Land Type Biodiversity Species Selection Reduce pressures on native Social and Economic forests benefits or issues Complements native forest management A significant contribution Reflect native forest Volume production Economic and social to biodiversity although given single age and reduces pressure on Hardwood stability through interrupted by harvest species stands are supply need from native (Eucalyptus) High volume to meet and not equivalent to common in high rainfall forests for comparable industry expectation Plantation native forest, Eucalypt forests type Economic return Complements adjoining Some genetic Stand management can Spread risk from (~20,000 ha) native forest where the improvement available be complementary to softwood plantations full range of habitat through conventional adjacent Social benefits Benefits – elements are found (e.g. tree breeding methods to native forest management regional employment, nesting hollows) increase commercial catchment benefits, viability Contribution to public use, water quality vegetation mosaic Enables the support of beneficial management of custodial for conservation purposes E nitens preferred to E. Economic returns marginal Rotation cycles interrupt Commercial risk some – regnans for greater Risk to stable supply to contribution to public opposition to Issues industry where harvesting biodiversity although productivity harvesting indigenous constraints sought if this does provide a Wildlings of non-endemic species even in plantations endemic species further range of species. plantations become viewed environmental niches Potential for genetic as native forest pollution of natural Financially viable, vegetation high volume production requires: Use of chemicals Use of synthetic fertiliser Uniform even aged management
Land Type Biodiversity Species Selection Reduce pressures on native forests Complements native forest management Social and Economic benefits or issues Hardwood (Eucalyptus) Plantation (~20,000 ha) Benefits Issues A significant contribution to biodiversity although interrupted by harvest and not equivalent to native forest, Complements adjoining native forest where the full range of habitat elements are found (e.g. nesting hollows) Contribution to vegetation mosaic Reflect native forest given single age and species stands are common in high rainfall Eucalypt forests Some genetic improvement available through conventional tree breeding methods to increase commercial viability Volume production reduces pressure on supply need from native forests for comparable type Stand management can be complementary to adjacent native forest management Economic and social stability through High volume to meet industry expectation Economic return Spread risk from softwood plantations Social benefits – regional employment, catchment benefits, public use, water quality Enables the support of beneficial management of custodial for conservation purposes Rotation cycles interrupt contribution to biodiversity although this does provide a further range of environmental niches E nitens preferred to E. regnans for greater productivity Wildlings of non-endemic species. Potential for genetic pollution of natural vegetation Commercial risk – some public opposition to harvesting indigenous species even in plantations Economic returns marginal Risk to stable supply to industry where harvesting constraints sought if endemic species plantations become viewed as native forest Financially viable, high volume production requires: Use of chemicals Use of synthetic fertiliser Uniform even aged management
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