Finding new uses for thinned wood

摘要

Research completed at Southern Cross University (SCU) and elsewhere has shown that to produce the high value sawn and veneer hardwood logs so desperately needed to ensure wood supply into the medium to longer term, plantations must be thinned. While we are on the cusp of achieving workable solutions that would end conflict over forested land use, private forestry continues to be held back by an inability to viably use small young stems and pay for good management.