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SOUTHEM Online - Issue 227 – 9 September 2009

Welcome to Southem Online Issue 227. Just what are fire agencies in Victoria, Australia, up
to? Last February 173 people died when bushfires ripped through the states native and
planted forests and destroyed grasslands and townships. Yet the impression being given is
that 2009 may have been something of a one-off event – why? See more in the podcast
below. Want to send this edition to a friend? Just click Forward to a Friend.

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HELI HARVEST LTD PROVIDING AERIAL HEAVY LIFTING SERVICES


Heli Harvest is New Zealand’s leading heavy helicopter operator. The company has vast
experience in heavy lifting tasks, including timber harvesting, firefighting, disaster relief,
construction, vineyard frost protection and cellphone tower installation. Heli Harvest operates
two Mi-8 heliopters. For more information, go to:
http://www.heliharvest.co.nz/index.cfm/

CONTINUING EDUCATION IN FOREST FINANCE AND ECONOMICS COURSE


The Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa is
presenting a Precision Forestry Symposium in Stellenbosch from 1 to 3 March 2010. For
detail refer to www.sun.ac.za/forestry or contact Pierre Ackerman at packer@sun.ac.za

FOREST BUSINESS MASTERS DEGREE ASSISTANTSHIP


The University of Georgia Center for Forest Business announces the availability of a Master
of Forest Resources Graduate Assistantship in Forest Business beginning January 2010. For
details please contact:
Bob Izlar, + 1.706.542.6819, bizlar@warnell.uga.edu
For more information about MFR, MS or PhD degree programs in Forest Business see:
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/h/centers/cfb

For University of Georgia Graduate School admission requirements, please see:


http://www.gradsch.uga.edu

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PODCAST: HELI HARVEST ‘SURPRISE’ OVER VIC FIRE SEASON’S ‘BUSINESS AS


USUAL’
A New Zealand heavy lift helicopter operator has expressed surprised that Australian
authorities have made no provision to use the company’s services in the looming bushfire
season following successful operations in the February 2009 disaster. For more details, go to
the Podcast.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1061&Itemid=2

PODCAST: FORESTERS FEAR IMPACT ON INVESTMENT FROM ETS CHANGES


Moves on emissions trading have switched New Zealand’s forestry investment profile from
being very stable to very risky in terms of government policy, says a Roger Dickie of the Kyoto
Forestry Association (KFA).
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1040&Itemid=2

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ARAUCO FORESTS IN FSC CERTIFICATION BID TO BOOST MARKET ACCESS


The large Chilean forest products group, Arauco, has started a program of environmental and
social certification in managing its forest estate in Chile in the hope of better accessing key
markets in Europe and Asia.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1060&Itemid=2

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FORESTRY, PULP AND PAPER IN BRAZIL CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCE
Brazil’s forest plantation growers and pulp and paper industry and technical associations are
among 14 major organisations that have formed the Brazilian Climate Alliance with the aim of
contribution solid proposals for the negotiations related to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1059&Itemid=2

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A3P WELCOMES PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY INTO TROUBLED MIS SECTOR


The Australian plantation and paper industry agency, A3P, says the vital role of retail forestry
investment has been recognised by a parliamentary inquiry into troubled agribusiness
management investment schemes.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1058&Itemid=2

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EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST SOUGHT FOR GREAT SOUTHERN ASSETS


Meanwhile, the receivers and managers of the Great Southern Group have called for
expressions of interest to identify likely buyers for the failed MIS entity’s assets.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1057&Itemid=2

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MONDI STARTS RECYCLED PAPER MACHINE IN POLAND


The South African paper and packaging group Mondi has announced that its new 470,000-ton
PM7 lightweight recycled containerboard paper machine, in Swiecie, in Poland, has been
started up and is producing paper, Engineering News has reported.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1056&Itemid=2

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GOVT URGED TO SIMPLIFY REAFFORESTATION RULES TO BOOST CARBON STORE


Meanwhile, the Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P) has urged
the government to ease onerous rules in a proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme to
boost the likelihood more commercial timber plantations will be established to ensure the
country’s full carbon store potential will be realised.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1055&Itemid=2

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IBM SUPERCOMPUTER TO AID NZ CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH


Meanwhile, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand has
brought one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers – said to be the largest in the
southern hemisphere – to use for climate change research.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1054&Itemid=2

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BORDER TIMBERS STRIPS MIDDLE MANAGEMENT IN RESTRUCTURING


Zimbabwe’s Border Timbers reports it has completed a restructuring exercise that has seen it
split into three autonomous units and “retrench” 48 supervisory to middle management
employees.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1053&Itemid=2

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GUNNS BUYS ITC TIMBER IN A$100M DEAL


Australia’s Gunns Ltd is buying the timber operations of fellow forestry company ITC in what
looks like a bid to increase access to valuable plantation hardwood chip resources for its
planned pulp mill in Tasmania.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1044&Itemid=5

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DISPUTE OVER BOTNIA’S URUGUAY PULP MILL HEADS BACK TO THE HAGUE
Argentina and Uruguay are due to go to the International Court of Justice in the coming month
in a dispute that has dogged the large-scale Botnia pulp mill on the Rio Uruguay.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1052&Itemid=2

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MASISA BEATS SLUMP WITH PLAN TO TRIPLE BRAZIL BUSINESS


Chile’s Masisa plans to triple the size of its business in Brazil as a result of continuing heavy
investment in new board-making processes through the economic slump.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1051&Itemid=2

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TOUGH YEAR AS PAPERLINX TAKES ACTION TO ‘MITIGATE’ EARNINGS IMPACT


Australia’s PaperlinX has announced divisional earnings before interest and tax were down
42% in the year ended 30 June 2009 on the previous year, at A$110 million. However, the
company says it has taken a number of actions to “mitigate” earnings pressures.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1050&Itemid=2

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FANAPEL RE-BOOTS PLANT AFTER PRICE ENFORCED CLOSURE


In Uruguay, Fanapel has re-booted work in a pulp plant after early shutting some operations
in May due to uneconomic international prices.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1049&Itemid=2

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RIVER RED GUM FOREST WORKERS IN NEW MURRAY RIVER ROLE


Workers formerly employed in the red gum timber industry have started work managing red
gum forests along the Murray River, in the Australian State of Victoria. In a statement, the
Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Gavin Jennings, welcomed the new workers
who bring a wealth of forest knowledge into their new roles.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1047&Itemid=2

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ARTICLES OF INTEREST

C/- The Department of Conservation New Zealand


Conservation and the delivery of ecosystem services: a literature review
Kate G. McAlpine and Debra M. Wotton. Science for Conservation 295. 81 p.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sfc295entire.pdf

Vegetation monitoring in Whanganui National Park


A. Hawcroft, S. Husheer. DOC Research & Development Series 315. 28 p.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds315entire.pdf

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CAPTURED ON VIDEO

COUNTRY FIRE FIGHTING RECRUITS – SEE THEM TRAIN


View Part One of an 8-part series following Country Fire Authority firefighter recruits in the
Australian State of Victoria as they go through a 16-week training course.
http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1047&Itemid=2

Or at http://www.cfaconnect.net.au/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=868

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SOUTHEM EMPLOYMENT NOTICES

PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR LATIN AMERICA FOREST DWELLERS


The Rights and Resources Initiative is seeking to fill the position of Program Coordinator for
Latin America. Applications accepted immediately. The Washington-based Program
Coordinator for Latin America will ensure the strategic planning and implementation of
collaborative activities with the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Partners in Latin
America designed to advance the tenure rights of forest dwellers and alleviate poverty in
forest areas. The position requires effective and proactive decision-making to ensure that the
activities in the Latin America region do not deviate from the goals and vision agreed to by the
RRI regional team. For application instructions and a full listing of job responsibilities, please
see the PDF attached and the listing here:
http://www.rightsandresources.org/documents/files/doc_1199.pdf

SAWMILL TIMBER GRADER


Flight
timbe4rs Ltd wants to hire a Certified Timber Grader for its recently built sawmill located in
Marlborough, New Zealand. This is an attractive location offering great access to hunting,
fishing and the great outdoors. The applicant must have a minimum of three years
experience at Level 4 and experience in both structural and appearance grades. Closes 11
September. For more info, contact: Ray Bovey, Sawmill Manager, Flight Timbers Ltd at:
ray@flighttimbers.co.nz

TREE FALLER
An experienced Tree Faller is required by Harvard Logging in the Whangapoua Forest,
Coromandel, New Zealand. For more info, contact Adrian on:
027-4475063.

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MEETINGS

WHO WILL OWN FORESTS -


14-16 September 2009 - Early registration has open for "Who Will Own the Forest? 5"
Summit to be held in Portland, Oregon. For more information, go to Register at:
http://wfi.worldforestrycenter.org/wwotf5/reg.html

COMMUNITY FORESTRY
15-18 September 2009 - 1st Int'l Community Forestry Workshop "Thinking Globally, Acting
Locally: Community Forestry in the International Arena". Pokhara, Nepal. Contact: Bala Ram
Kandel, cpfd(at)wlink.com.np ; Peter Branney, p-branney(at)lfp.org.np
http://communityforestryworkshop.com.np/

AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS BOLIVIA


22-24 September 2009 – First National Congress of Agroforestry Systems (ECO-SAF).
Cochabambra, Bolivia.
http://ecosaf.comxa.com

SUSTAINABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY


30 September 2009 - Sustainability and Technology Forum. Venue: Dockside, Cockle Bay
Wharf, Sydney. Time: 08.30am - 5.00pm. Early Bird Special Offer ends 4 September. More
info:
www.sustainableictforum.com.au

LOGICAL FORESTRY PROJECT DEVELOPMENT


. 5 October-22 November k2009 – Formulating Forestry Projects Using a Logical Framework.

http://www.desarrolloforestal.org/

IDENTIFYING SILVER LINING TO GLOBAL STORM CLOUDS


8-9 October 2009 – New Zealand Pine Manufacturers Association Conference 2009 – “Global
Storm Clouds – Identifying the Silver Linings”. Holiday Inn, Wellington, New Zealand.
http://www.pine.net.nz/content/blogsection/8/12/

XIII WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS


18-23 October 2009 - The XIII World Forestry Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
http://www.wfc2009.org/version2/presentacion_ingles.asp

FORESTS, HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING


19 October 2009 - Forests, human health and well-being: findings of IUFRO's recent science
initiatives. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Side Event organized by IUFRO Task Forces "Forests
and Human Health", "Traditional Forest Knowledge" and "Improving the Lives of People in
Forests" at the XIII World Forestry Congress. Contact: Eeva Karjalainen,
eeva.karjalainen(at)metla.fi, John Parrotta, jparrotta(at)fs.fed.us, Peter Cronkleton,
p.cronkleton(at)cgiar.org
http://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/forests-trees-humans/activities-and-events/

CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM


12 October 2009 – Special Event on Climate Change at XIII World Forestry Congress. Forum
on Forests and Climate Change: To Copenhagen and Beyond. Buenos Aires.
http://www.fao.org/forestry/foris/wfc/15e.pdf

CARBON EXPO AUSTRALASIA


26-28 October 2009 – Carbon Expo Australasia. Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition
Centre, Queensland, Australia. The 2009 event will feature a high level conference hosting
leading international and Australian practitioners of the emerging carbon market, a major
trade fair and in-depth technical workshops that draw on the skills and knowledge of experts
actively participating in global carbon markets. For more info, go to
www.carbonexpo.com.au

CARTOGRAPHY CONFERENCE
November 2009 - Santiago will host Latin America’s first International Cartography
Conference in 2009 Santiago is hosting the 24th International Cartography Conference (ICC)
in November 2009. Organised by the International Cartography Association (ICA), the ICC is
an important event for the cartography community. For more info, go to:
www.icc2009.cl

2-4 December 2009 – Short Rotation Crops: Linking Technology and Biobass. Taupo, New
Zealand. Organised by the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy Task 30, supported
by Scion and Pure Power Global. For more info, go to:
www.shortrotationcrops.org/events.htm

PARANÁ UNIVERSITY TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF FORESTRY COURSE


30 May 2010 – The Forest Engineering Course at Universidade Federal do Paraná in Brazil
will celebrate 50 years in existence. For more info, go to:
www.fupef.ufpr.br.

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