National Centre for Future Forest Industries

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1 Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology National Centre for Future Forest Industries Professor Mark Hunt Director

2 History CRC Temperate Hardwood Forestry CRC Sustainable Production Forestry CRC Sustainable Forest Landscapes (CRC Forestry)

3 Forest types and species Native forests Wet forests of Tasmania Seasonal wet forests of Queensland Plantations Softwoods Pinus radiata P. elliottii P.caribaea P. pinaster Hardwoods Eucalyptus globulus E. nitens E. smithii E. pilularis E. maculata E. grandis E. pellita E. cladocalyx Corymbia citriodora

4 E. pellita P. caribaea P. pinaster E. globulus E. cladocalyx E. smithii P. radiata E. globulus E. cladocalyx P. radiata E. globulus P. elliottii Pinus hybrid Corymbia sp E. dunnii E. cloeziana A. cunninghamii P. elliottii E. pilularis E. dunnii E. grandis Distribution of plantation estate P. radiata E. globulus E. nitens

5 CDU JCU UQ Griffiths QUT QDAFF QDAFF CSIRO PI USC CSIRO PI CES DAFWA FPC Murdoch ForestrySA UMELB DSE Monash SCU UTS UWS NSWDPI CSIRO ANU CES UTAS Forestry Tasmania

6 Value Chain/Disciplines Genetics/Breeding Wood Quality Assessment Stand Management Silviculture Pest and disease management Growth and yield modelling Harvesting & Operations Forest Hydrology Forest Soils Productivity and risk modelling Climate change modelling and adaptation Durability Timber architecture Timber engineering Bioenergy Biofuels Forest economics Biomaterials Processing Product development Supply chain logistics Forest economics

7 Primary Products (traditional) Sawn timber for appearance Sawn timber for structural Firewood Residential Residues Chip for pulp and paper Chip for fibreboard

8 Products (emerging mix) Sliced or rotary peeled timber (veneer) Appearance Face Structural Fibre products Paper Structural materials (e.g. fibreboard) Fuel (logs, chips, pellets...aviation fuel) Energy Biomaterials (e.g. nanocrystalline cellulose) Carbon

9 Non-extractive products Ecosystem services Biodiversity Soil quality Water quality and quantity Enhanced agricultural production Shelter, water/salinity management Integrated landscape management Fire Transport infrastructure

10 Structure of Centre Activities Three R&D themes 1. Products, processing and utilisation Construction Biofuels Pulp and paper 2. Industrial forest management* 3. Ecosystem services and integrated landscape management* Education and communication program

11 Theme 1 Future Options 1.1 Peeling characteristics of E. nitens and E. globulus UTAS, CSIRO, UMELB, QDAFF, Forestry Tasmania & Industry 1.2 Processing residue characterisation and use UTAS, Forestry Tasmania & Industry 1.3 Veneer characteristics of later age E. nitens UTAS, Forestry Tasmania, QDAFF, UMELB, ForestQuality & Industry 1.4 Building systems development for material derived from fast grown plantation hardwoods UTAS, Industry

12 Theme 2 Sustainable Forests 2.1 Systems optimisation for multi-rotation forests CSIRO, FWPA, Industry (WA) 2.2 Supply chain optimisation CSIRO, USC, UTAS, Industry 2.3 Comparing actual and potential yield CSIRO, UTAS, Industry 2.4 Matching germplasm to site, management & products - UTAS, CSIRO, STBA, Industry 2.5 Australian Forest Operations Research Alliance USC, UTAS, Industry 2.6 Ameliorating vertebrate pest impacts on Pinus plantations UTAS, Industry

13 Theme 3 Risk Mitigation 3.1 Linking productivity & risk to genes & environment UTAS, CSIRO, STBA, USC, QDAFF, Industry 3.2 Planning and managing wood & fibre production systems under climate change CSIRO, UTAS, Industry 3.3 Optimising wood production and mortality risk in water limited environments UTAS, CSIRO, Whitegum, Industry

14 PhD program Mainly in Theme 3 Education Interest in projects predominantly international for industrial topics First cross-institutional PhD enrolment UTAS & USC

15 The effects of drought on eucalypt plant secondary metabolites and effects on associated herbivores Adam McKiernan Anti-herbivore strategies in Eucalyptus globulus: the effects of genetics and ontogeny on chemical resistance and seedling recovery in response to mammalian browsing Christina Borzak Providing a genetic framework to enhance the success and benefits from forest restoration and carbon plantings in rural landscapes Ben Gosney Genetic diversity and adaptation in Eucalyptus pauciflora Archana Gauli a genetic framework for resilient woodland restoration: The case of Eucalyptus ovata Peter Harrison Managing gene flow from plantation to native eucalypts Matthew Larcombe Increasing the recovery and quality of peeled veneers from plantationgrown Eucalyptus nitens Mario Vega

16 The genetics of myrtle rust tolerance in eucalypts Planting restoration forests: testing new sowing and planting techniques Genetic x environmental effects on functional tree traits that determine success in current and future climates Modelling genomic adaptation to aridity in Corymbia citriodora variegata Forest transport logistics optimisation Maximisation of value through optimised short-term harvest operational planning Optimising plant production systems for improved hybrid Corymbia taxa The impacts of wood products recovery from late (suboptimal) silvicultural treatment of plantation Eucalyptus nitens and E. globulus The structural performance of mass timber commodity-produced building components assembled from low-grade wood Structural characteristics of LVL from plantation E. nitens & E. globulus including the performance of fasteners The effects of mass-timber building components on the thermal performance of Australia s domestic buildings

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