Proceedings of a workshop presented by Private Forestry
North Queensland at the Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Mareeba,
north Queensland, 19th – 21st October 2004.
Item |
Author(s) |
This Table of Contents, in PDF format.
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Workshop report and discussion of themes and papers |
Ian Bevege,
Mila Bristow,
Mike Shaw,
John Turnbull. |
Summaries of papers
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(all) |
Papers: Introduction and keynote talks |
Towards a viable high value hardwood (HVH) industry for
northern Australia: some strategic issues for planning and
management. |
Ian Bevege. |
Australian forest plantations - an overview of investment
opportunities, support mechanisms and challenges - a global,
National, State and Regional perspective.
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Joanne Roberts.
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Papers: What do we know about potential species |
Promising high-value hardwood plantation tree species for the dry tropics of
Queensland.
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Geoff Dickinson,
Mila Bristow,
Nick Kelly. |
Results of recent trials of high-value hardwood tree species in the Northern
Territory of Australia.
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Don Reilly,
Beau Robertson,
M N Hearndon. |
Minoforestry - Past,
present, & future commercial tree plantings at Weipa. |
Alan Bragg,
Mark Annandale,
Jerry Wapau. |
An overview of trials of forest tree species in central Coast-Whitsundays region
of central Queensland and preliminary indications of species worthy of planting
or in need of further monitoring.
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John Huth,
Graham McKenzie,
Rohan Allen. |
Khaya senegalensis – current
use from its natural range and its potential in Sri Lanka
and elsewhere in Asia. |
Roger Arnold. |
Performance of a 16-year-old stand of teak (Tectona grandis
L.F.) in the Darwin area in relation to that in other trials
in the Northern Territory. |
Beau Robertson,
Don Reilly. |
Performance of a five-year-old provenance trial of Chukrasia in the Northern
Territory, Australia. |
Brian Gunn,
Kron Aken,
Khongsak Pinyopusarerk. |
Development of the Indian Sandalwood industry on the Ord River Irrigation Area. |
Chris Done,
Peter Kimber,
Roger Underwood. |
Experiences with sandalwood in plantations in the South Pacific and north Queensland. |
Ken Robson.
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Papers: What is known about silviculture and management |
Constraints of highly weathered soils, especially soil sodicity, to plant production
in the dry tropics.
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Ross Coventry.
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Determining the climatic suitability of Khaya senegalensis
for plantations in Australia.
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Roger Arnold,
Don Reilly,
Geoff Dickinson,
Tom Jovanovic.
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Plantation Forestry
Management Principles for the ‘Dry’ Tropics of
Northern Australia. |
Rod Collins,
Geoff Dickinson,
David Skelton.
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Evaluation of the wood quality and utilisation potential
of plantation grown Khaya senegalensis (African mahogany). |
Matt Armstrong,
Thomas Lelievre,
Don Reilly,
Beau Robertson.
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Known or potential threats from pests and diseases to prospective tree species
for high value timber plantings in northern Australia. |
Manon Griffiths,
Ross Wylie,
Geoff Pegg. |
The use of exotic species in dry tropics forestry: assessments, potential conflicts
of interests and the application of The Precautionary Principle. |
Gary Wilson,
Barbara Waterhouse,
Gary Werren. |
Preliminary weed risk assessment for Khaya senegalensis in plantations in northern
Australia.
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Mila Bristow,
David Skelton. |
Papers: How can we progress with tree improvement |
Conservation and genetic improvement in the Northern Territory (Australia) of
Khaya senegalensis (African mahogany) - a valuable tree species endangered
in parts of its homelands. |
Garth Nikles,
Don Reilly,
Beau Robertson. |
Clonal approaches to hardwood forestry in the tropics.
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Roger Leakey.
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Plantation improvement
using clonal propagation: an overview of the latest technology
now available; including an appendix on ‘Variation in tree species, and improvement and propagation
options – an explanation’ by D. Garth Nikles |
Ann and Peter Radke.
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A proposal for consideration: Establish a northern Australia
cooperative tree improvement program (NACTIP) with African
mahogany (Khaya senegalensis) initially.
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Garth Nikles.
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Program and workshop tours information |
Pre-workshop
tour notes, 17th – 18th October 2004
(Townsville – Ayr – Clare – Ingham – Kennedy – Silkwood – Yungaburra – Mareeba). |
Geoff Dickinson.
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Workshop
program and in-workshop field tour notes, 19th – 21st October
2004 (Mareeba sewage works plantation – Yuruga nursery – DPI&F
Research Station, Walkamin). |
PFNQ Organising committee & tour hosts. |
