The lopping and removal of all or most of the tree cover and associated understorey from a forested or vegetated area.
What role does wood have in renewable energy?
There is significant potential for waste from timber harvesting and processing to be used in the production of renewable bioenergy (particularly syngas and biodiesel) as an alternative to non-renewable fossil fuels (coal for petroleum products and natural gas). This presents a major opportunity for addressing climate change through reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
The aviation industry is currently exploring the prospect of sustainable jet fuels from biomass (including trees and timber waste) in collaboration with the CSIRO’s ‘Energy Transformed Flagship’ to reduce the estimated 2% they currently contribute to the worlds total greenhouse gas emissions (CSIRO, 2011).
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Forestry Matters!Forestry matters! is a free, comprehensive education resource that provides teachers with relevant, up-to-date information about South Australia’s forests. |
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The pine plantation rotationWhat happens in a pine plantation rotation from 0 years- 35years. Find out through this poster resource. |
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Forestry Matters!Forestry matters! is a free, comprehensive education resource that provides teachers with relevant, up-to-date information about South Australia’s forests. |
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From fields to forestsDiscover the environmental benefits of planted forests. |
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Planet Ark - Schools Tree dayEach year in July, around 2500 schools across Australia take part in Schools Tree Day. Students nation-wide have learnt how to plant, and care for the seedlings they grow. Become involved. |
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Save our soilAn introduction to dryland salinity. |
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Wild Forest Adventure Activity BookWild Forest Adventure is an activity based companion booklet especially designed for use with the Forests NSW website. |
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Wild Forest Adventure online gameThe Wild Forest Adventure section has been especially designed for students, to provide interesting and relevant information about the forest environment, in a stimulating and fun way. |
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Forestry Matters! websiteForestry matters! is a free, comprehensive education resource that provides teachers with relevant, up-to-date information about South Australia’s forests. |
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Planet Ark - Schools Tree dayEach year in July, around 2500 schools across Australia take part in Schools Tree Day. Students nation-wide have learnt how to plant, and care for the seedlings they grow. Become involved. |
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Going Bush - Residue from the one tree goes to make fine copy paperContinuing on with the journey of one tree in the Victorian highlands from forest floor to finished product. The lower quality parts are sent off for pulping to make Australia's only home-grown office paper at Australian Paper, Maryvale. |
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Going Bush - Innovative ways of keeping the home fires burningWe investigate the future of timber production . not using a crystal ball but armed with Forestry Tasmania's Innovation Plan. The on-going challenge of getting more from less has Forestry Tasmania looking further into maximising returns from its resource by increasing recovery rates from logs and investigating a range of new engineered timber products and rayon production for clothing. |
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Going Bush - A plan to energise the NSW South Coast with woodchip wasteWe look at the commodity side of forestry at the country’s oldest woodchip plant near Eden. While the mill struggles to meet demand for the fibre strength chips from Australian hardwood forests provide, it is also looking to the future with plans for using its own waste for power generation on top of a plant making pellets for domestic use. |
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Going Bush - Latrobe Valley environment benefits from factory upgradeAt Australia’s biggest paper mill and only office paper maker in Victoria’s LaTrobe valley everything is on a BIG scale. Andrew and Nick discover that flows through to Australian Paper’s approach to environmental improvement. As part of a $600 million plant overhaul the company not only introduced a bigger proportion of recycled material into production lines but dramatically improved its standard and quantity of effluent and through co-generation produces more than enough electricity to power the plant. |
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Wild Forest Adventure online gameThe Wild Forest Adventure section has been especially designed for students, to provide interesting and relevant information about the forest environment, in a stimulating and fun way. |
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Bioenergy, land use and climate change mitigationThe report addresses a much debated issue – bioenergy and associated land use change, and how the climate change mitigation from use of bioenergy can be influenced by greenhouse gas emissions arising from land use change. |
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Future-proofing Australia’s economy: the case for bio-alcohols for transportIndustry report on the case for bio-fuels. |
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