Seminar: The Future of Australian Eucalypt Plantations
Feb 13, 2025 - Feb 13, 2025 12:00am
Australia now has around 700,000 hectares of eucalyptus plantations: mostly E.globulus on the mainland and mostly E.nitens in Tasmania. Almost all to date has been harvested for the production of woodchips for export to North Asian pulp mills. But will this continue? Should it continue?
The Future of Australian Eucalyptus Plantations and of Australian log exports to China and India
Melbourne, Thursday 13 February 2025
This seminar will have >10 presentations to help delegates better understand the major hardwood China pulp and woodchip import market and alternative uses for Australian eucalyptus; as well as the China and India markets for Australian hardwood and softwood logs.
See the full programme on the website here
Confirmed speakers include:
- Gavin Hao, Director, Gingko Consulting, Shanghai China:
- China Softwood (SW) Forests, Harvests and Log and Sawn Timber (RWE) Demand Predictions 2029 and 2034
- China Domestic Hardwood Forests/Plantations: Regions, Species, Areas, Historic Harvests - A brief overview
- China Pulp Industry and Domestic and imported woodchip demand trends: An overview
- Dennis Neilson, Director DANA (NZ): China SW Log and Sawn Timber (27) Country Supplier Predictions: 2029 and 2034
- Ian Blanden, Consulting Forester and ex- GM Gunns Forestry and CEO Stora Enso China Forests: Managing a China and an Australian plantation company: Some observations - Opportunity for/threat of South China Eucalyptus plantations harvest impact on future China woodchip import demand
- David Paul, Indufor Australia: Future Harvest predictions for Australian Plantation Hardwood Plantations
- Andrew Wye, Principal AKZM Forest Consulting: Alternative solidwood markets for Aust. Eucalyptus pulpwood
- Simon Talbot CEO, Bell Bay Powerfuels: The potential of eucalyptus plantations to be a major fibre supply for Biofuel
- Andrew Morgan, SFM: The Role that Natural Capital/Tree Carbon is playing/could play in the Australian Forest Industry
- Jacob Manothera, CEO Zindia: India - A market for Australian SW and HW logs present and future
Seminar cost, coffees and lunch: AUD $600 (plus GST for Australian residents)
Virtual attendance available for Western Australia, Queensland or offshore delegates: AUD $500
Multi-person attendees from same company registered at same time -
2 registrants - 5% discount
3 registrants - 10% discount
JASPER HOTEL, 489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
CLICK HERE to register.
