used as sawlog
Juel Briggs .. need a level playing field on timber imports.
Legality criteria must apply to all countries
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A $15 million lawsuit issued by Osmose against a New Zealand MP has been settled out of court.The case goes back to July 2005 where Drs Robin Wakeling and Nick Smith MP made statements in television, radio and print media that were extremely critical of the efficacy and suitability of Osmose’s surface applied boron timber preservative TimberSaver, used to treat house framing.Osmose issued court
proceedings claiming that a number of the statements were untrue and defamatory.
Osmose joined several other parties to the litigation alleging evidence showed they had participated in and shared responsibility for the statements, including Arch Wood Protection (NZ) Ltd (formerly known as Koppers Arch Wood Protection (NZ) and Bay Treatment Ltd.
The terms of the settlement are confidential.
GROWTH in the production and consumption of oriented strand board (OSB) in North America and Europe as a substitute for structural plywood has been rapid over the past decade – and yet plywood production is expanding.A new report by BIS Shrapnel Forestry says OSB and plywood have increasingly been produced in South America, Russia and Eastern Europe. OSB is used in construction applications for walls, roof panels, sub floors, single-layer floors, insulated panels, floor joists and rim board. In North America it has captured 75% of the structural panel market for key applications.[OSB is an engineered wood product formed by layering strands (flakes) of wood in specific orientations].
In Europe, 75% of OSB is used in the construction industry. Plywood is mainly a structural panel but is used for a wide range of other applications.The production of plywood has increased dramatically in China, which is now a major exporter.It is ironic that the production of plywood has increased rapidly in a resource poor, low cost region, highly dependent on imported logs and veneer, and yet the production of low cost OSB, which is produced from a lower quality resource, has not taken hold in China as a substitute for plywood, or as a potential export product, says the report.The global downturn in 2009 resulted in overcapacity in the structural panels industry in
North America, as well as plant closures.“The upswing will present opportunities for bringing idle capacity back into production, and for developing markets in new regions. However, there are some uncertainties,” said BIS Shrapnel senior manager Bernie Neufeld.The report raised a number of questions: Will the pine beetle infestation in Canada constrain the production of plywood and OSB? Will the reduced availability of veneer quality logs from Indonesia, Malaysia and Russia result in rapidly expanding OSB production in China? Will there be a reduction in plywood production in China?Will plywood production expand in South America and Australasia? Will Russia become a major producer of OSB and plywood? How will this impact on the global market?“As the world economy moves into a sustained cyclical upturn, a resurging North American and European structural panels industry will face competition from China, Russia and South America,” Mr Neufeld said.“Producers need to understand these markets, and their own
markets, to take advantage of opportunities for production, investment, trade, and competitiveness.”He said Europe had been a major producer, consumer, and importer of softwood and hardwood plywood for many years. OSB production began in the early 1990s, and production capacity was now over 4.5 million cub m.It is now produced in 10 countries in Western Europe, as well as in Turkey, Russia and East Europe, and is the fastest growing panel product in Europe.Plywood, which is produced
in Europe, and also imported, is used for many of these applications as well, although 40% is used in construction.“Plywood and OSB producers in Europe will need to carefully consider short term cyclical and long term factors to maximise opportunities arising from the economic upturn,” Mr Neufeld said.
OSB is now produced in South America, and there are plans for production in China, and in Japan. Over the next decade, as demand for structural plywood and OSB increases, in the face of diminishing tropical hardwood resources, these and other regions will begin to substitute OSB for plywood.Australasia, with the capacity to increase hardwood eucalypt and softwood plantations will have the opportunity to expand consumption, production and exports of plywood and OSB, says the BIS Shrapnel report.
industry news
upswing in world consumption of OsBas plywood production continues to rise
New opportunities in growth of oriented strand board production.
As the world economy moves into a sustained cyclical
upturn, a resurging North American and european
structural panels industry will face competition from China,
Russia and South America
The upswing will present opportunities for bringing
idle capacity back into production, and for
developing markets in new regions
Osmose settles lawsuit with NZ MP
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SOUTH Australian manger for TABMA Australia Jason Howse continues to sign up members at a rapid rate.Membership is now approaching 25, and Mr Howse has placed three apprentices with members with another eight to be placed in June. He is also active signing up Wood Naturally Better program partners.Newly-appointed WA
membership manger Louise Collier has hit the ground running, looking to place up to 10 apprentices in the next few months.TABMA Australia chief executive Colin Fitzpatrick said members were receiving access to a range of benefits including government representation at state and federal levels, industry representation, networking opportunities, development
of labour resources through the workforce development division, group buying discounts and permanent and part-time placements through TABMA recruitment. New services being negotiated for members include a low-cost trade credit insurance scheme, group certification for chain of custody at reduced rates, a further discount on fuel with Caltex (above the 6.5c/
litre already in place), working jointly with Forestworks in the implementation of training regimes in sawmills, the installation of a new in house database system for our workforce development division which will greatly benefit host employers and the introduction of short courses in timber grading, timber merchandising and sales programs for members’ staff.
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They have a big ‘steak’ in Hoo-Hoo at the Norman
Enjoying the long lunch at the Norman Hotel .. Alf Chapple (president 1991-93), Tom Donohue (president 1988-89), Ray Lamari (former J1V president and vice-gerent Hoo-Hoo Snark Area 4), Pieter Verlinden ( current club 218 president), and Malcolm Powell (president 1985-86).
TWeNTY-FOUR pioneers of Brisbane hoo-hoo Club 218 gathered in Brisbane last week to honour a great legacy, renew old friendships and, to put it simply, have a good time over a long lunch. They had earned it!Older than Rotary international, the hoo-hoo movement, as a timber industry service oganisation, goes back 118 years and the Brisbane 218 pioneers celebrated the hoo-hoo ideal over plump oysters, thick steaks, cold ales and yarns about the ‘good old days’ at their traditional watering hole, the historic Normal hotel at Woolloongabba.Active and retired timber and forestry personalities, including 11 past presidents, with a combined contribution to industry of more than 1000 years, toasted club foundation members present and departed.“Most of us here have been around this industry for awhile now. And some of us have been around for…well…more than just awhile. We’ve seen some good times, and some bad times.
We’ve seen history being made, and we have made history,” said luncheon organiser John Crooke.“it is especially gratifying to see so many of our club’s long-time supporters and elder statesmen of industry gathered here together around the table.”Such club pioneer standouts as Rod Abel and Colin Wilson and those departed Don Brandon, David Wilkinson, Mick Simpson, Ken Bunney, Bertie George, Denis Denning, Tom Ryley and Merv Scanlan were remembered.And no name in the history of Brisbane hoo-hoo Club 218 loomed larger than pioneers’ day founder the late Tony Baynes, president (1966-68) and J1V president (1972-74).
Catching up with forester Dick Pegg (right) are Colin Galley (president 1978-79) and Bill Philip (president 1982-83).
Hoo-Hoo Club 218 pioneers .. Charlie Henry (president 1980-81), John Crooke (J1V president 1996-97 and club president 1984-85), Tom Donohue (J1V president 1995-96 and club president 1988-89), and Tony Stokes.
Friendships renewed .. Peter Mort (president 1987-88), David Armstrong (formerly Queensland Timber Board), and Don Towerton.
Arriving for a pioneer’s lunch .. David McInyre (president 1995-96) and Mark Kapper.
Cheers to Hoo-Hoo .. John Titmarsh, Brian Allom, Charles Achilles and Tim Evans.
Attending their 28th pioneers’ luncheon are Tony Stokes and Jim Bowden (president 2001-2003).
TABMA Australia team hits the ground running
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Tender of Harvest and Haulage Contracts VicForests is calling for tenders from suitably qualified harvest and haulage contractors.
Ross Runnalls, VicForests’ Manager, Forest Contracting, said tenders need to be submitted to VicForests by Friday, July 30th 2010 “Three harvest and three transport contracts are being offered by VicForests,” Mr Runnalls said.
“These contracts will cover the annual harvest and transport of approximately 80,000m3 of log product from native hardwood forests in the Central Highlands region.
“Two five-year contracts and one one-year contract for both harvest and haulage will commence in October 2010 with a nine-month annual operating period.
“These contracts will be available through an open and competitive sealed bid tender process.
“Within this tender process there is an opportunity for existing contractors to tender for additional work. This work can be amalgamated with their existing contract quantity into a new contract,” he said.
“VicForests is looking to develop contract terms and conditions that achieve greater certainty and efficiency for contractors and VicForests.
“We have moved to five-year contracts in order to maximise security for contractors.
“This will also assist with reducing costs and improving operational and business skills in relation to harvest and haulage,” Mr Runnalls said
Request for Tender documents are available for download from VicForests website at www.vicforests.com.au/tenders.htm.
Request for Tender documents can also be provided by mail. Companies can email their Company name, contact name, phone details and postal address to: [email protected] or contact Reception on (03) 9608 9501.
Tender of Harvest and Haulage ContractsVicForests is calling for tenders from suitably qualified harvest and haulage contractors.
Ross Runnalls, VicForests’ Manager, Firest Contract-ing, said tenders need to be submitted to VicForests by Friday, July 30th 2010.
“Three harvest and three transport contracts are being offered by VicForests, “ Mr Runnalls said.
“These contracts will cover the annual harvest and transport of approximately 80,000m3 of log product from native hardwood forests in the Central Highlands region.
“Two fivee-year contracts and one one-year contract for both harvest and haulage will commence in October 2010 with a nine month annual operating period.
“These contracts will be available through an open and competitive sealed bid tender process.
“Within this tender process there is an opportunity for existing contractors to tender for additional work. This work can be amalgamated with their existing contract quantity into a new contract,” he said.
“VicForests is looking to develop contract terms and conditions that achieve greater certainty and efficiency for contractors and VicForests.
“We ahve moved to five-year contracts in order to maxi-mise security for contractors.
“This will also assist with reducing costs and improving operational and business skills in relation to harvest and haulage, “ Mr Runnalls said.
Request for tender documents are available for down-load from VicForests website at www.vicforests.com.au/tenders.htm
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