The Alice in Wonderland world of New Zealand wood quality and log pricing

Authors: David Elliott
Publication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2011, Issue N.Z.J.For. 56(2) 2011, pp 30, Aug 2011
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry

Abstract: Dear Sir I have much sympathy for the flavour of despair pervading Piers Mclaren’s editorial in the last Journal of Forestry. I have recently retired from a profession which advocated intensive silvicultural management of commercial plantations as the means to achieve optimum profitability. Alas, as I close the door on my career, all the evidence demonstrates that 40 years ago Fenton and his enthusiastic acolytes were wrong, and those timid defenders of conservative practice were right. Forest growers would have been far better off going for maximum yield per hectare, because, if you believe the “always-right” customers for our timber production, quality and size just don’t matter.
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