Naomi Edwards submission to the RPDC September 2006 - an analysis of the pulp mill returns to the people of Tasmania. (186K file in pdf format)
TWFF on the Tasmanian Community Forest Agreement.
Timber Workers For Forests comment on the Tasmanian Community Forest Agreement.
(58K file in pdf format)
TWFF Press Release
Tasmania's Specialty Timber Industry
A Blueprint for Future Sustainability (549K file in pdf format)
Tasmania's specialty timber industry
currently contributes significantly to the Tasmanian community both
economically and socially. This document provides a blueprint for the
long-term ecologically sustainable supply of specialty timbers for the
Tasmanian furniture, boat-building, interior design, and craft-wood
industries.
The document is the culmination of 10 months research and comprehensive
consultation with the Tasmanian timber industry and community.
It identifies 62,000 hectares of State forest for proposed new Specialty
Timber Zones.
figure 1
(607K file in pdf format)
figure 2
(434K file in pdf format)
figure 3
(373K file in pdf format)
- from the main document in colour and in a slightly higher resolution
Forest Waste - The Obscene Cost of Clearfelling
(355K file in PDF format)
Research findings from a clearfelled old-growth coupe in the southern forests.
Plantation Forestry In Tasmania
An overview of Tasmania's plantation forests, current and future opportunities.
The file in full. (1710K file in pdf format)
- or download in sections
Part one (435K file in pdf format)
- Contents, Summary, Introduction,
"National Context and Overview of Tasmania's Plantations".
Part two (403K file in pdf format)
"Plantation Production And Products", "Current Plantation Forest Employment"
and "Future Plantation Resource Availability".
Part three (256K file in pdf format)
"Maximising The Return From Plantations"
Part four (662K file in pdf format)
"Plantation Issues Of Economic And Social Importance", Appendices
Employment in Tasmania's Timber Industry (2004)
(76K file in pdf format)
Misuse of Imagery by Industrial Loggers
An essay by Graham Green (12K file in pdf format)
Sustainable Harvesting Proposal
(12K file in pdf format)
This document
is a proposal suitable for some sites and is the work of one member of
TWFF; it does not necessarily represent the views of the rest of the
members of TWFF
Tasmania's Sawmills Briefing Sheet
(188K file in pdf format)
Timber Industry Jobs Update August 2004
(69K file in pdf format)
(773K file in pdf format)
The impact of clearfelling on biodiversity
this new report challenges the scientific basis of forestry. The study
compares the values of old growth forest with a nearby site that was
clearfelled and regenerated in the 1980s. The study was conducted by a
team of scientists in Tasmania's Weld River Valley.
The study demonstrates that logging old growth forest significantly alters
the diversity and abundance of plants and invertebrate animals. Poor soil
structure and loss of soil organic matter following the clearfell-burn and
sow treatment appears to adversely affect forest health and its ability to
produce good timber.
Figure 1
(a 291 K file in pdf format) and
Figure 2
(a 114 K file in pdf format)
- from the main document in slightly larger resolution.
Exporting our Jobs and Future Sawlogs
(59K file in pdf format)
Economic Appraisal of Clearfelling and Woodchipping
(106K file in PDF format)
Presented to the landclearing conference Friday 23rd May 2003.
Plantation Promises Stretched to Breaking Point.
(105K file in PDF format)
What happens when the prospectus assumptions
hit the ground?
Evidence to Senate Inquiry into Plantation Forestry - Tuesday 29 April 2003.
Report author N. J. Edwards.
PDF version of power point
presentation made to the Senate Inquiry
(351K file in PDF format) - Naomi Edwards.
Tasmanian Timber Industry Jobs Update October 2002
A review of job losses in the Tasmanian timber industry. (64K file in PDF format.)
Tasmanian timber industry jobs 2002
(410K file in PDF format)
A report detailing: the magnitude of job losses in the Tasmanian timber
industry in the last decade; the cause of the job losses; and a framework
to enable Tasmania's timber industry to become innovative, environmentally
sound and rich in jobs.