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- Title: Plantations and Sustainable Rural Communities (Report)
- Author : Australian Forestry
- Release Date : January 01, 2003
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 185 KB
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Introduction Since the mid-1990s, there has been a rapid increase in the total area of agricultural land in Australia used for commercial timber plantations, with 137 493 ha of new plantations established in 2000 and 87 777 in 2001 (National Forest Inventory 2002). This compares with plantings of around 30 000 ha in 1995 (Wood and Allison 2000). There are a number of apparent reasons for the recent expansion of commercial plantations on agricultural land. First, difficult economic conditions in a number of key agricultural sectors have caused many farmers to consider leaving the industry or shifting into more profitable land uses (see Gray and Lawrence 2001). Second, severe land degradation in many parts of rural Australia has resulted in trees being used as an important component of environmental rehabilitation strategies (see Conacher and Conacher 2000). Third, improving commercial opportunities for relatively short-rotation tree crops such as Tasmanian bluegums (Eucalyptus globulus), and the attraction to investors of the tax deductibility of initial investment in establishing and managing plantations, have led to the emergence of a number of companies willing to establish tree crops on behalf of individual and institutional investors (Schirmer 2002a). Finally, the Commonwealth and State governments have provided considerable support for the establishment of tree plantations, including research and development funding, extension and information services, and regulatory support for plantation development (Schirmer 2002a).
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