Forest Plantations Working Papers
Based on the work in 1998 of
R. Heathcote
Consultant
Edited by M. Varmola
June 2002
Forest Resources Development Service
Forest Resources Division
Forestry Department
Working Paper FP/22
FAO, Rome (Italy)
1 The state forests of New South Wales eucalypt plantation program
1.1 History
1.2 Current situation
1.3 State forests marketing
1.4 Geographic areas
1.5 Infrastructure and markets
1.6 Physical environment
1.7 Growth rates
1.8 Log product size and value
1.9 Wood security
1.10 Landowner support
1.11 Community support
2 Major impediments to investment in Australian plantations
2.1 Dominant role of government
2.2 The lack of transparent and competitive markets
2.3 An unsympathetic tax regime
2.4 Uncertainty with regard to land availability, yields and other risks
2.5 Relatively poor track record of past non-industrial investment
3 Analysis of factors influencing investment in NSW long rotation eucalypt plantations
3.1 Technical factors
3.2 Economic factors
3.3 Log prices
3.4 Production costs
3.5 Social factors
3.6 Carbon trading
3.7 Policy factors
Appendix 1. Australian Government plantation programs
Appendix 2. NSW eucalypt plantation program properties and uses of plantation grown timbers
Appendix 3. Plantation costs, $AUD (commercial in confidence)