--- title: "Seminar: The Future of Australian Eucalypt Plantations" date: 2024-12-17T11:26:00+11:00 author: Private Forests Tasmania canonical_url: "https://pft.tas.gov.au/events/seminar-the-future-of" section: Events --- # 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](https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.danaevents.co.nz%2F2025melbourne%2Fhome&data=05%7C02%7CTracey.King%40pft.tas.gov.au%7Cd1dfefef2bae4ac85ff808dd1a2e69fc%7C64ebab8accf44b5ca2d32b4e972d96b2%7C0%7C0%7C638695508834512838%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NNwFP%2F8BYpN6%2FSPWYpQlccg7Cj70KhipBKRm7x6vDCg%3D&reserved=0) **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](https://www.jasperhotel.com.au/?utm_source=local-directories&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=travelclick-localconnect), 489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne [CLICK HERE ](https://danaevents.co.nz/2025melbourne/registration)to register. ![Seminar: The Future of Australian Eucalypt Plantations](https://pft.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/events/uploads/_800xAUTO_crop_center-center_70_none/DANA.jpg) ### Share this Event - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpft.tas.gov.au%2Fevents%2Fseminar-the-future-of.md) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpft.tas.gov.au%2Fevents%2Fseminar-the-future-of.md) - Instagram