GREEN TRIANGLE ForestIndustryProspects

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12 Table 1: Summary of the major Green Triangle plantation companies Company name Links to previous companies Sector Activity Australian Bluegum Plantations Pty Ltd (ABP) Elders Forestry Ltd Funded through Global Forest Partners. Acquired the former Timbercorp MIS plantations, freehold land and assignment of third party leases. Acquired Integrated Tree Cropping in ITC name changed to Elders Forestry in Manages the MIS Schemes of the former APT, ITC and Yates projects. Hardwood Hardwood Plantation owner and manager, land owner, leaser of land. MIS plantation manager, land owner and leaser of land. ForestrySA Owned by the South Australian government. Softwood Plantation owner and manager, land owner, leaser of land. Green Triangle Forest Products Pty Ltd (GTFP) Gunns Forest Products Pty Ltd HVP Plantations Pty Ltd Macquarie Forestry Services Pty Ltd Midway Afforestation Pty Ltd New Forests Pty Ltd Plantation Timbers Group Pty Ltd Funded through Global Forest Partners. Acquired the former softwood GTFP plantations, and retained the GTFP name for the new management entity. Based in Launceston, Tasmania. Purchased and has since sold the former Auspine softwood estate. Is manager of the former Auspine softwood estate and the former Great Southern Ltd (GSL) MIS Projects. Owned jointly by Australian and US superannuation and investment funds. Formerly the Victorian Plantations Corporation. Macquarie Forestry Services Pty Ltd is the founding company. Midway Afforestation Pty Ltd is the founding company. Owned by Alberta Investment Management Corporation. Purchaser of the former GSL freehold estate, the majority of which is leased to Gunns Forest Products for the former GSL MIS Projects and to Elders Forestry for the former APT MIS Projects. Plantation Timbers Group Pty Ltd is the founding company. It manages investor plantations including WAPRES and Daio. Softwood Hardwood and softwood Softwood Hardwood Hardwood and softwood Hardwood Hardwood and softwood Plantation owner and manager, land owner. Softwood manager and MIS hardwood plantation manager, leaser of land. Plantation owner and manager, land owner, leaser of land. MIS plantation manager, land owner. Plantation owner and manager, land owner. Mostly infrastructure and some plantation management. This will change as the former Great Southern plantations are harvested and the land reverts to New Forests. Plantation manager.

13 Table 2: Green Triangle plantation areas 4 by species (ha) SA Victoria Total Hardwood plantations 42, , ,643 Softwood plantations 108,376 69, ,535 Total plantation area 150, , ,178

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19 Table 3: Summary of softwood processing activity in the Green Triangle Product Locations Companies Tonnes/year Sawlog Mount Gambier Carter Holt Harvey, SE Pine Sales, Whitehead Timber 2.0 million Tarpeena Colac Sales, NF McDonnell & Sons Gunns Timber Products AKD Softwoods Export sawlog and pulplog Portland International Timber Solutions and Pentarch 250,000 Roundwood preservation Kalangadoo Millicent Gunns Timber Products Miland 150,000 Mount Gambier Carter Holt Harvey, Roundwood Solutions Mumbannar McVilly Timbers Heywood Portland Pine Products Wood chip and sawmill residue Portland Mount Gambier Gunns Timber Products, Carter Holt Harvey Carter Holt Harvey (for particleboard) 2.0 million softwood Millicent Kimberly Clark Australia (for pulp & paper production) Sawmill residues, wood waste & bark Mount Gambier Wandilo Nu-Erth BioGro 250,000

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29 Table 4: Resource commitment forecasts Product Time period Available softwood volume (tonnes) Available hardwood volume (tonnes) Committed (tonnes) based on current level of production Surplus/deficit (tonnes) Sawlog ,000,000 10,500, , ,600,000 10,500, , ,800,000 10,500,000 2,300, ,200,000 10,500,000 2,700,000 Preservation , , , ,100, , , , , , , ,000 50,000 SW HW SW HW Chip/pulp ,900,000 14,200,000 3,100,000 5,000,000 1,800,000 9,200, ,900,000 21,100,000 3,500,000 5,000,000 1,400,000 16,100, ,700,000 8,800,000 3,500,000 5,000,000 1,200,000 3,800, ,800,000 19,200,000 3,500,000 5,000,000 1,300,000 14,200,000

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31 Organisation Contact What sort of assistance is available Government and Forest Policy Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Department of Primary Industries, Victoria Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia Department of Planning and Community Development, Victoria Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, South Australia Local forestry organisations Green Triangle Regional Plantations Committee Southern Tree Breeding Association National forestry organisations Forest and Wood Products Australia The Australian government department responsible for forestry. Victorian department with responsibility for forest industry policy. South Australian government department responsible for forest policy and industry development Has a central role in managing Victoria s growth and development by engaging with business and communities South Australian government planning department responsible for the State s planning and development system Links between plantation growers and government stakeholder groups Hardwood and softwood tree breeding A not for profit company that provides a national, integrated research and development focus for the Australian forest and wood products industry

32 Australian Forest Products Association Institute of Foresters of Australia Peak body of Australian forest industry organisations, recently formed from a merger of A3P and NAFI Represents the Australian forestry profession. Has an active Branch in the Green Triangle. Australian Forest Growers Represents private forest growers in Australia. Has an active Branch in the Green Triangle. Training and Workforce organisations Technical and Further Education; TAFESA and SWTAFE FITNET and Provides training for a range of industry specific skills Forest Industries Training Network Southern Cross University Provision of a forestry degree program. ForestWorks Goal is to assist industry with their skills development objectives through national industry skills standards and qualifications LITA Training associated with harvesting activities Business development AusIndustry Delivers a range of innovation grants, tax and duty concessions and business development The Department of Business and Innovation, Victoria Department of Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade and Resources, South Australia Regional Development Australia Barwon SW Regional Development Australia Limestone Coast Association of Consulting Foresters of Australia Industry Capability Network SA wwwrdalimestonecoast.org.au Supports the Victorian Governments pro-business policies and programs and the development of innovative industries The South Australian Government s key economic development agency Industry development assistance Industry development assistance Provides a list of consulting foresters and their capabilities. It is a Division of the Institute of Foresters of Australia. Facilitates knowledge transfer and process capability to maximise local content Community & environmental organisations SE NRM Board Water planning and natural resources management responsibilities in SE South Australia Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority South East Resource Information Centre Responsible for the development of strategic direction for land and water management in SW Victoria Spatial analysis, mapping and analysis of data Great South Coast Group Represents local government authorities in SW Victoria SELGA Represents regional councils in SE South Australia Aboriginal Affairs Victoria The Victorian Government s key agency for advice on Aboriginal affairs Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation The South Australian Government s key agency for advice on Aboriginal affairs Timber Towns Victoria An incorporated local government association representing the interests of municipal councils in relation to forestry on both public and private land

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