Technical support
Marketing timber
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Fact sheets
FBA supports landholders to understand thier options when it
comes to forestry, in terms of the management of existing forests
and regrowth of native forests. Growing trees for timber can
provide both a source of income, and a production benefit for
landholders.
FBA employs a project officer with the Department of Primary
Industries and Fisheries to help guide and promote sustainable farm
forestry practices. The project officer helps landholders and other
stakeholders with information on:
- Thinning timber on freehold land legally under the relevant code of
practice
- Identifying forest species and products
- Understanding when a forest is ready for harvest or treatment
- Understanding regional ecosystems (on mapping products).
The project officer also supports FBA and field staff of sub
regional groups who may encounter landholders interested in the
potential for farm forestry in their business. Landholders may be
identified by field staff working in Priority
Neighbourhood
Catchments, or through property planning activities.
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FBA Technical Manager Gavin Peck (Left), looks at some fact sheets
produced by Forestry project officer Reg Connolly (Right).
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Some landholders may believe that due to broadscale clearing laws
or forestry regulations, they cannot harvest or thin trees on their
property.
In fact, harvesting timber in a sustainable way is possible and can
provide an income stream for farmers in central Queensland.
As the QLD Government is closing down State Forest areas, timber on
freehold land will become sought after, therefore the value of
timber on freehold land will increase. The future benefits to
landholders could be significant for just a small outlay now to
prepare forests for timber production.
Forests can increase in FBA catchment area by about 1 cubic metre
per hectare, per year, in areas where trees have space to
grow. Areas where there is no space to develop, growth is not
possible, which leads to stunted timber and land degradation.
As well as timber production, forest trees can help in the
reduction of salt areas and give protection to livestock during
adverse weather conditions.
A range of fact sheets have been developed (see below) to give
landholders a plain English overview of the key things they need to
know to get involved in harvesting and marketing timber.
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