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Sustainable Forest Industry Development in Tropical North Queensland North Tropical in Development Industry Forest Sustainable WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS Sustainable Forest Industry Development in Tropical North Queensland Edited by S. R. Harrison and J. L. Herbohn Harrison and Herbohn and Harrison Rainforest CRC Headquarters at James Cook University, Smithfield, Cairns Postal address: PO Box 6811, Cairns, QLD 4870, AUSTRALIA Phone: (07) 4042 1246 Fax: (07) 4042 1247 Email: [email protected] http://www.rainforest-crc.jcu.edu.au The Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (Rainforest CRC) is a research partnership involving the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management Commonwealth and Queensland State Governments, the Wet Tropics Management Authority, the tourism industry, Aboriginal groups, the CSIRO, James Cook University, Griffith University and The University of Queensland. SUSTAINABLE FOREST INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS Edited by S. R. Harrison1,3 and J. L. Herbohn2,3 1 School of Economics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 2 School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland, Gatton 3 Rainforest CRC Established and supported under the Australian Cooperative Research Centres Program © Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management. ISBN 0 86443 765 X This work is copyright. The Copyright Act 1968 permits fair dealing for study, research, news reporting, criticism or review. Selected passages, tables or diagrams may be reproduced for such purposes provided acknowledgment of the source is included. Major extracts of the entire document may not be reproduced by any process without written permission of the Chief Executive Officer, Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management. Published by the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management. Further copies may be requested from the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns QLD 4870, Australia. This publication should be cited as: Harrison, S. R. and Herbohn, J. L. (2006) Sustainable Forest Industry Development in Tropical North Queensland. Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management. Rainforest CRC, Cairns (180pp.). June 2006 Formatting and editorial assistance provided by Shannon Hogan and Birgit Kuehn. For copies of this document, please visit www.rainforest- crc.jcu.edu.au Sustainable Forest Industry Development in Tropical North Queensland CONTENTS Contributors..............................................................................................................................iii Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................. iv Preface..................................................................................................................................... v 1. Exploring the Potential for Forest Industry Development in North Queensland .........................................................................................................1 S.R. Harrison 2. Investment in Australia’s Forest and Wood Products Industry................................9 A. Flanagan 3. An Integrated Approach to Examining Obstacles to and Options for Forest Industry Development.....................................................................................17 S.R. Harrison 4. DPI Forestry’s Role in Forest Industry Development, as the State’s Leading Commercial Forest Grower..........................................................................31 G. Kent 5. Expanding the Araucariaceae Estate on the Southern Atherton Tablelands ........37 D.R. Killin 6. A Case-based Study of Private Landholders Who Have Planted Trees.................59 R.I. Maczkowiack 7. A Tree Grower’s View on Forestry in North Queensland: Why Are We Still Asleep? ...........................................................................................71 E. Wiles 8. Economic Performance of Timber Utilisation Policies that Generate Employment and Income for Wik People on Cape York Peninsula........................77 T.J. Venn 9. Facilitating and Promoting Sustainable Forest-based Industries in Central Queensland.....................................................................................................97 B. Williams and H. Norris 10. Biodiversity Futures Under Alternative Forest Industry Scenarios in North Queensland .....................................................................................................103 J. Kanowski, C.P. Catterall and G.W. Wardell-Johnson 11. Potential Financial Returns from Hoop Pine and an Assessment of the Likely Impacts of Various Support Measures on Landholder Willingness to Plant ..................................................................................................123 J.L. Herbohn 12. Visitor Attitudes to a Proposed Hoop Pine Plantation Establishment on the Southern Atherton Tablelands .................................................................................135 J. Suh, R. Lwanga, S.R. Harrison and J.L. Herbohn i Contents 13. The CRC for Wood Innovations: What’s in it for North Queensland Forest Industries? .....................................................................................................147 G. Hopewell and N. Wilkinson 14. Domestic and Export Marketing of Auracaria Timber............................................155 M. Cox 15. Integrating Social Analysis and Participatory Planning Processes for Assessment and Design of Forest Options ............................................................163 H. Ross 16. Developing a Business Case for Forestry Expansion: Concept and Method ....173 S.R. Harrison and J.L. Herbohn ii Sustainable Forest Industry Development in Tropical North Queensland CONTRIBUTORS Dr Carla Catterall Environmental Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Qld. 4111. Mr Michael Cox School of International Business, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld. 4001. Mr Aidan Flanagan Forest Industries Group, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601. Dr Steve Harrison School of Economics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. 4072. Dr John Herbohn School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Qld. 4343. Mr Garry Hopewell Forest Products Technologist, DPI Forestry Research, PO Box 631, Indooroopilly, Qld. 4068. Dr John Kanowski Environmental Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Qld. 4111. Mr Geoff Kent Regional Manager North, DPI Forestry, McIlwraith Street, Ingham, Qld. 4850. Mr Daryl Killin Policy Analysis and Industry Development, Department of Primary Industries, Atherton, Qld. 4883. Mr Robert Lwanga 11a Station Road, Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 2UW, London, United Kingdom (previously School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland). Mr Bob Maczkowiack School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Qld. 4343. Ms Heather Norris Queensland Government Department of State Development and Innovation, PO Box 710, Mackay, Qld. 4740. Professor Helen Ross School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Qld. 4343. Dr Geoff Slaughter School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Qld. 4343. iii Contributors Dr Jungho Suh Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 (previously School of Economics and School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland). Dr Tyron Venn Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics, College of Forestry and Conservation, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, United States of America (previously School of Economics, The University of Queensland). Dr Grant Wardell-Johnson School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Qld. 4343. Mr Errol Wiles Australian Forest Growers, PO Box 375, Babinda, Qld. 4861. Ms Nola Wilkinson Communications Manager, CRC Wood Innovations, ILFR Bldg 142, The University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville, Vic. 3052. Dr Bruce Williams Executive Officer, Central Queensland Forest Association, PO Box 283, Rockhampton, Qld. 4700. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (Rainforest CRC) for facilitating the North Queensland Forest Industry Development Workshop and for producing this monograph, and especially recognise the great organising ability and management during the workshop of Susan Lowth and Shannon Hogan, both of the Rainforest CRC. iv Sustainable Forest Industry Development in Tropical North Queensland PREFACE Substantial research has been conducted into the forest industry in North Queensland, stimulated by the creation of the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (Rainforest CRC) as well as the Community Rainforest Reforestation Program (CRRP), both in 1992. While the CRRP was intended in part to replace the timber resource lost to the market by the formation of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area (WTWHA) in 1988, it has become apparent that private profitability