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Plantation management in Australia.
Authors: I. S. FergusonPublication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 1983, Issue N.Z.J.For. 28(3) 1983, pp 327-338, Nov 1983
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry
Abstract: The management of plantations of exotic pines in Australia has evolved from an earlier preoccupation with getting large areas established to a more discriminating approach in which commercial considerations, rational land use, and non-wood values play an increasingly important role. Silvicultural regimes are becoming more diverse as different trends develop in different regions and markets within Australia. The role of the public sector in commercial plantations is coming under closer scrutiny. Marketing issues now assume a much greater prominence in terms of investment in additional plantations and in more intensive silviculture, and possible competition from overseas imports.