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- Submission on Victorian Timber Industry Strategy - PDF -
- TPA Annual Report 2006-07 - PDF -
- NAFI Submission to Garnaut Review on emissions trading discussion paper - PDF -
- Garnaut Climate Change Review - PDF - Issues Paper 1 - Climate Change: Land Use -
Agriculture and Forestry.
A response by the National Association of Forest
Industries (NAFI) and Tree Plantations Australia (TPA)
December 2007
- Early Abatement Incentives Discussion Paper - PDF - Abatement incentives
prior to the commencement of the Australian
Emissions Trading Scheme (September 2007) - A response by the National Association of Forest Industries
(NAFI) and Tree Plantations Australia (TPA)
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting - PDF - NAFI submission to the Department of Environment and
Water Resources, Australian Greenhouse Office on the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting
System – Regulations Discussion Paper (October 2007)
- VEAC River Red Gum Submission - PDF - Submission to the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) River Red Gum Forests Investigation: Draft Proposals Paper (July 2007)
- Penola pulp mill submission - PDF - NAFI and TPA submission to the Select Committee on the Penola Pulp Mill Authorisation Bill
- Review of Regulatory Burdens on Business - PDF - NAFI submission to the Productivity Commission’s Annual Review of Regulatory Burdens on Business – Primary Sector
- Preliminary Documentation on Gunns Ltd’s Pulp Mill Proposal - PDF - NAFI comment to the Commonwealth Government in relation to the Preliminary Documentation for Gunns Ltd’s proposed Bleached Kraft Pulp Mill at Bell Bay in Northern Tasmania
- Submission to Victorian Bushfire Inquiry - PDF - NAFI submission to the Inquiry into the Impact of Public Land Management Practices on Bushfires in
Victoria
- Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading - PDF - NAFI submission on the important Issues Paper on Emissions Trading prepared by the Prime
Ministerial Task Group.
- NAFI Annual Report 2005-06 NAFI’s annual report with reports on key issue that affected the industry during the year
- Submission to the Australian Government Discussion Paper on Illegal Logging - PDF - Submission to the Australian Government Discussion Paper - Bringing Down the Axe on Illegal Logging: A Practical Approach
- Submission to the National Emissions Trading Taskforce - PDF - Discussion Paper on a Possible Design for a National Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Trading Scheme
- National Parks Inquiry - PDF - Submission to Senate inquiry into Australia’s national parks, conservation reserves and marine protected areas
- Pulp Mill Submission - PDF - NAFI Submission on Gunns Ltds Draft Integrated Impact Statement for their proposed pulp mill
- Standards and Accreditation submission - PDF - NAFI submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Standards and Accreditation (2006)
- Road and Rail submission - PDF - NAFI submission on Productivity Commission Inquiry into Road and Rail Infrastructure Pricing (2006)
- NSW Private Native Forestry - PDF - NAFI submission on Draft Code of Practice for Private Native Forests in NSW (2006)
- Response to WWF Australia's Blueprint for Tasmania - PDF - Read the extensive response NAFI made to the groundbreaking statement by WWF Australia, which accepted many current native forestry practices
- Submission ot the National Water Initiative - PDF - The National Water Initiative must deliver an integrated and comprehensive framework to support the sustainable use of Australia’s water resources while providing secure water entitlements for all water users.
- Submission ot the National Reserve System Taskforce - PDF - The critical measure of a Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative National Reserve System should not be a simple statistic such as the area of ecosystems or forest types held in reserve. Rather, it should be the real capacity for the system to deliver
- NAFI Annual Report for 2002-03 - PDF - NAFI's latest annual report - including valuable summaries of the state of forestry in Australia and the most important forest issues (*5.6MB)
- Response to Four Corners - PDF - NAFI's comprehensive complaint against error and lack of balance in the ABC's Four Corners story on Tasmanian forestry
- The Future Forests and Timber Conference 2003 Papers presented to NAFI's 2003 Conference
- ACT Non-Urban Land Use Study (NAFI September 2003) The ACT has the capacity to become the hub of a regional timber industry that extends beyond the Territory
- Future Water Supplies for Australia’s Rural Industries and Communities - PDF - (NAFI August 2003) Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Inquiry into Future Water Supplies for Australia’s Rural Industries and Communities
- Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations - PDF - - (NAFI July 2003) A Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations
- Inquiry into Rural Water Resource Usage - PDF - (NAFI July 2003) Submission to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee Inquiry into Rural Water Resource Usage
- Facing the 2003 Bushfires - PDF - (NAFI June 2003) A submission by the National Association of Forest Industries to the House of Representatives Select Committee on the 2003 Australian Bushfires
- Regional Business Development - PDF - (NAFI September 2002) A submission by the National Association of Forest Industries to the Regional Business Development Analysis Panel.
- Plantation Forests - PDF - (NAFI September 2002) A submission by the National Association of Forest Industries to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee Inquiry into Plantation Forests and the 2020 Vision Initiative
- Renewable energy from forest residue - PDF - (NAFI 2003) A submission by the National Association
of Forest Industries to Environment, Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts Legislation
Committee Inquiry into the Renewable Energy (Electricity)
Amendment Bill 2002.
- The Review of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 - PDF - (NAFI & AFG May 2003) A joint submission to the Senate Environment, Communications, nformation Technology and the Arts Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Review of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
- World Forestry Day 2008 - PDF - To celebrate World Forestry Day 2008, NAFI has produced a new publication.
- Forestry’s climate change role highlighted on World Forestry Day 2007 - PDF - Download the 2007 World Forestry Day Publication Forest industries and climate change
- Industry submission to review of plantation taxation arrangements (2006) - PDF - View a submission written on behalf of the Australian Plantation Timber Industry, in response to The Australian Government’s
proposed taxation arrangements for plantation forestry
- Forestry practices highlighted on World Forestry Day 2006 - PDF - As part of World Forestry Day and a celebration of NAFI’s 20th Anniversary, NAFI has released a new publication - 20 years of improvement in Australia’s forestry practices
- Sustainability Highlighted on World Forestry Day 2005 As part of World Forestry Day, NAFI is releasing a new publication - Australia’s Achievements in Sustainable Forest Management
- ABC program found to be "biased" against forest industry - PDF - The ABC’s Independent Complaints Review Panel announced on 10 December 2004 that an ABC Four Corners documentary aired in February 2004 displayed “bias� and a “serious lack of balance� in presenting Tasmanian forestry issues.
- Coalition Tasmania Forest Policy for 2004 Election - PDF - Download the forest policy statement for Tasmania launched by Prime Minister John Howard in Launceston in the last week of the 2004 federal election campaign
- Key Australian Forestry Statistics - PDF - Download a fact sheet covering the key statistics about Australia's forests, forest industries, and wood products production and trade
- Tasmanian Forests - PDF - Download a fact sheet on the facts about the Styx and Tarkine forest areas in Tasmania
- Plantations and Water - PDF - Download a fact sheet on the effect of plantations on water
- National Forest Policy Statement - PDF - Read NAFI's National Forest Policy Statement, adopted in July 2004
- New survey of opinions on old-growth forests - PDF - New Tasmanian research reveals attitudes to old-growth forestry very different from those promoted by the Greens
- The End of Forestry After reading George Orwell's book 1984, a forester reflects on the rise and fall of the forestry profession in Australia.
- National Forestry Submission to Bushfire Inquiry - PDF - The National Association of Forest Industries has made a major submission to the House of Representatives Select Committee on the Recent Bushfires (June 2003).
- Bushfires and Taxation (Phil Townsend, 2003) The ATO has provided some important information regarding primary producers affected by the bushfires of 2003
- Auslink: towards the national land transport plan NAFI Submission in response to the Federal Government's Auslink: towards the national land transport plan (January 2003)
- Regional Business Development in Forestry - PDF - (NAFI, September 2002) A submission by NAFI to the Regional Business
Development Analysis Panel
- Australia Beats the World in Forestry Coverage (Dr Robert Bain, October 1995) A Article published in the Sydney Morning Herald showing Australia's commitment to forestation
- Forest managment - IFA spokesperson opinion Read a series of articles by Mark Poynter, forester and spokeperson for the Victorian branch of the Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA)
- The Hidden Cost of Bushfires - PDF - (Department of Land and Water Conservation, 1986) The Department explores the hidden costs of bushfires in under-managed national parks and other forest areas.
- Forest fire expert says fuel is the key (Aled Hoggett, January 2003) Is the ongoing tragedy of fires avoidable? Former Chief Silviculturist with NSW State Forests, writes in The Canberra Times
- Burning Bush - Burning Questions (Peter Attiwill, January 1997) An article looking at the questions raised by the Dandenong fire fuel loads of 1997
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting - PDF - NAFI submission to the Department of Environment and
Water Resources, Australian Greenhouse Office on the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting
System – Regulations Discussion Paper (October 2007)
- National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting NAFI submission to the Department of Environment and
Water Resources, Australian Greenhouse Office on the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting
System – Regulations Discussion Paper (October 2007)
- Fire Ecology Working Group Study (DNRE (Vic) and Parks Victoria, 2002) A report into the disturbance of bushfire on public land
- The Impact of Forestry on Ecosystems and Their Biodiversity. (Chris Wagner & Phil Townsend, December 2002) An introduction and case studies relating to biodiversity and forestry
- Forest Giants of the Styx Valley - PDF - (Phil Townsend, October 2002) In Tasmania's Styx Valley, the forest industry works hard to maintain magnificent giant trees
- Native Forests, Scientifically Correct – Politically Incorrect (John Kerin, August 2002) Comments made by the former Federal Minister for Primary Industries at the Plantations conference held in Canberra.
- Hard Choices for the Environment Movement (Dr Patrick Moore, July 1995) Dr Moore's address to the National Press Club, Canberra
- Tackling the Hard Issues (John Laws - Dr Patrick Moore, March 1996) John Laws (Sydney 2UE) interviews Dr Patrick Moore Greenpeace, about the Environmental Movement in Australia, and the Forest Debate
- Government Decision on Woodchip Exports (NAFI, September 1996) A letter to Senator Bob Brown regarding a "terrifing decision"
- Moore Takes On the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (Dr Patrick Moore, April 1996) A letter to the Duke of Edinburgh regarding the recently expressed opinions critical of the impact of logging by the WWF
- Why the Greens Should Rethink Their Policy on Forests (Dr Patrick Moore, 1996) Dr Moore discusses the need to rethink fundamental environmental policies on forestry
- A Surprise in the Woods (The Economist, July 1997) An article looking at how Greenpeace seems to be fighting yesterday's war
- Ecosystems on the Move (IPA Review, October 1997) When is an ecosystem not an ecosystem?
- Marketing Natural Timber in the New Economy - PDF - The purpose of this study is to identify whether a framework can be built or a
model exists by which to develop a stronger and more positive image for the
natural timber industry.
- Felmingham Report on Tasmanian Old-Growth Harvesting Practices - PDF - (June 2004) A new report by Tasmanian economist Bruce Felmingham concludes that proposals to cease clearfell harvesting practices in Tasmania's old-growth forests would have dramatic effects on jobs, productivity and the quality end of the timber industry
- Cabinet timbers - PDF - (ANU School of Resources, Environment and Society, 2003) The focus of this report is the profitability of cabinet
timber plantations in farm forestry settings. The
report also presents price trends and outlook for
cabinet timbers, and case studies of
- Trends in log prices in Tasmania - PDF - (ANU School of Resources, Environment and Society, 2002) This report examines past trends in log prices in
Tasmania, and presents market trends for other
selected forest products for other regions. The trends
may contribute to a better understanding of
- Stumpage prices over the next 10, 20, 30 years - PDF - (ANU School of Resources, Environment and Society, 2002) This report begins with a discussion of the important
issue of the outlook for stumpage prices. It next
presents recent market trends for selected forest
products, and stumpage received by small-
- Plantations and the 2020 Vision - PDF - (NAFI, October 2002) A NAFI Submission to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee Inquiry into Plantation Forests and the 2020 Vision
- Addressing the Claims of the Judy Clark Report (NAFI, 1996) NAFI's response to Judy Clarks Report "Australia's Plantations"
- VAFI Refutes Clark Report Claims (VAFI, 1996) The Victorian Association of Forest Industries response to the Judy Clark Report "Australia's Plantations"(25K)
- Mulitiple Use Forest Management is Best (Miles Prosser, January 1997) Mr Prosser Response to Judy Clark's criticism of multiple use forest management
- Building Tradition - PDF - Timber is one of mankind’s most tried and tested building materials. Since the first settlers, Australian builders have used sawn timber as their preferred building material in private dwelling construction. (More product information at The Development of Paper A summary of the history and technology of papermaking
- Furniture Life Cycle Assessment Report - PDF - A report by the CSIRO into the positive environmental properties of Timber for building and furniture construction
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