sustainable forest management - Forestry Tasmania

Table 6. Eucalypt wood production
Product Group 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 Indicative sustainable
level 1,2
High quality sawlog (m 3 )
Low quality sawlog (m 3 )
Peeler log (m 3 )
Plantation pulpwood (t)
Native forest pulpwood (t)
Total arisings (t)
357,088 359,185 329,979 307,088 303,951 320,000
117,247 99,878 85,057 51,778 87,090 Not defined
176,183 159,433 150,934 211,197 209,590 Not defined
104,426 118,440 89,619 126,163 176,703 Not defined
2,902,786 2,724,303 2,191,132 2,136,687 2,230,874 Not defined
3,300,642 3,102,054 2,516,742 2,525,825 2,704,257 2,800,000
1. Based on FT (2007) sustainable high quality eucalypt sawlog supply from Tasmanian State Forest, Review No. 3, from 2006 onwards.
2. Indicative level of arisings from the sustainable yield of high quality sawlog supply is 2,800,000 tonnes, based on FT (2007). Arisings include pulpwood, peeler and low quality sawlog.
Figure 7. Production levels of high quality sawlog and veneer (m 3 )
400,000
350,000
300,000
Figure 8. Pulpwood production levels against sustained
yield Figure 2001/02 8. Pulpwood to 2007/08 production (tonnes) levels against sustained
yield 2001/02 to 2007/08 (tonnes) (m 3 )
3,500,000
3,000,000
2,500,000
Volume
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
Year
annual volume 5-year average
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
0
2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
NF pulpwood
Peeler
Eucalypt plantation pulpwood Cat 2 & 8 sawlog
5 year Average Indicative sustainable level