T HE F ORESTER A publication of The Institute of Foresters of Australia Registered by Print Post, Publication No. PP299436/00103

Volume 51, Number 2 June 2008 ISSN 1444-8920

ACT Forestry Month Who Page 6

Old Forests - New Management let the Page 14

students Student field trip to WA out? Page 16 Oddities & Identities in Westbourne Woods Page 23 Forestry students from ANU visited 100 Years of forests Western Australia Page 24 on an extra- curricular field trip hosted by the IFA.

Contents

NATIONAL NEWS From the President...... 3 Tertiary Education Summit ...... 3 Letter from Minister Tony Burke...... 27 National President RPF NEWS Dr Peter Volker Belinda Field...... 4 Chris Done...... 4 Board of Directors Kerrie Catchpoole, QLD Richard Schoobridge ...... 5 Ron Wilson, NSW Phil Pritchard, ACT COVER STORY Gary Featherston, VIC IFA/ANU Student Field trip to WA...... 16-19 Zoe Harkin, VIC Lew Parsons, SA David Wettenhall, WA SPECIAL FEATURES Andrew Wye, TAS ACT ‘Forestry Month’ ...... 6-7 Gerry Cross, ACFA IFA promotes ‘Forestry as a Career’...... 9 Executive Director AUSTimber IFA exhibition...... 9 J. Adrian O’Loughlin QLD World Forestry Day Celebrations ...... 10 A chance meeting 25 years on...... 11 Member Services Manager ASIA Pacific Forestry Week...... 12 Cassandra Spencer Old Forests - New Management...... 14-15 From the Pacific Islands to Tasmania ...... 21 Oddities and Identities National Office PO Box 7002 in Westbourne Woods ...... 23 YARRALUMLA ACT 2600 100 years...... 24-25 Building 6, Wilf Crane Cres Update on Max Jacobs Memorials Yarralumla ACT 2600 in ACT ...... 26 Phone (02) 6281 3992 Fax (02) 6281 4693

Email: [email protected] AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS ACT Forester of the Year 2008...... 8 N.W. Jolly Medal - Web Site www.forestry.org.au Call for Nominations ...... 11 2009 Maxwell Ralph Jacobs Grant - Applications Open ...... 13 All R Henderson grant...... 28 Next date for copy: Max Jacobs Grant recipient 10 August 2008 Report ...... 29 (Vol 51, No. 3)

FORESTRY COURSES Editor: J. Adrian O’Loughlin Design: Cassandra Spencer The University of Melbourne...... 20

Southern Cross University...... 22 Submissions: The Editor REGULAR FEATURES IFA Welcome to new members ...... 19 PO Box 7002 Coming Events ...... 21 Yarralumla ACT 2600

Summary of Email Bulletins ...... 25 Phone (02) 6281 3992 Letters to the Editor...... 29 Fax (02) 6281 4693 Membership with the IFA ...... 30-31 Email: [email protected] Merchandise...... 32

ADVERTS The Forester is a quarterly newsletter published by the Australian Forest Growers...... 13 Institute of Foresters of Forestry Tools...... 26 Australia.

Advertising and sales enquiries Front cover: should be directed to: Cover story: ANU Students with Jack [email protected] Bradshaw and staff from DEC and FPC in tall karri forest, WA - Page 16

The views expressed in this publication and any inserts are not necessarily those of the Editor or the Institute of Foresters of Australia.

2 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

From the President

The new Rudd government has settled in In March, I had the opportunity to meet and appears to be making progress on a with a World Heritage Assessment Panel. number of issues of significance to They were visiting Australia, specifically forestry in Australia. I was able to meet to deal with issues raised by the very briefly with Agriculture and Forestry Tasmanian Wilderness Society about IFA President Minister, Tony Burke who visited threats to the eastern boundary of the Dr Peter Volker FIFA RPF Tasmania soon after his appointment. He Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage indicated strong support for forestry as Area (TWWHA). One of the perceived influence on fire management in part of Australia’s economic structure as threats was the risk of fire spreading from conservation agencies in other States, well as a provider of other important State Forest into the TWWHA. We were they deserve our support. environmental services. He also able to point out that there have been The constant negative messages do have emphasised his lack of knowledge in over 500 regeneration burns within 5km an effect on the morale of foresters and forestry matters and that he would be of the boundary over the past 20 years their colleagues. Confidence of seeking good advice so that he could and not one has spread into the area. In organisations and individuals is make sound policy decisions. fact it is fires coming out of the TWWHA undermined. The constant criticism of which pose a greater threat to State foresters also serves to marginalise our The subjects of water, carbon, climate Forests and private land. It will be change and greenhouse seem to be profession in some conservation agencies interesting to see the outcome of the despite our obvious practical skills and occupying minds at the moment. Panel’s assessment. Unfortunately some see this as an experience. I’d like to find ways that opportunity to focus on perceived Smoke is also raising concerns, especially foresters can feel that their skills are negative impacts of forestry. We must be among urban dwellers. It’s another issue valued and, from an IFA view, still feel vigilant that such issues do not lead to used by environmental NGOs to further that they have something to gain from perverse outcomes for forests. In denigrate forest management. As we membership. To this end I’d like to find particular the focus on carbon has the know, fire and smoke have always been ways to support our professional forestry potential to lead to unforseen part of the Australian landscape. colleagues who aren’t necessarily working consequences for biodiversity Unfortunately, opponents of forest in the traditional production forestry conservation, water management and fire management are using the smoke issue careers. control. from controlled burns (fuel reduction and Life as IFA President is never dull. There regeneration) as another means to is always more that can be done. The job In February I was able to take a group of further marginalise forest management is certainly made easier when members students from the National Forestry and imposing a view of forest make contributions in their areas of Masters Program on a field tour to Roger management that is unrealistic and expertise in developing submissions, and Marian Larner’s property adjacent to unsustainable. Despite this, some States attending meetings and doing other the Port Arthur Historic site. It was are now taking a pro-active approach to things that advance our profession in interesting to note the age range of these fire management. The Tasmanian community and government perception students, including a couple of older Government is taking a coordinated and awareness. I encourage you to get foresters and a number of “escapees” approach to control burning in National involved, not sit back and hope from IT careers. I hope the experiences Parks and it is pleasing to see the use of something will happen. of these students will further strengthen professional foresters in this process. In our resolve to support this program. addition, foresters are also having an Peter Volker FIFA RPF

IFA Tertiary Education Summit

The Institute of Foresters of Australia, in association with the Universities involved in the National Forestry Masters Program, hosted the first Tertiary Forestry Education Summit for over 50 years. It was held at the ANU in Canberra on 20 May 2008. A full house of 70 persons attended the Summit - representing industry, governments, government forestry agencies, academia, IFA members and forestry organisations.

The Institute is appreciative of the financial assistance provided to part- fund the Summit by the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Tony Bartlett) and also to the Australian National University ((Prof. A report on the Summit will be included in the September issue Peter Kanowski) for accommodation and for logistical support. of The Forester.

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 3

Belinda Field Approved RPF

Belinda Field of Upwey, Victoria was approved by the Registration In 2002 Belinda moved to Hyne Committee as an RPF General Practising Forester on 12 February Timber where she is Divisional 2008. Resource Manager. Hyne Timber is one of Australia’s Belinda has completed an Executive Master of Business largest privately owned Administration (2007) and Bachelor of Forest Science (Honours) companies with extensive (1997). interests in forest management, Belinda started her professional forestry career at Carter Holt high capacity timber processing, Harvey as a Graduate Forester in 1997. Carter Holt Harvey is one wholesaling and exporting of Australasia’s leading forest products companies, with including sawmills, timber significant interests in wood products, pulp, paper and packaging, manufacturing plants and distribution outlets extending from supported by forests. Carter Holt Harvey employs Cairns to Melbourne. approximately 10,000 people across New Zealand, Australia and Asia. Some achievements that Belinda has been involved with while with Hyne Timber are: Belinda worked with Carter Holt Harvey until 2002 as Business Analyst (1998-2000), Forestry Manager (2000-2001), and Solid • Successful project outcomes for establishment of 2000ha of Wood Resource Manager in 2002. new forest. • Implementation of new business systems to monitor financial Some of her achievements at Carter Holt Harvey included: and non financial fibre resource information, including project • Consolidation of company wide resource information onto a design and implementation single management information system (MIS) • Development of strategic plan for business unit to improve • Monitoring and modelling financial and non financial outcomes raw material cost efficiency between operational sites • Successful negotiation of largest single wood tender in • Facilitating improved relations with major suppliers. Australia for a 20 year supply agreement. • Significantly improved sawmill productivity through Genesis • Successful tendering of major harvesting and haulage program as a result of data analysis and subsequent machine contracts across Australia with cost reduction targets of >10% modifications. achieved. • Implemented Contractor Safety system and audit process to improve Occupational Health and Safety of harvesting Belinda joined the IFA as a Student Member on 23 September contractors and ensured all relevant legislation was satisfied. 1997 and became a Voting Member on 2 March 1998.

Chris Done Approved RPF

Chris Done of Kunnunurra, WA, has been approved as an RPF in District where he was the category of ‘Tropical/Arid Forestry (Native and Plantation). responsible for a large auracaria plantation Chris began his university education at Armidale NSW (University establishment and of New England) and then attended the Australian National management program along University where he graduated in 1968 with a BSc (Forestry). with some native forest From 1969 – 1975 Chris worked as a Forestry Survey Officer/ management. Officer-in-Charge/Regional Forestry Officer with the Department From 1976 – 1985 Chris of Forestry, Papua New Guinea. worked for the Forests During this period he was responsible for a variety of forestry Department of Western activities including native lowland rainforest inventory, Australia. From 1979 he established the role of Regional Forest management and harvesting, forestry outstation management Officer of the WA Forests Department’s Kimberley Region. This and teak and kamerere plantation management. involved amongst other things, the promotion of “Greening the North” in the Kimberley by encouraging planting and caring for His last job in New Guinea was as OIC - Bulolo/Wau Forestry trees on stations and communities and in townships. He

4 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

Richard Shoobridge Approved RPF

Richard Shoobridge of Austins Ferry, Tasmania has been approved as an RPF in the category of ‘Specialist-Plantation Management’. Richard started his employment in forestry with the Forestry Commission, Tasmania, in 1975 and remained with it until 1986. During this period he completed training as a Technical Forester and took on the management of several Forest Areas in different parts of the State. After a time away from forestry, although often associated with it, he got involved again with forestry when in 1996 he joined the Southern Tasmania Timber Growers Co-operative as a part time Consultant Field Officer and remained with that organisation until 1998. While with the Co-operative he was also responsible for coordinating the harvest (from very diverse resource) of 6000 cubic metres of pine to fill and export log order – a first time for this Co-op.

In 1999 Richard decided to go ‘West’ and began employment This was followed up by his appointment in January 2002 as with Integrated Tree Cropping Ltd. Firstly at Albany as acting General Manager for Western Timber (a temporary Operations Forester looking after the establishment of some position), in the South West of WA, overseeing the activities of 1200ha of blue gum plantations and then as Area Manager Western Timber Cooperative and Western Plantation Timber located at the new Bridgetown centre. Ltd’s harvesting business. In Bridgetown Richard was responsible for the development of In March 2003 Richard was successful in gaining a position with Plantation Projects across a wide area of the South West. This Forestry Tasmania as Operations Coordinator (Plantations) and included land acquisition, marketing, plantation establishment Range Manager Derwent managing the district plantation and management. In 2,000 he was responsible for the program, establishing some 700ha of hardwood and 400ha of establishment of 1900 hectares of blue gum plantations and the joint venture softwood per year. management of approximately 3,000 hectares of established plantations. Richard took up his present position as Forest Resource Team Leader with Norske Skog based at New Norfolk in 2007 where In 2001 Richard was appointed as Regional Manager for he has been responsible for establishing around 450ha of P. Integrated Tree Cropping Ltd., based in Hamilton, Victoria. His radiata plantation (second rotation) and managing an estate of main responsibilities included: around 17,500ha. The position also covers roading, forest • Management of ITC’s Green Triangle Projects, Client management and representing the company on several industry liaison., Management of client insurance,. bodies, including the Forest Industry Fire Management Committee and Safety Standards Committee. • Management of ITC’s NSW projects – inc. Heartlands plantings at Holbrook, development of ITC’s Safety Management System to AS 4801.

undertook initial sandalwood trails on the Kimberley in about rapidly expanding industry from day 1, having planted the first 1980 and then continued his involvement in sandalwood Indian sandalwood on the Ord). He retired from CALM in program. September 2003 to pursue private interests. In 1985 Chris worked for CALM WA as Regional Manager of From March 2004 until January 2007 Chris was employed by Kimberley Region. In this position he undertook regional Tropical Forestry Services as Operations Manager (Kununurra) integration of the three amalgamating agencies (vis National and from February 2007 as Senior Forester. His other pursuits Parks Authority, Wildlife section of the Dept of Fisheries and included various contracts as a consultant in land management Wildlife and the WA Forests Department). (particularly for conservation purposes), assessment of rural lands for possible conservation and development purposes, Chris was responsible for all regional activity including small scale biological surveys, tropical forestry management management of National Parks and Nature Reserves and Marine and regular contract work (monitoring watering regimes, Reserves (2.5 million hectares) and he continued close assessing growth rates, involved in developing management involvement with the Department’s sandalwood trials until this guidelines, developing OHS procedures, etc) within the Ord responsibility was transferred to another Department about River sandalwood industry. 1999. (Chris was the only person who was involved in this now

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 5

ACT ‘Forestry Month’

From early March to early April 2008 was 'Forestry Month’ in There were plenty of awards on the night, in recognition of local the ACT – comprising a series of forestry-related tours, seminars foresters: and the annual world forestry day dinner. • Dr Brian Turner was awarded a Fellow of the Institute of The month kicked off with a tour of Westbourne Woods with the Foresters of Australia. Dr Turner’s contribution to forestry is Friends of ACT arboreta. The tour highlighted the "Identities and immense. He has led and contributed to a large number of oddities" in the Woods. This was a community event celebrating publications, research projects, and reports across a range of trees in the ACT. forestry issues both here and overseas (see March edition of The Forester for further details and media release http:// This was followed a tour of the ACT’s new International www.forestry.org.au/ifa/j/j1-ifa.asp). Arboretum. The Arboretum, established to plant rare trees from across the globe, is an ambitious venture has been the subject of • Mr Mark Edwards received the inaugural ACT Forester of the ongoing community debate - with recent debate arising after the Year Award. The award recognises Mark’s contribution to death of some of the Wollemi pine plantings. It has become the development of the Australian Forestry Standard - further something of a political football in the National Capital. On the details are published separately in this newsletter tour participants discussed the progress that has been made and the success of the plantings and an opportunity to hear first hand • the third award went to Simon Roberts as the winner of the from the experts involved with tree selection and maintenance. 2007 Max Jacobs ANU Field Studies award. In particular, it was an opportunity to see the substantial Professor Peter Kanowski presented the Fenner lecture on 27 plantings of Wollemi Pine, most of which are growing well, along March. He discussed a systematic comparative studies of forest with plantings of rare Eucalypt species. practices across jurisdictions, as part of a collaboration with The World Forestry Day Dinner (held on March 19 to avoid Connie McDermott and Ben Cashore of Yale University. The work Easter) was a great success with a terrific rollup. The keynote follows a methodology Cashore and McDermott developed and speaker was Ms Catherine Murphy, the outgoing Executive subsequently refined, initially comparing Canadian forest practice Director of the National Association of Forest Industries. regulations and associated polices with those in a selected group Catherine spoke of the emerging challenges and opportunities for of countries - representing OECD, less-developed and in-transition Australian forestry. Catherine was very positive economies. Subsequent work applied a similar methodology to about opportunities for the profession as a contributor to climate Tasmania (www.ffic.tas.au > global comparison). change mitigation strategies. Peter described the work-in-progress which compares forest practice requirements for natural forests in 20 countries, and plantation forests in the subset of countries in which plantations are important, against a standard set of criteria. In addition to the outcomes of the comparative study itself, he discussed the conclusions about the policy styles represented by different forest practices systems, how they treat different forest types and tenures, and establish the basis for subsequent work which also addresses the effectiveness of different policy and practice approaches. The study is supported by, amongst others, Forest and Wood Products Australia and the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment Brian Turner being presented with his Fellow award by ACT In late March 2008 Professor David Lindenmayer discussed "The Division Chairman Phil Pritchard

A special thank you to George Dr Ken Eldridge talks to IFA members about and Wendy Dashwood for their the successful planting of Eucalyptus tireless efforts in organising the benthamii (Camden white gum) in the ACT Division functions. Canberra International Arboreta gardens

6 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

Peter Kanowski congratulates Brian Turner on his award Camden white gum at the Canberra International Arboreta gardens ecological basis for conservation". David discussed the application of science might be best applied to the integration of production Mr Adrian O’Loughlin and conservation integration: the role of reserves and off-reserve Executive Director strategies for biodiversity conservation, not only in forests but in all The Institute of Foresters of broad types of vegetation (e.g. woodlands, heathlands, grasslands). Australia David discussed the retention of key elements of stand structural PO Box 7002 complexity, the role of rotation times (coupled with structural YARRALUMLA ACT 2600 retention at harvest), silvicultural systems and fire management practices. Dear Sir On 6 April 2008 the IFA joined with Greening Australia as part a community tree planting day. This was a community event which ' Re: Jacobs Medal for Outstanding Field Studies in resulted in planting of 5000 native trees and shrubs in the Lower Forestry - 2007 Cotter Catchment. I wish to thank you for the above-mentioned award Phil Pritchard - [email protected] and express my regret in being unable to attend the ACT Division Chairman IFA World Forestry Day Dinner. Postscript: I am honoured to receive the accolade for my honours field work. I thoroughly enjoyed my The ACT Government reaffirmed its commitment to the honours year in 2007, and field work was a International arboreta, announcing further funding of $9.6 million significant component of my topic. over 4 years. I would also like to acknowledge the significant The ACT Government has budgeted $30.8 million for tree planting contributions made by the IFA to ANU Forestry in the Capital. $731,000 has been allocated for the replacement Students. The allowances provided for students, such of more than 10,000 ageing and drought affected street trees that as the membership agreement, support our have already been removed and $ 1.15 million for other urban tree continued study in the area of forestry. In addition, plantings including lake foreshore up grades. the IFA sponsored events provide an excellent setting for student learning, and enable students to meet and interact with industry professionals.

I appreciate the endorsements you present for the forestry industry, and applaud your efforts in correcting misconceptions of this fantastic, yet complex industry, as well as improving the overall reputation of its constituents. I look forward to my continued relationship with the IFA throughout my professional career.

Regards,

Simon Roberts 17 April 2008

IFA Student members at the ACT World Forestry Day Dinner

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 7

ACT Forester of the Year for 2008 Mark Edwards

The Institute of Foresters of Australia ACT Division is proud to announce the winner of the first ACT Forester of the Year Award – Mark Edwards. The award recognises Mark’s contribution to Australian forestry, in particular the development and highly successful implementation of the Australian Forestry Standard and the establishment of Australian Forestry Standard Limited. As a policy officer Mark significantly supported the development of the standard and the negotiation of new standards of management of Australia’s forests. He then ably supported the AFS Limited Board to implement the Standard in his role as company secretary of Australian Forestry Standard Limited. This is a unique and ground breaking development in Australian forestry and reflects well upon Mark’s ability to work to the highest professional standards with a range of forestry and non-forestry stakeholders. It also Mr Phil Pritchard reflects his ability to operate in a complex and Chair, ACT Division challenging environment. He has also shown himself to Institute of Foresters of Australia be adept at new business development, with the PO Box 7002 establishment of AFS limited, a unique new forestry YARRALUMLA ACT 2600 business.

And Mark has faced enormous challenges. Mark had to Dear Phil, balance his demanding workload with his even more demanding personal challenges. I feel very honoured and privileged to be the In making this award the Division recognises that Mark recipient of the inaugural Forester of the Year has made a critical national contribution that typifies the award from the ACT Division of the IFA for my ACT as a national centre of forestry - embracing forestry activities in forest certification which has been management, communication, research, education and made possible by the generous backing of RL (Bob) policy development. Newman. In making this award the ACT Division gratefully acknowledges the support provided by Mr Robert In accepting the award, I felt a deep need to let Newman OAM who has donated funds to support the the ANU students as well as fellow IFA members award for 3 years. and other guests, who attended the evening to celebrate World Forestry Day, know that they should always be loud and proud of being a FORESTER no matter what job title they garner in their career.

I know that I have and will always consider myself as a Forester first and foremost in any fora that required me to designate my professional occupation.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Edwards Bob Newman presenting Mark Edwards the ACT Forester of the Year (2008) award

8 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

IFA promotes ‘Forestry as a Career’ at the Burnie Careers Expo

Over 1700 Year 10 students attended a Careers Expo in Burnie in May, representing over 15 different local schools across north-west Tasmania. The Tasmanian Division of the IFA decided to have a stall at the Expo, to promote "Forestry as a Career", and try to get some interest amongst students in selecting science-based subjects for their final years' schooling. It was disappointing to note the lack of interest amongst students in science generally, and in continuing on to complete University courses. It will be interesting to hear the outcomes from the Tertiary Forestry Education Summit to be held in Canberra later this month, to see whether these concerning trends can somehow be reversed. In any case, it was an interesting experience, especially for those of us who don't have much to do with teenagers on a daily basis! Our presence has also given the IFA more exposure in the local community, and resulted in an invitation to a local School and Industry Leaders Forum. Many thanks to Wayne Tibbits at Burnie Careers Expo the stall attendants! Melissa Syme - [email protected] Secretary, Tasmanian Division, IFA

AUSTimber IFA exhibition

The IFA participated in the AUSTimber 2008 Expo held in Mount Gambier on 3-4 March 2008. The feedback from IFA members on the day and since the event has been very positive. The IFA contributed $4,500 towards helping Careers Advisors attend the ForestWorks Careers Forum where about 120 Careers Advisors attended the Forum. IFA members meet at the IFA stall The IFA also provided an exhibition stall at AUSTimber 2008. The purpose of the stall was to promote the IFA to industry, local schools and sponsors. The stall was staffed by IFA Executive Director Adrian O’Loughlin and Member Services Manager Cassandra Spencer. This was another great opportunity for members to drop in and meet the staff (and other IFA members as well!) while promoting the IFA’s image to a wider audience.

Adrian O’Loughlin talks to one of the many groups of school children who visited the IFA stall at AUSTimber

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 9

World Forestry Day Celebrations

- Queensland

The Queensland Division World Forestry Day function was held on 11 March 2008 in lieu of the traditional date of 21 March that coincided with an early Easter Good Friday. The function was held at the Tattersall’s Club in Brisbane City and attracted an excellent turn out of some 40 members, students, partners and guests. We were fortunate to appreciate the ambiance of the Club, excellent finger food and drinks, and to listen to 3 guest speakers who gave their views on current forestry issues that are important to the future of forestry both in Australia and overseas. The speakers were – • David West, General Manager, Technical Services, Forestry Plantations Queensland who discussed the latest Len Sivyer, Gary Bacon, Stephen Catchpoole and Alan Irving advancements in the field of climate change and carbon accounting; • Ray Fremlin, National Seedlings and Genetics Manager, pulpwood &/or sawlogs is required. Unfortunately, current Great Southern (Plantations) Ltd, WA, who discussed the experience in SEQ has been disappointing, chiefly due to the latest activities in genetic resources and plantation forestry drought, insect attack and possibly incorrect species used. This from a private grower perspective; & is not unique in forestry plantation experiences and as a good friend said ‘In my view all is not lost, its just that they are going • John Herbohn, Reader in Tropical Forestry, School of through the development phase that everyone else has gone Natural and Rural Systems Management, University of through, i.e. settling on species, controlling weeds and insects, Queensland who discussed the latest changes in forestry and getting the nutrition right’. Time will tell! education and the National Masters Forestry Program. Finally, and most importantly, the decline in forestry student The issues raised by the speakers are complex and ones that numbers (except at the University of Southern Cross), the cannot be ‘fixed’ in the short term and require careful planning, closing of undergraduate forestry course (University of research and trialing before an effective solution (if ever) is Melbourne), the downsizing of such teaching (Australian available. Unfortunately, short term planning or quick fix is, or National University) and the closure of sub professional training has been, the often chosen path and this can and does lead to (Gympie Training Centre) are issues of utmost concern to the undesirable outcomes. profession across all fields of forestry and conservation. What countries (and their governments) do in the field of How our forefathers must be turning in their graves to see such climate change and carbon accounting will lead to imposts on all a state! The only gleams on the horizon are the National levels of industry and in turn, the community and thus need Forestry Masters programs at five institutions (commencing this careful delineation and consideration before final choices are year), the IFA sponsored Tertiary Forestry Education Summit to made. Similarly, the correct choice of eucalypt species for be held at the Australian National University on 20 May and the USC four year forestry degree program at Mt Gambier in response to industry demand, providing increased opportunities for forestry workers and school leavers in the Green Triangle Region. There were interesting questions to the speakers raising the concerns of members. The Institute is involved in these issues and needs to continue to do so. It will require much energy and commitment by all members to keep us at the forefront of them. All in all it was an informative evening and thanks to the speakers and our Division organisers. As one member said a day or two later, ‘I really enjoyed the Tattersall’s night. Good talks. That’s what the IFA needs. Thanks.’

Keith Jennings - [email protected]

Mike Shaw and Ray Fremlin

10 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

N W Jolly Medal Call for Nominations The N.W. Jolly Medal is the Institute of Foresters of Australia’s highest award. It is awarded for outstanding contribution to forestry in Australia whether published or unpublished. This contribution may include work in international forestry where this has enhanced the reputation of Australian forestry at the international level. Who can be nominated • A nominee would usually be either an IFA member or a person who has been an IFA member. However the nominee does not have to be an IFA member, or a forestry graduate, if they have made an outstanding contribution to forestry and the contribution supports achievement of the IFA’s objectives. • A person deceased since the closing date of nominations for the previous award shall be eligible. Nomination process • Any Voting Member of the Institute may nominate a person for the N.W. Jolly Medal. The nomination should be seconded by another Voting Member who does not necessarily have to live in the same Division as the person being nominated. • Nominations shall be forwarded ‘in-confidence’ to the Executive Director of the Institute. • Each nomination must be accompanied by a one page citation of the work or works in respect of which the nomination is made. Up to five pages of additional information detailing the nominee’s work and publications may also be submitted. • The nominator may seek information from the person being nominated however once a nomination is made the nominators should not discuss the nomination except to provide information to the Board. The address for nominations is: [email protected] or the Executive Director, The Institute of Foresters of Australia, PO Box 7002, Yarralumla ACT 2600. Closing date for applications is: 31 July 2008

A chance meeting 25 years on

Who would have thought that two Sam who competed in the Under 19 foresters, one from Western Australia semi-finals in the single and double and one from Tasmania would meet sculls and daughter Meaghan who more than 25 years later in Penrith competed in the Under 19 single NSW while taking their children to event. compete in the Australian Rowing Peter, a keen rower himself and Bob Championships? have spent many years ferrying their This is exactly what happened when kids to and from local and interstate Bob Hagan travelled from Bunbury, WA regattas but until this meet had in March 2008 with his daughter never crossed paths. Both however, Alexandra who was competing in shared their excitement over events which included the WA Queens Alexandra’s outstanding success at Cup crew, Under 19 National Single the Nationals, taking home 2 gold Scull title and the Schoolgirls single and 3 silver medals (winning the Bob Hagan, Alexandra and her coach Jamie Jones event. National Schoolgirls title earned a new boat valued at $15,000 for her Bob who currently works for the school, Bunbury Catholic College!). Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) graduated from Alexandra started rowing in 2003 and ANU in 1981 and it was there that he has consistently proven herself as a first met IFA President Peter Volker who rower of high caliber. The next step graduated the following year. Soon for Alexandra? Having successfully after completing their studies Bob, who competed in the trials held in April was originally from NSW moved to WA for the Junior World Championships and Peter back to Tasmania and neither will see her heading to Austria in July had seen each other since their to represent Australia in the U/19 university days. The chance meeting division. Her long term plan is to happened as Peter was taking his two represent Australia at the 2012 children to the same event in NSW, son Olympics in London. Sam Volker

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 11

Asia Pacific Forestry Week By David Wettenhall RPF

The Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC) is one of six FAO The keynote speaker was the British authority on biodiversity, Regional Forestry Commissions. The APFC is a forum for Professor Norman Myers, who spoke of a super BIOTIC CRISIS advising and taking action on key forestry issues. It focuses on with mass extinction of species and the elimination of tropical issues pertinent to Asia and the Pacific. I represented the IFA forests underway which will impact our world for the next 5 as a member of the Australian delegation to Asia Pacific million to 100 million years. Deforestation was related to Forestry Week (APFW) and the 22nd session of the APFC held in excessive consumption, in particular of palm oil products, and Hanoi, Viet Nam 20-25th April 2008. The event brought population pressure. together 600 individuals from governments, non-governmental Francis Seymour, Director General CIFOR addressed the role of organizations (NGOs), research institutions, regional and foresters and forestry and suggested forestry needs to be international networks, UN agencies and the private sector. partnering more with experts in community development, The theme was Forestry in a Changing World with open economics and governance. Forests matter but decision sessions running each morning and the APFC held closed makers often behave as if they do not matter and that the meetings in parallel with meetings of other networks each politics of climate change offer a great opportunity to improve afternoon. Sessions developed themes including: People, the governance of forests. forests and human well-being - managing forests for people in a Illegal logging was an issue of broad concern to attendees. period of rapid change; Forests and climate change; and However, there were claims and counter claims as to the extent Trade, forest law compliance and governance. A number of the of illegal logging and it was apparent that much comes down to interesting presentations are available on the APFC website: definition and interpretation of what is illegal logging. http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/48155/en/0/ A related issue is the need to address poverty amongst forest dependent communities. Forests are often not the best land use for poor communities and there is an urgent need for the wealthier wider community to Pay for Environmental Services provided by conserving forests. Mary Hobley, who addressed the IFA/CFA conference in Fremantle in 2001 and is frequent speaker in Australia, differentiated between levels of poverty and the real powerlessness of very poor people.

It was interesting to note that Clean Development Mechanisms were not regarded as successful by most attendees. Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) are seen as more beneficial and effective because they are outcome based funded. However, time is short to demonstrate success of REDD’s and to have forests included in a future climate protection regime.

The IFA was represented at the meeting in order to establish links with associations of professional foresters in the region. We were offering to assist the development of associations for foresters as part of the IFA’s strategic plan to provide the services of the Institute to forestry organisations in overseas countries. A number of contacts have been established and continue to be developed.

David Wettenhall - [email protected]

Ms Yani Saloh, CIFOR, Indonesia and Dr Yap Son Kheong, Scientific Certification System, Malaysia discussing the IFA poster with David Wettenhall at the Asia Pacific Forestry Week Information Market in Hanoi, Vietnam

12 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

Applications Open 2009 Maxwell Ralph Jacobs Grant

The late Dr Max Jacobs was one of Australia's most distinguished foresters. At the time of his retirement in 1970 he was the Director-General of the Forestry and Timber Bureau having worked in the public service for 44 years. Max died in Canberra in 1979. In 1983 the Australian Academy of Science in conjunction with the Institute of Foresters of Australia and the New Zealand Institute of Forestry established a fund to commemorate his life and work. The fund is used to support worthy projects in any field of forestry research and to provide graduates within Australasia with support not readily available from other sources. The Institute of Foresters of Australia has undertaken to fund the Max Jacobs Fund for at least a five year period to 2111. An application form is available at www.forestry.org.au with applications closing 30 September 2008. The principles applying to the application of grants are:

• funds available each year are capped at $5,000 (GST exempt);

• two grants are usually allocated each year at approximately $2,500 each. The following broad categories of activity may be supported:

• work to be carried out in or related to Australasia in any field of forestry science;

• field-orientated research in Australia and New Zealand;

• overseas travel to undertake research

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 13

Old Forests - New Management

Participation in the recent international Old Growth – New are even-aged stands initiated from intense wildfires that have Management conference held on 17 - 21 February 2008 in killed most of the previous senescent crop, and opened Hobart was a stimulating though sobering experience. Judging capsules for seed to rain onto a clean mineral soil seedbed. by the papers delivered, I was left with a disturbing impression The Warren National Park of almost 3,000 hectares was that foresters around the World have abandoned their objective gazetted in 1910 and is recognised as an iconic uncut old approach to sustainable multi-use forest management in favour growth karri forest. It is mostly an even-aged karri stand of compromising strategies to satisfy the protection of a approaching 250 years old with most trees already showing mythical but unidentified biological diversity. Perhaps I am a significant crown decline. Within a few decades, even without a cynic but the presentations to me leaned heavily towards drying climate, the stand is likely to be severely moribund, underpinning the careers of the presenters. There were plenty unsightly and with falling limbs posing a danger to visitors. of references to global warming and the benefits that forests What will be the effect if the Occupational Health and Safety have in sequestering carbon. Unfortunately this was used as a gurus close the Park? justification to reduce wood harvesting, while the balanced view that the option of replacing wood products with energy In 1977, a management plan for the Park had the objective to consuming non-renewable steel, concrete, plastics and preserve the Park in perpetuity for public recreation and aluminium, didn’t get a mention. Nevertheless I thoroughly inspiration and the plan recommended no intervention into enjoyed the opportunity to hear first hand of the common natural regeneration by unplanned fire. Today the pressures facing foresters around the World. primary objective is preservation of biological diversity. So, if recreation and inspiration values are of lesser importance, I presented a paper, jointly authored with another ‘old growth’ will closing the Park be of no consequence to the public? forester John Meachem, concerning Western Australia’s drying climate that, along with recent substantial changes to forest The irony of the position came well before any change in and fire management policies, already threatens the continued management priorities, when, in 1956 an area of 150 hectares, health of all our native forests. Part of the paper [along the just 5% of the Park, was decimated by wildfire. It is now a following lines] expressed concern for the future of old growth magnificent new karri forest – the jewel in the crown and clear karri forests. evidence of nature’s renewal process. Further evidence of the ability of karri forests to recover from disturbance is another Decades of community debate on what values society expects iconic national park, the Boranup karri forest that was clear from its native forests, has resulted in a distinct move away felled for sawlogs some 120 years ago and a magnificent stand from management for sustainable timber production and near Pemberton that was a cleared wheat farm 136 years ago. towards a policy of ‘hands off – nothing will change’. Timber harvesting and burning are no longer seen as tools for forest But what is the future for the other 95% of senescent karri renewal and protection but are now painted as the major forest in the Warren National Park and all the other mature threats to the preservation of biological diversity. karri forests that are in parks and reserves with no plans for their renewal? Karri [Eucalyptus diversicolor] is a thin-barked fire-sensitive species that does not develop lignotubers. Individual trees can In Western Australia there are no plans for the renewal of old grow to a top height of 80 metres but life spans are unlikely to growth karri forests – a negative policy seemingly based on a exceed 300 years. The most treasured old growth karri forests naïve expectation that their condition and biodiversity will

14 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

remain perpetually unchanged. Over the millennia that preceded white settlement, the karri forest was perpetuated in only one way, this was through the cyclic occurrence of intense fire. Left to nature there is no doubt our karri forests will again be regenerated by uncontrolled wildfires. But nature did not provide the human infrastructures that now surround the forests that will be unacceptably damaged by uncontrollable wildfires. Simulating nature is considered the best environmentally sound action that will avoid loss of life and property while renewing the aging forest before it becomes moribund and allowing responsible economic use of the old trees before decay devalues them. Three decades of testing selection harvesting techniques in karri in Western Australia failed to result in satisfactory regeneration. A field inspection of Tasmanian trials at the recent Old Forests – New Management conference in Hobart and several overseas papers presented, detailed variable-retention harvesting. Rather than the failed selection cutting trialled in WA, their approach has been to leave patches of unthinned forest in a wider clear-cut area. The difficulty of controlling the intensity of regeneration burns, significant issues with regard to occupational health and safety, and the considerable cost increases would indicate commercial application is unlikely. The option of educating the community to the benefits of a clear fall and burn agenda has been put in the politically too hard basket. We applaud the authors of the recently released draft Tasmanian management plan that provides for 40,000 hectares of old growth forest to be routinely harvested so at least they have the opportunity to evaluate the outcomes of alternate silviculture. We despair at the position in Western Australia where not only every hectare of old growth forest is excluded from timber Widow maker - Warren National Park production, much so-called high-conservation value regrowth forest is similarly classified. The annual loss of some 2 million

cubic metres of valuable renewable resource is bringing the sawmill industry to its knees. The absence of any plans for renewing senescent old growth karri forests is an even greater loss. Does the present forest policy, and particularly the changes to fire control practices, offer any certainty for replacing the quality forests of today? Does the emphasis on preserving biological diversity overshadow the global imperative for the renewable resources that forests can provide? Surely forest management should provide sustainable resources with a program of cyclical harvesting and forest renewal. A rotation from seedlings to old growth renewal of 200 years would entail harvesting just half of one percent of the forest annually and, subject to effective fire management, guarantee an old growth karri forest estate in perpetuity. My mentor, the eminent Dr Max Jacobs in his book Growth Habits of the Eucalypts endorsed clear felling and burning of karri forests as best simulating nature’s regeneration. He predicted “If these high quality forests are protected for a long period of time it is almost certain that the site will be taken over by more tolerant trees of some other genus than Eucalyptus, and that the eucalypts will be restricted to occasional positions in the site unless given favouring treatment.” Is this what we want for our old growth karri forests?

Phil Shedley FIFA RPF- [email protected]

A wheat farm 136 years ago Photo opposite page: Warren National Park - karri decline

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 15

ANU / IFA Student Field trip to WA

During the recent mid-semester break, eight third year geomorphology and biological attributes of the area on a forestry students from ANU left Canberra for Western tour which included Pinus pinaster plantations that were Australia on an extra-curricular field trip hosted by the being harvested for increased water recharge and IFA. The purpose of the trip was to expand on students Phytophthora-infected Banksia woodland. learning in land and forest management while providing Over lunch provided by FPC staff, we learnt the history of the chance to experience vastly different landscapes and the P. pinaster plantations and their management issues ecosystems to those of eastern Australia. The idea first including the recent presence of European House Borers. came from forester and ACT Division Secretary George We then went to a harvesting operation site where Dashwood, who accompanied us on the trip. Forest Product Commission’s Michael Lobb explained the After a couple of days spent taking it easy on the west harvesting process as well as on-site chipping for coast, we travelled to Rockingham, our base for the next fibreboard and laminate veneer lumber production. four nights and pitched our tents. We were greeted by nd Martin Rayner, Manager of the Forest Management Tuesday 22 Branch, Department of Environment and Conservation, On Tuesday we drove to Jarrahdale to meet our hosts for who welcomed us to WA and gave an introduction to the day. These were: Bob Hagan, Coordinator of what we would be seeing and studying while we were Management Systems, Forest Policy and Practices there. Martin gave us an overview of his career since Branch, Roger Armstrong, Senior Planning Officer, Fire graduating from ANU before discussing the employment Management Services Branch, Diedre Maher, Senior opportunities for forestry graduates with DEC and Silviculturalist, Forest Policy and Practices Branch, Richie providing good study and professional advice for the Boykett, Warangong Project Coordinator and Ian ‘Sam’ future. Freeman, Environmental Officer for the Perth Hills Monday 21st District. After introductions and discussions of career paths we left the office to visit local Jarrah forests, a first Our first official fieldtrip day was Monday the 21st of April for many of us. and started with a trip to DEC’s Waneroo office where we met Paul Brown, Project Manager of the Gnangara Similar to Gnangara, north of Perth, Warangong jarrah Sustainability Strategy. This strategy is responsible for forests have a large water yield management objective, managing land and groundwater to ensure a sustainable with thinning operations taking place to maximise water water supply to the Perth region. Paul explained the runoff. Richie was able to give us a good understanding

16 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

of the managing for all values, and Diedre made sure we knew as much as possible about Jarrah silviculture. Bob was always on hand to fill in any knowledge gaps, and Roger explained the use of fire in the forest. A number of sites were visited throughout the day, including former bauxite mines. Sam (Ian) explained the process of bauxite mining, its effects on the ecosystem and how he assesses rehabilitation success. Wednesday 23rd On Wednesday we travelled to DEC’s Kirup Work centre where we met with Greg Mair, Regional Leader of Sustainable Forest Management for the South West Region. Greg discussed his role and the management decisions he makes within the region. After lunch we met with Trevor Richardson in Greenbushes for a tour of the Whitakers Mill producing quality sawn hardwood products. We then travelled to Manjimup to be greeted by Roger Hearn. Roger and DEC kindly donated the use of their old singlemans quarters used by pilots during fire season. Roger cooked the first of many well-renowned meals and a good night was had around the fire. Thursday 24th Penni Hewett of the Forest Products Commission (FPC) and Phil Griffith (Great Southern) met with us at Periup to discuss the role of plantations in the region. Phil guided the group through the MIS strategy and blue gum silviculture. Of particular interest was the use of the plantations to mitigate rising ground water by landholders to complement the alternate income stream. Phil also stressed the importance of strong business and commerce skills emerging foresters need to attain to deal with an evolving industry. Penni then took us to an integrated farm forestry project. The Strategic Tree Farming Program sought to reduce land degradation and salinity on farms through the planting of trees. A wide range of species were chosen for both commercial purposes and salt tolerance. The trees were generally planted in rows which allowed for agricultural cropping and grazing operations to continue. That night we were able to enjoy the comforts of Penni’s and Gavin Ellis’ farm house located near Albany. We would like to thank Penni and Gavin for their generosity in allowing us to stay at their property; it was a welcome change from the sometimes cold and often wet camping of previous nights. Friday 25th Alarms were set for 4am on Friday so we could attend the ANZAC dawn service at Albany. Following the short drive into town the group walked to the top of Mount Clarence where the service takes place, overlooking the beautiful coastline. This service has taken on a special meaning as Albany was the last part of Australia that many of the departing soldiers saw before sailing to Gallipoli. Following the early start we met Roger Hearn in the

Left: Students with Jack Bradshaw and staff from Dec and FPC in tall Karri forest

Photo opposite page: students with George Dashwood (pictured front centre), trip leader

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 17

Perup district to look at the effects vegetation clearing and the associated water table and salinity issues. Not long after meeting Roger it became apparent he could discuss with great knowledge anything we asked him, from the geological history of the region to fine scale biodiversity management. We were very impressed with Roger’s wide knowledge base and his ability to integrate this into a whole-of-landscape approach to resource management. Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 A weekend off, we spent Saturday around Manjimup checking out the 500 year old “King Jarrah Tree”, and climbing the “Diamond Tree”, a large Karri with a platform built 52m high in the crown, once used for spotting fires. We then went to Collie for the Triple J One Night Stand Concert. On Sunday we went south to Walpole to see the large Tingle forests and the Students analyzing aerial photos of salinity-affected areas with treetop walk. That evening we had a barbie at Roger’s Roger Hearn along with a few of the DEC guys including Bob Hagan and Roger Armstrong. Monday 28th We were lucky enough to have Jack Bradshaw donate his time to share his extensive knowledge of Karri silviculture with us. He provided an interesting history of management practices from early European settlement right to present day. Also joining us on this day were Alan Seymour and Peter Beatty of FPC, and Dr Richard Robinson of, DEC. Most of the day was spent in the forest examining the results of different silvicultural practices. We were able to observe all stages of the silvicultural system from recent seed plantings to burning following harvesting. We were also very lucky to witness the hand felling of a large Karri tree from close range at an operation run by David Simmons of South West Haulage. Back in standing forest, Richard discussed his current research Phil Griffith from Great Southern Ltd and Penni Hewett of the effect of armillaria root disease in karri regrowth stands and possible control techniques. Tuesday 29th Our last day in WA was spent with management of Gunns hardwood mill in Deanmill and the Manjimup Processing Centre to observe the range of methods used to maximise the value gained from sawn hardwood. Dr Lachie McCaw, Principle Fire Research Scientist with DEC, then discussed his work with Bushfire CRC and CSIRO on the production of a new model for the prediction of fire behaviour in dry sclerophyll forests, Project Vesta. It is hoped that it will provide more reliable predictions for high intensity fires than the popular McArthur meter can achieve. Lachie kindly provided each of us with a copy of the new fire prediction handbook. Following this meeting we hit the road for Perth to catch our overnight flight back to Canberra. Summing Up Jack Bradshaw discussing Karri silviculture with students and staff The trip was an amazing learning experience for all from DEC and FPC

18 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

students involved. We were able to learn about a huge variety of important topics at different scales within forestry and land management from fungi ecology to community participation in harvesting plans. The professional aspect of the trip will assist us in thinking about careers for the future. For this, we thank everyone who played a part in the trip’s planning and execution. All speaker’s imparted great knowledge upon us in the most professional and sincere manner. Even our most critical questions were answered with total honesty. None of this would have been possible without the very generous sponsorship of the IFA, Great Southern, NAFI and Southern Tablelands Farm Forestry Network. We would like to thank the Department of Environment and Conservation and the Forest Products Commission for organising the various activities and the people made available to us. Particular thanks to Martin Rayner and Paul Brown for their organisational efforts. Our biggest thanks are reserved for ‘Uncle’ Roger Hearn for the majority of organisation, particularly in the initial stages of trip planning and to George Dashwood for his time, mentorship, and many “As a forester…” pieces of advice. We really appreciate the IFA’s interest and contribution to formal forestry education and hope this can continue for the benefit of all current and future foresters.

Darren Brown and Nick Firth, ANU/IFA WA Fieldtrip Subcommittee - [email protected]

Welcome to the following new IFA members

QLD Daly, Paul Associate Member WA Dean, Christopher Voting Member Halpin, Neil Voting Member Liddelow, Michelle Associate Member Higgins, Thomas Associate Member Yan, Hong Voting Member Maraseni, Tek Voting Member Meynink, Alex Student Member SA Pollack, Dianne Student Member Pearce, Geoff Associate Member Petfield, Damien Student Member NSW Bourke, Louise Voting Member Smith, Ian Voting Member Crosby, Philip Voting Member Stone, Hugh Voting Member Cummins, Josh Student Member Tholstrup, Hans Associate Member Gerdes, Bruce Associate Member Van Mai, Thanh Student Member Hopkinson, Glen Associate Member Kujinga, Kennedy Voting Member ACT Beutel, Peter Voting Member Jarvis, Anthony Student Member Carnovale, Daniela Student Member Samuel, John Voting Member Dawson, Joel Student Member Thomas, Duncan Student Member Edgar, Olivia Student Member Tweedle, Terence Voting Member Francis, Will Student Member Goddard, Moira Student Member TAS Butt, Craig Voting Member Mahayani, Ni Putu Student Member Clark, Lachie Voting Member McPhee, Rhona Student Member Hensman, Matthew Associate Member Ora, Yudhistira Student Member Murray, Fraser Voting Member Peachey, Kevin Student Member Wilkinson, Geoffrey Voting Member Pindani, Omar Student Member Richardson, Bede Student Member VIC Odd, Christopher Associate Member Schneemann, Bart Student Member Pfeil, Fiona Voting Member Simons, John Student Member Seipel, Marcus Associate Member Slattery, Alex Student Member Shrestha, Hari Student Member

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 19

School of Forest and Ecosystem Science Faculty of Land and Food Resources The University of Melbourne Water Street Creswick Victoria 3010 Phone: +61 3 5321 4300

The University of Melbourne welcomes students to the new Master of Forest Ecosystem Science

February 2008 saw 22 students take up the opportunity to study for the University of Melbourne’s new Master of Forest Ecosystem Science (MFES). The first subject dealt with Australian forests and also heralded a new collaboration amongst tertiary forest educators, as students from ANU, Utas and UQ joined in as part of the National Forestry Masters program. Among the students, the diverse range of experience and interests spanning a generation of ages created an exciting week in Creswick as participants settled in to the new venture and got to know their new circle of colleagues. Neil Bibby, CEO of the CFA and DSE Biodiversity Manager, Alison Stone were among several forest sector representatives eager to meet the first cohort of students and welcome them to the many opportunities available on completing the new Master programs.

After a jam-packed week of orientation, classes, computer lab Tasmanian field trip – Students enjoying a field trip during the sessions, BBQ’s and familiarization exercises the students headed Tasmanian component of the first MFES subject. south to Tasmania where the southern forests and participation in the Old Forests New Management Conference awaited them. The conference exposed students to an array of issues in forest and natural resource management, enabling them to make contacts with a wide range of Australian and International forest practitioners and scientists. The unusually balmy weather in Hobart ensured that forest topics were debated late into the long evenings, and all emerged from the two-week experience both exhausted and fired-up for the next two-week teaching encounter. Students have since participated in subjects including Bushfire Planning and Management, Functional Tree Biology, Wood Science and International Forest Policy. Forest Ecosystems class – Students and staff involved in the first During these and in subjects continuing throughout the year MFES and National Forestry Masters Program subject at the students are exposed to the many and varied opportunities University of Melbourne’s Creswick Campus. available to them in the forest sector. Students have adjusted well to the two-week intensive teaching style and enjoyed the benefits of studying at the Creswick campus where they have ready access to high class facilities and opportunities to participate in campus activities and to interact with staff and research degree students. Further information about the MFES is available at http:// www.forests.unimelb.edu.au/ or email forests- [email protected]. Midyear entry to the course is available and subjects may be taken as ‘one-off’ subjects for professional development through the ‘Community Access Program’. Industry night—Students participate in a ‘get to know you’ activity with industry representatives and staff during the first subject at Creswick.

20 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

From the Pacific Islands to Tasmania

A group of 16 forestry practitioners from six Pacific Island nations visited Tasmania for a week in April to study various aspects of forest management. The study tour was sponsored by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and hosted by the Forest Practices Authority of Tasmania. I organised the study tour as part of an ongoing program that aims to develop strategies for improving the uptake and implementation of codes of practice throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Foresters attended from both the public and private sectors in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. They studied the operation of the forest practices system and heard presentations from Tasmanian foresters on harvest planning, sustained yield, planning for multiple use, plantation development on private land, research and monitoring. copy of The Forester. The feedback from the participants and Tasmanian foresters was very positive. Highlights included visits to logging operations, processing centres, recreational facilities (the Tahune Airwalk) and a As our colleagues observed, the forests of temperate Tasmania wildlife conservation park. are very different to the balmy tropics but the fundamentals of good forest management are the same. Institute members and President Dr Peter Volker took the We can learn from each other and support our common opportunity to meet the participants at a social function where aspirations for sustainable forest management throughout the Peter discussed the Institute’s offer to establish communication region. links with our Pacific colleagues through the Tropical Forestry Special Interest Group and by offering free access to the Institute’s web services. He also presented them each with a Graham Wilkinson - [email protected]

Coming Events

5 - 14 October 2008 IUCN World Conservation Congress Web: http://cms.iucn.org/ Barcelona, Spain,

19 - 22 October 2008 Australian Forest Growers , Biennial Conference Web: www.afg.asn.au/ Albury/Wodonga 6 - 10 September 2009 IFA 2009 Conference Web: www.forestry.org.au Forestry - A climate of change Phone: (02) 6281 3992 Caloundra, QLD

If you have a 'Coming Event' you would like included, please email [email protected] with the details of the event. Alternatively, paid advertising of your event in this newsletter as a full or half page is as easy as contacting the National Office on [email protected] or phone 02 6281 3992.

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 21

Southern Cross University Forestry News

The sustainable forestry program at SCU continues to be involved in many activities, including undergraduate forestry education at both the Lismore and Mount Gambier campuses, postgraduate education and research and development projects both in Australia and overseas. Kevin Glencross just graduated with a PhD thesis entitled, “The growth and wood properties from mixed-species rainforest plantations in tropical and subtropical eastern Australia”. This continues the focus of our program on mixed plantings and on domestication of rainforest tree species.

SCU is a part of the CRC Forestry, with projects on wood quality effects Above: Permanent sample plot in Whitewood of silvicultural treatments in subtropical eucalypt plantations and on plantation in Vanuatu, part of ACIAR project community perceptions of the expanding plantation industry. The estate Below: SCU Forestry Graduate Mia Spain as of eucalypt plantations in the subtropics is at about 100,000 ha in the reported in the Sydney Morning Herald (13/2/08) region and growing substantially every year, presenting many opportunities and challenges for both graduate foresters and researchers. Professor Jerry Vanclay is now Head of School of Environmental Science and Management at SCU, the School that includes the forestry program. Professor Vanclay and Doland Nichols edited a special edition of the journal Small-Scale Forestry 2007 (No. 6, Vol 2) on the development of the Private Native Forestry Code (ever-changing) in New South Wales. Research Working Group 4, Native Forest Management, will have its meeting in Lismore this June. This group consists of researchers in silviculture and wildlife conservation from throughout Australia. SCU has considerable international connections in forestry. We currently have students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, from Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Indonesia, China, and Vietnam. The program is involved in ACIAR projects in Vanuatu and West Timor and with agroforestry development through AusAID in East Timor. A four-year ACIAR program on development of the use of Whitewood (Endospermum medullosum) began in November 2007 on Santo Island, Vanuatu. This project, with collaborators of Department of Forestry Vanuatu, Melcoffee Sawmills, and DPI&F Queensland, is lead by SCU researchers Doland Nichols, Kevin Glencross, and John Grant. They anticipate being able to work with SCU graduates who volunteer with Australian Youth Ambassadors in Development (AYAD).

Left: ACIAR Whitewood Project team, Santo Island Vanuatu

J. Doland Nichols Associate Professor in Sustainable Forestry School of Environmental Science and Management Southern Cross University Lismore, NSW 2480 Ph: (02) 6620 3492 Fax: (02) 6621 2669 E-mail: [email protected]

22 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

Oddities and Identities in Westbourne Woods

Many of the guides for the monthly walks through Canberra’s among the great botanical explorations. Apart from Douglas Fir, oldest and best arboretum that started in 1981 have been IFA his introductions included Sitka Spruce, Sugar Pine, Western members and the theme for the March walk was “oddities and White Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Lodgepole Pine, Monterey Pine, identities represented in the woods”. Grand Fir and Noble Fir which with several other conifers transformed the British landscape and timber industry. Our first oddity was Casuarina cunninghamiana which at the time Altogether he introduced about 240 species of plants to Britain. was in flower and causing “hay fever” for at least one of the He died under mysterious circumstances in Hawaii at age 35 participants. Although common in Canberra because it can be when he was said to have fallen into a pit trap and crushed by a successfully planted away from its natural riveraine habitats, few bull that fell into the same trap. However his money was realise that its leaves are reduced to small scales and the missing: had he been robbed and was he already dead and put photosynthetic chloroplasts are found in the twigs; its symbiotic into the pit? fungus is not your usual basidiomycete but an actinomycete. It is truly a multi-purpose tree with ornamental timber which can be Sadly Gippsland manna gum named after Lindsay Pryor (who did split easily to make shingles and burning hotly enough for it to so much work on the taxonomy of eucalypts, and was fuel bakers’ ovens, while the needle-like twigs can provide fodder responsible for planting many of the trees in the arboretum) has for drought-stricken stock. lost its specific status. Until recently it was known as Eucalyptus pryoriana, but (according to Euclid, the definitive electronic The second oddity was the Pinus attenuata X radiata hybrid identification and information system for eucalypts) it is now which was once favoured as a candidate for the upland sites to known as E. viminalis subsp pryoriana suffering a similar fate to which plantation forestry was expected to be relegated. Judging Maiden’s gum which was formerly known as E maidenii. by the specimens in the woods it failed to live up to expectations but in any case plantations are now usual on lowland sites, even Tony Fearnside - [email protected] competing with agriculture! Occurring naturally in many parts of America, ossage orange (Maclura pomifera) might star in a “how the west was won” saga because it could be formed into live fences using the lost arts of plashing and layering in the days before barbed wire. It is dioecious and has a large green-yellow fruit about the size of an orange, but actually this is a pome rather than a fruit (a collection of drupes crowded together). It was used in Franklin D Roosevelt’s Great Plains Shelterbelt Project of the 1930s and early 1940s that established over 30,000 shelterbelts stretching for over 18,000 miles in the Prairie States. The wood is close- grained and orange in colour but very dense and durable. The genus was named after the philanthropist and “father of American geology”, William McClure, a Scot who went to America in the late 18th Century and described the geology of a large area of what is now the United States. Other identities commemorated in the names of trees growing in the woods include Joseph Maiden, 1859 - 1925 (Eucalyptus globulus subsp maidenii). Due to poor health he took a sea voyage to Australia in 1880; in 1890 he was appointed consulting botanist to the New South Wales department of agriculture and forestry, and became government botanist and director of the botanic gardens, Sydney in 1896. Though handicapped in his later years by ill-health, he continued to do much valuable work both in systematic botany and in forestry until his retirement in April 1924. But perhaps the most colourful identity is the Scottish botanist David Douglas (1799 to 1834) who undertook a notable plant- hunting expedition to the Pacific Northwest in 1824 which ranks

Pinus torreyana planted in 1918 at Westbourne Woods, it is endangered in its natural habitat

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 23

100 years...

100 years since the first 100 Years of State forests in Forests Act in Victoria Queensland

Just over 100 years ago, in 1907, the first Forests Act was passed, Until 1900, the supervision of forestry interests on coming into operation on 1 January 1908. This allowed the formation of Queensland was entirely local, being in the hands of Land a State Forests Department for the first time, with a Minister of Forests Commissioners, who were required to keep their head office (Donald McLeod), a Secretary (William Dickson), and a Conservator of informed of the discovery of any areas of valuable timber in Forests (Robert McKay). their districts which they thought should be reserved, and who administered the timber regulations. The 52 years since 1856 when the first Victorian Parliament met had seen the control of Crown forests tossed around between three different In 1900, a Forestry Branch was set up in the Lands Departments (Lands & Survey, Agriculture, Mines). Department to supervise crown land activities and G. L. The push for the Forests Act of 1907 appears to have been largely in Board, a Land Commissioner of one of the more important response to a Royal Commission into Forest Reservation and timber districts, was appointed to head it as Inspector of Management which operated in the period 1897-1901. The Royal Forests. He was succeeded by P. J. MacMahon in November Commission produced 14 detailed reports on the forests in different 1905, when the title was changed to Director of Forests”. Victorian regions. One of their final statements summed up the (Carron, L.T., 1985 – A History of Forestry in Australia, ANU frustration with the then poor land management in Victoria: Press.) The present position of forestry in this State, our inability with While the term State Forest had been used in the late 1880s advantage to export indigenous timber to foreign markets, the in a couple of instances, it was crown land that was increasing insufficiencies of supplies in many districts for house temporarily reserved under the Land Act for forestry purposes construction, and our dependence on other States for certain kinds of and generally was opened for selection on the completion of hardwoods, is due to the gross waste and improvidence of sixty years of the first logging. The 1906 Act provided the first Act to allow settlement … for the permanent dedication of areas as State Forest and National Park as exists today. Some research yet to be In 1908, three ‘Inspectors of Forests’ were appointed, but with only 18 published shows that this Act was probably the first legislation men designated as ‘Foresters’. The Conservator was responsible for the in Australia and New Zealand to mention in statute about the proper management of native forests, plantations and nurseries, and permanent reservation of areas as SF or NP. subject to the Public Service Acts, had control of all forest officers employed. On 6 June 1907, Mt Mee, Mt Mistake, Barakula, Burncluith and Blackdown Tableland were the first State Forests The Minister was authorised to appoint trainees following a course of dedicated under the above Act. The EPA National Parks and training. Subsequently the Victorian School of Forestry was established Wildlife Service published a poster to celebrate this important at Creswick and its first intake of six trainees started in 1910. This occasion. School has operated continuously since then, and is now part of the School of Forest and Ecosystem Science within the University of Richard Clarkson (Qld EPA) - [email protected] Melbourne. Although the Land Act of 1890 had gone some way towards setting aside ‘reserves for the growth of timber’, the 1907 and the later 1918 and 1958 Forest Acts aimed to control land clearing and create large areas of permanent State forests. Many of these later became National, State or Regional Parks following the recommendations of the Land Conservation Council and its successors. A major step forward in forest management occurred with passing of the 1918 Forests Act that provided for a 3-person Commission to Interactive discussions administer the Act and manage the State Forests Department. This body became known as the Forests Commission Victoria which existed on the IFA Bulletin Board from 1919 until 1984, when it became part of a much larger land management Department that is now known as the Department of Sustainability and Environment. are happening right now! Peter Fagg - [email protected] www.forestry.org.au References Moulds, F.R. (1991) The Dynamic Forest – A History of Forestry and Forest industries in Victoria. Lyndoch Publications, Richmond. Gillespie, J. and Wright, J. (1993) A Fraternity of Foresters – A History of the Victorian State Foresters Association, Jim Crow Press, Daylesford.

24 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

Summary of Email Bulletins Distributed

Employers Notice Board 31 employment opportunities circulated to members

Gottstein Memorial Trust Awards and Scholarships

IFA Forest Policy Statements

Free Access to Australian Forestry Journal

CFA Newsletter

Remote Forestry Manager (RFM) prototype software

WFI Forestry Fellowships Oregon USA

IFA Media Releases

NZIF - Forestry & Agriculture - Collaborating for Sustainability

Forests and emissions trading

Employment & Remuneration 2008 Survey

If you are not receiving your weekly email bulletins contact the National Office [email protected] to register Queensland Proclamation your email address.

View IFA Policy IFA Members who are 65 years of age or over and Statements at website: who do not work full time are entitled to a 50% www.forestry.org.au reduction on their Voting Member fees!

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 25

Update on Max Jacobs Memorials in Canberra

The ACT Government has advised that it has recommended Members of the Institute of Foresters of Australia, other that Dr Max Jacobs be commemorated in the new district of colleagues of Max and friends will be invited to the function. the Molonglo Valley. A road in the suburb of Wright (Judith) It is also a pleasure to advise that the Royal Canberra Golf will be named in his memory. Max Jacobs was Principal Club will erect a suitably inscribed durable timber seat on (Professor equivalent) of the Australian Forestry School the golf course close to where people regularly visit the between 1945 and 1959 and then Director General of The Westbourne Woods Arboretum plus a suitably inscribed Forestry and Timber Bureau (equivalent of DAFF) until his plaque to be placed in the Club House. retirement in 1970. He died in 1979. The Institute of Foresters of Australia will be kept fully The street name will be formally erected at a ceremony in informed and once the details are to hand further 2009, 50 years after Jacobs appointment as Director- information will be provided. The effort is all worthwhile to General in 1959. remember a great leader and a friend to so many.

26 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

The Hon. Tony Burke MP

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

12 May 2008

Dr Peter Volker The Institute of Foresters of Australia PO Box 7002 YARRALUMLA ACT 2600

Dear Dr Volker

Thank you for your correspondence of 5 December 2007 welcoming me to the portfolio on behalf of the Institute of Foresters of Australia. I regret the delay in responding. The Prime Minister has made it clear that this will be a critical portfolio in the new Australian Government. I will be doing all I can to make sure Australia’s farming, forestry, fishing and food processing industries have a vibrant future in this era of climate change. The Australian Labor Party acknowledges the important contribution of forestry to the Australian economy and the role of the Institute of Foresters of Australia plays in promoting sustainable forestry. The forest policy of the Labor Party is evidence that the Government views forestry as a continuing priority. The Government is committed to encouraging and attracting long-term, sustainable investment in rural and regional Australia. Managed investment schemes play an important role in expanding Australia's plantation estate, in accordance with the objectives of Plantations for Australia: The 2020 Vision, which the Government endorsed in our election commitments. The Government is also committed to encouraging the sourcing of forest products from sustainable forest practices, seeking to ban the sale of illegally logged timber imports and reducing deforestation in our region. Australia is assisting countries in the Asia-Pacific region to improve their capacity in sustainable forest management and to reduce the impacts of deforestation on greenhouse gas emissions. I encourage your institute to identify opportunities to support the implementation of these aims. Officers from my department recently met with officials from several state forest agencies and industry stakeholders to discuss a review of the 1992 National Forest Policy Statement. The working group discussed emerging forest policy issues and will prepare a paper for consideration by the Forestry and Forest Products Committee and the Forest and Wood Products Council during 2008. The Government is committed to building the forest industry’s skills Council. I welcome your institute’s forestry education summit. While I may be unable to attend the event, I look forward to receiving more information about the vent and its outcomes. Thank you for your offer to meet in Canberra or Tasmania. I look forward to meeting with as many people as possible, including you. I am sure you will appreciate that I have had many requests for meetings and that the demands of the portfolio are significant. My office will be in touch with you to discuss meeting opportunities.

Yours sincerely

Tony Burke

Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 Telephone: (02) 6277 7520 Facsimile: (02) 6273 4120 Email: [email protected]

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 27

Allan R. Henderson grant offered to IFA members

The Trustees of the A.R. Henderson Trust Fund are calling for applications for the 2008 grant from the Trust. The appointed Trustees are Tony Bartlett, Peter Volker and Adrian O’Loughlin. In bequeathing the funds Allan Henderson’s will mentioned: "I leave to the Inspector General of Forests for the time being of the Commonwealth of Australia and the President and Treasurer for the time being of the Institute of Foresters of Australia as trustees the sum of £2000 (Two thousand) to be held in trust and invested and the income from the investment thereof to be applied for educational purposes for the encouragement of higher forestry within the Commonwealth of Australia.” .... The Trustees are in favour of trying to keep it as close as possible to the original concept by supporting continuing professional development and have agreed to offer a grant of $1,000 to be made each year for a member to use. Purposes of award: To refresh or improve the knowledge and/or skills of an IFA member by providing an annual grant of up to $1,000 each year. Explanation: The grant is available to assist members to undertake an educational unit, attend a training course or other form of professional development activity. The grant will not be made available to contribute to costs of undertaking a formal post-graduate degree (eg MSc, MBA or PhD) and in general funds will not be made available for attendance at conferences, however, if the applicant can demonstrate how attendance at a particular conference is relevant to their overall skill development proposal it may be considered. Timing: Call for applications through the National email Bulletin and the June issue of The Forester, with applications closing 15 July each year. Eligibility: The grant is only available to IFA Voting or Associate members. Applicants should provide the following information (email is preferred) to the IFA National Office at [email protected] 1. Name and contact details 2. Details of professional qualifications 3. The activity proposed (name, date and location) 4. Amount being requested.

28 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, School and The University of Melbourne through a spirit of official and personal cooperation. In 1929 the University It is good for know that the staff of the Institute now enjoy granted VSF diplomats credit for first-year science subjects, more amendable office accommodation, in a building which which heralded progressive diploma/degree arrangements has importance in the annals of forestry in Australia. which became a unique strength of forestry education in Unfortunately, the announcement in the December issue of Victoria. The first intake into a new four-year degree course The Forester was wrong in saying that the building ‘was used was established about the time the AFSA transferred to the as Australia’s only forestry school’ until the Australian Forestry ANU, Creswick diplomats were admitted to its third year. School was transferred to the ANU. The Australian School of forestry was accommodated in As one of those senior IFA members who did not attend the Adelaide, where a forestry school had been established in AFS, I must point out that the Victorian School of Forestry, 1922, until buildings to house it became available in Canberra. Creswick, which opened in 1910 and offered a three-year course until the members of the final class were awarded the I am sure that all members of the Institute wish the staff well in Diploma of Forestry (Creswick) in 1981, was one of two their appreciation on the new quarters. forestry schools in Australia. Alan Eddy From early days forestry education in Victoria involved the

Max Jacobs Grant Fund Report By 2008 recipient Audrey Quentin

Interactive effects of water Understanding the link between plant supply and partial defoliation on water status and photosynthetic foliar carbon and nitrogen isotope performance may be particularly important compositions and gas exchange for modelling plantation growth and response to climate change. in Eucalyptus globulus Labill. photosynthetic up-regulation was only The interactive effects of water supply and significantly detectable 21 days after the In recent years, water shortage has partial defoliation on intrinsic water use defoliation treatment (p<0.05). Before begun to threaten stable wood production. efficiency (WUEi=A/gs) of 2-year-old and one day after defoliation, there was a One problem is the increasingly fluctuating Eucalyptus globulus Labill. were significant correlation between Amax and water supply, drought are becoming much investigated in a field experiment in gs. In the rain fed plot, partial defoliation more frequent in some areas. Recent Southern Tasmania, Australia. Water and treatment negatively affected the works have shown that g and A are s max defoliation levels were manipulated in a correlation between Amax and gs. There responsive to change in the hydraulic two-by-two factorial design resulting in were no detectable correlations between conductance of the soil to the leaf 13 15 four treatments: irrigation (non- δ C or δ N and WUEi and Amax. In pathway. It is clear that the regulation of defoliated), irrigated + defoliated, rain-fed contrast, although variations exist, we stomatal aperture is central to the water (non-defoliated), and rain-fed + noticed that δ15N of the defoliated trees use efficiency of plants. Water use defoliated. Gas exchange, carbon and was moderately related to gs (p<0.1). For efficiency (WUE) is defined as the ratio of nitrogen isotopic compositions of fully- both water treatments, the relationship CO assimilation (A ) to stomatal 13 2 max expanded leaves in the upper and lower between δ C and gs was only relevant conductance (gs). Studies have suggested canopy were analysed. one day after defoliation treatment that WUE may be reduced in defoliated (p<0.05). In conclusion, partial plants compared to undamaged plants as We hypothesised that partial defoliation defoliation showed positive effects on tree a result of increased gs (Gold and Caldwell would reduce the effects of water stress in response in the irrigated treatment rather 1989; Reich et al. 1993). young E.globulus. Two long-term than in the rain-fed treatment. measures were explored: 1) the slope of Mechanical and artificial defoliation affects the relationship between conductance to This study have been realised in a physiological responses of eucalypt species water vapour and maximum assimilation; collaborative work with Professor Zhihong (Pinkard et al 1999, 2007). For example, and 2) the carbon isotope composition Xu from Griffith University. The grant 13 increased CO2 exchange (Amax) has been ( C) of plant material. provided under the IFA Max Jacobs Fund widely reported. Also, transpiration (E) supported the analysis of stable carbon per unit leaf area and stomatal Water stress lowered maximum isotope of the sample (~$500) and a conductance (g ) increase with decreased photosynthesis (Amax), stomatal s 13 travel to Griffith University (~$500). I leaf area, that is attributed to change in conductance (gs), δ C (p<0.05) and 15 thank the Institute of Foresters of microclimate and increase in hydraulic increased δ N and WUEi (p>0.1) Australia for its contribution towards my conductance. compared with the irrigated condition. research. Following partial defoliation,

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 29

INSTITUTE OF FORESTERS OF AUSTRALIA IFAIFA MembershipMembership

We’re About IFA

growing The Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA) is a professional body engaged in all branches of forest management and conservation in Australia.

Membership Application The Institute is strongly committed to the principles of sustainable forest management and the processes and stronger practices which translate these principles into outcomes. Our membership represents all segments of the forestry profession, including public and private practitioners engaged in many aspects of forestry, nature conservation, Media resource and land management, research, administration Policy and education. Membership with us is not restricted to professional Scholarships & Grants Foresters. Other persons associated with or interested in Communication the area of forestry are welcome to join IFA! Awards Membership Benefits

The many benefits of being a Member of the IFA include: • Employment vacancy notices • Regular email Bulletins • Australian Forestry - our own scientific journal • The Forester quarterly newsletter • Accreditation as a Registered Professional Forester • Professional recognition, including our prestigious N.W. Jolly Medal award • Access to scholarships, grants and professional development awards • Field days focusing on forestry issues • Professional conferences Institute of • Locally based meetings and activities Foresters of Australia • Student work placement notices

30 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER

Credit card:

P/code: P/code:

Date:

Being Associate member member Associate DOB: DOB: (H)

Amount $ Amount

completed at:

State: of these documents is available on on is available of these documents

Cheque (enclosed) (enclosed) Cheque Yarralumla ACT 2600 Yarralumla

I have attached:

I wouldI to: like to upgrade

grad. Expected Year: Student member; (W) / Associate member (Young Professional) Professional) (Young member Associate Grades inside) (See Membership Voting member Voting member A copy of my educational qualifications & a educational qualifications of my A copy experience/interests of my forestry summary

Membership Application Form

Send Application Form to: IFA, PO Box 7002

Declaration: I declare the above details to be correct and that agree and Regula- of Association Articles the Memorandum & bound by tions of the Institute. (A copy the IFA website at: www.forestry.org.au) Payment by: by: Payment Documentation: Documentation: Phone: Mobile: Your full name: Your full name: Postal address: Town: Email: Employer: Course: Signature: Membership Level: Membership Level: Name on card: Card number: Expiry: Expiry:

Membership Grades

The admission membership grades ASSOCIATE MEMBER of the IFA are: You are eligible for Associate membership if you: 1. Have an interest in forestry Voting member Or Associate member 2. Have other relevant experience in forestry Student member STUDENT MEMBER VOTING MEMBER You are eligible for Student membership if you are You are eligible for Voting membership if you: attending as a full time student in your first undergraduate 1. Hold a tertiary degree qualification in forestry formal course of forestry related study at any University or recognised by the Institute together with at least two Tertiary institution recognised by the IFA. years appropriate forest management or forest science experience and can demonstrate knowledge of and/or skills in the core subjects of Australian forestry Membership Fees Or 2. Hold any other tertiary qualification or other relevant experience acceptable to the Institute together with at 2008 - 09 least four years appropriate forest management or forest science experience and can demonstrate Grade $ knowledge of and/or skills in the core subjects of Voting $290 Australian forestry. Fellow $290 Persons holding forestry qualifications of Diploma, Associate Diploma or Certificate IV will be eligible providing they meet Associate $290 the following forest management or forest science Associate (YP rate) $73 experience: Student $44 Diploma = 6 years, Associate Diploma = 8 years and Certificate IV = 10 years. Retired $145 Couple concession $290

THE FORESTER VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 31

IFA Merchandise Get yours today! ABN 48 083 197 586 Great new release, bucket hat. Protect your ears face and neck when ITEM: Institute Bucket Hat QTY out in the sun. Light Beige colour with Green and black print with black trim.

Sizes XS/S L/XL Note that hats will shrink in wash Price: $25.00 (including P&H & GST)

ITEM: Institute Cap QTY New design of this popular item. Black with green print front and back with a white trim. Adjustable to fit any size.

Price: $25.00 (including P&H & GST)

ITEM: Silviculture Notes for NSW on CD QTY A fantastic compilation of field experiences collected by George Baur from observations and research from the earliest times through the 1980’s. Price: $35.00 (including P&H & GST)

ITEM: Growth Habits of the Eucalypts QTY Describes some of the morphological characters and physiological reactions of the eucalypts. By M.R.Jacobs. Green hard cover book Price: $32.00 (including P&H & GST)

ITEM: The Foresters Written in the jubilee year for the IFA, QTY The Foresters tells important things about forestry in Australia through the lives of a number of early notable Australian foresters. By Athol Meyer Price: $8.00 (including P&H & GST)

Originally compiled for the reunion ITEM: History of Australian Forestry School QTY of 2000, it stands as a reminder of the significan contribution which the AFS made to the establishment of the professional forestry education in Australia, NZ and the South East Asian regions Price: $10.50 (including P&H & GST)

Complete the QTY above and fill in your contact and payment information below and forward to: Method of Payment Name By post: Cheque enclosed Institute of Foresters of Address Visa Australia

MasterCard PO Box 7002 Yarralumla ACT 2600 State Post code Credit Card # By Fax: (02) 6281 4693 Signature Phone By Email: [email protected] Exp. date Email

32 VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 - JUNE 2008 THE FORESTER