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SOUTHEM ONLINE Southern Hemisphere Forest Industry Journal Online news briefs SOUTHEM Online - Issue 227 – 9 September 2009 Welcome to Southem Online Issue 227. Just what are fire agencies in Victoria, Australia, up to? Last February 173 people died when bushfires ripped through the states native and planted forests and destroyed grasslands and townships. Yet the impression being given is that 2009 may have been something of a one-off event – why? See more in the podcast below. Want to send this edition to a friend? Just click Forward to a Friend. REGISTRATION FOR SOUTHEM ONLINE SOUTHEM Online is sent out to 14,000 recipients worldwide, including those involved in forestry and forest industries as well associated services and agencies. You can register for this free e-news headlines service. Send an email to [email protected] or go to Subscribe. If you would prefer not to receive further issues of this service, please reply to me at email [email protected] with the word ‘Remove’ in the subject. If you have any queries or suggestions, please feel free to contact me. Kind regards Mike Smith Editor and Director Email: [email protected] URL: www.southem.com SPONSORS’ MESSAGES Help keep this publication free – please visit our sponsors today! Contact [email protected] for sponsorship details. FORSIGHT RESOURCES, LLC FORSight Resources, LLC, is a private consulting firm that specializes in forest management planning and related services to the forestry and natural resources sectors. Our staff brings together decades of combined forestry and GIS/GPS experience to provide a full suite of decision support offerings for natural resource management. The company’s offerings include forest planning, inventory, acquisition due diligence, wood and fiber supply studies, growth and yield modeling, GIS analysis and custom programming, as well as other decision support services geared specifically towards natural resource management. FORSight Resources is an authorized Business Partner for Trimble and ESRI, offering sales and support for their respective products. With 3 offices located in South Carolina, Wisconsin and Washington, FORSight Resources is well-positioned to serve clients throughout North America and abroad. For more information, please contact Bruce Carroll (SC) +1-843.552.0717, Chuck Stiff (WI) +1-608.868.2799, or Karl Walters (WA) +1-360.882.9030, email us at [email protected] or visit our web site http://www.FORSightResources.com for more information. You can also learn more about FORSight at the PODCAST: http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=877&Itemid=2 HELI HARVEST LTD PROVIDING AERIAL HEAVY LIFTING SERVICES Heli Harvest is New Zealand’s leading heavy helicopter operator. The company has vast experience in heavy lifting tasks, including timber harvesting, firefighting, disaster relief,

construction, vineyard frost protection and cellphone tower installation. Heli Harvest operates two Mi-8 heliopters. For more information, go to: http://www.heliharvest.co.nz/index.cfm/ CONTINUING EDUCATION IN FOREST FINANCE AND ECONOMICS COURSE The Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa is presenting a Precision Forestry Symposium in Stellenbosch from 1 to 3 March 2010. For detail refer to www.sun.ac.za/forestry or contact Pierre Ackerman at [email protected] FOREST BUSINESS MASTERS DEGREE ASSISTANTSHIP The University of Georgia Center for Forest Business announces the availability of a Master of Forest Resources Graduate Assistantship in Forest Business beginning January 2010. For details please contact: Bob Izlar, + 1.706.542.6819, [email protected] For more information about MFR, MS or PhD degree programs in Forest Business see: http://www.forestry.uga.edu/h/centers/cfb For University of Georgia Graduate School admission requirements, please see: http://www.gradsch.uga.edu **************************************** COPYRIGHT NOTICE Items headlined in SOUTHEM Online are drawn from a number of sources. The source of the item is quoted, either by publication or organisations in line with the practice of fair reporting. Items originally published in Spanish are translated by TMS Ltd. Every effort is made to ensure use of paid wire service material is avoided at all times. Should users wish to utilise SOUTHEM Online on their own web sites, we request that this is done to accurately reflect the current layout to ensure attribution is appropriate. ************************************************ PODCAST: HELI HARVEST ‘SURPRISE’ OVER VIC FIRE SEASON’S ‘BUSINESS AS USUAL’ A New Zealand heavy lift helicopter operator has expressed surprised that Australian authorities have made no provision to use the company’s services in the looming bushfire season following successful operations in the February 2009 disaster. For more details, go to the Podcast. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1061&Itemid=2 PODCAST: FORESTERS FEAR IMPACT ON INVESTMENT FROM ETS CHANGES Moves on emissions trading have switched New Zealand’s forestry investment profile from being very stable to very risky in terms of government policy, says a Roger Dickie of the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA). http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1040&Itemid=2 ************************************************ ARAUCO FORESTS IN FSC CERTIFICATION BID TO BOOST MARKET ACCESS The large Chilean forest products group, Arauco, has started a program of environmental and social certification in managing its forest estate in Chile in the hope of better accessing key markets in Europe and Asia. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1060&Itemid=2 ************************************************

FORESTRY, PULP AND PAPER IN BRAZIL CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCE Brazil’s forest plantation growers and pulp and paper industry and technical associations are among 14 major organisations that have formed the Brazilian Climate Alliance with the aim of contribution solid proposals for the negotiations related to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1059&Itemid=2 ************************************************ A3P WELCOMES PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY INTO TROUBLED MIS SECTOR The Australian plantation and paper industry agency, A3P, says the vital role of retail forestry investment has been recognised by a parliamentary inquiry into troubled agribusiness management investment schemes. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1058&Itemid=2 ************************************************ EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST SOUGHT FOR GREAT SOUTHERN ASSETS Meanwhile, the receivers and managers of the Great Southern Group have called for expressions of interest to identify likely buyers for the failed MIS entity’s assets. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1057&Itemid=2 ************************************************ MONDI STARTS RECYCLED PAPER MACHINE IN POLAND The South African paper and packaging group Mondi has announced that its new 470,000-ton PM7 lightweight recycled containerboard paper machine, in Swiecie, in Poland, has been started up and is producing paper, Engineering News has reported. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1056&Itemid=2 ************************************************ GOVT URGED TO SIMPLIFY REAFFORESTATION RULES TO BOOST CARBON STORE Meanwhile, the Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P) has urged the government to ease onerous rules in a proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme to boost the likelihood more commercial timber plantations will be established to ensure the country’s full carbon store potential will be realised. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1055&Itemid=2 ************************************************ IBM SUPERCOMPUTER TO AID NZ CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH Meanwhile, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand has brought one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers – said to be the largest in the southern hemisphere – to use for climate change research. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1054&Itemid=2 ************************************************ BORDER TIMBERS STRIPS MIDDLE MANAGEMENT IN RESTRUCTURING Zimbabwe’s Border Timbers reports it has completed a restructuring exercise that has seen it split into three autonomous units and “retrench” 48 supervisory to middle management employees.

http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1053&Itemid=2 ************************************************ GUNNS BUYS ITC TIMBER IN A$100M DEAL Australia’s Gunns Ltd is buying the timber operations of fellow forestry company ITC in what looks like a bid to increase access to valuable plantation hardwood chip resources for its planned pulp mill in Tasmania. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1044&Itemid=5 ************************************************ DISPUTE OVER BOTNIA’S URUGUAY PULP MILL HEADS BACK TO THE HAGUE Argentina and Uruguay are due to go to the International Court of Justice in the coming month in a dispute that has dogged the large-scale Botnia pulp mill on the Rio Uruguay. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1052&Itemid=2 ************************************************ MASISA BEATS SLUMP WITH PLAN TO TRIPLE BRAZIL BUSINESS Chile’s Masisa plans to triple the size of its business in Brazil as a result of continuing heavy investment in new board-making processes through the economic slump. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1051&Itemid=2 ************************************************ TOUGH YEAR AS PAPERLINX TAKES ACTION TO ‘MITIGATE’ EARNINGS IMPACT Australia’s PaperlinX has announced divisional earnings before interest and tax were down 42% in the year ended 30 June 2009 on the previous year, at A$110 million. However, the company says it has taken a number of actions to “mitigate” earnings pressures. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1050&Itemid=2 ************************************************ FANAPEL RE-BOOTS PLANT AFTER PRICE ENFORCED CLOSURE In Uruguay, Fanapel has re-booted work in a pulp plant after early shutting some operations in May due to uneconomic international prices. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1049&Itemid=2 **************************************** RIVER RED GUM FOREST WORKERS IN NEW MURRAY RIVER ROLE Workers formerly employed in the red gum timber industry have started work managing red gum forests along the Murray River, in the Australian State of Victoria. In a statement, the Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Gavin Jennings, welcomed the new workers who bring a wealth of forest knowledge into their new roles. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1047&Itemid=2 **************************************** ARTICLES OF INTEREST C/- The Department of Conservation New Zealand

Conservation and the delivery of ecosystem services: a literature review Kate G. McAlpine and Debra M. Wotton. Science for Conservation 295. 81 p. http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sfc295entire.pdf Vegetation monitoring in Whanganui National Park A. Hawcroft, S. Husheer. DOC Research & Development Series 315. 28 p. http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds315entire.pdf **************************************** CAPTURED ON VIDEO COUNTRY FIRE FIGHTING RECRUITS – SEE THEM TRAIN View Part One of an 8-part series following Country Fire Authority firefighter recruits in the Australian State of Victoria as they go through a 16-week training course. http://www.southem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1047&Itemid=2 Or at http://www.cfaconnect.net.au/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=868 ************************************************ SOUTHEM EMPLOYMENT NOTICES PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR LATIN AMERICA FOREST DWELLERS The Rights and Resources Initiative is seeking to fill the position of Program Coordinator for Latin America. Applications accepted immediately. The Washington-based Program Coordinator for Latin America will ensure the strategic planning and implementation of collaborative activities with the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Partners in Latin America designed to advance the tenure rights of forest dwellers and alleviate poverty in forest areas. The position requires effective and proactive decision-making to ensure that the activities in the Latin America region do not deviate from the goals and vision agreed to by the RRI regional team. For application instructions and a full listing of job responsibilities, please see the PDF attached and the listing here: http://www.rightsandresources.org/documents/files/doc_1199.pdf SAWMILL TIMBER GRADER Flight timbe4rs Ltd wants to hire a Certified Timber Grader for its recently built sawmill located in Marlborough, New Zealand. This is an attractive location offering great access to hunting, fishing and the great outdoors. The applicant must have a minimum of three years experience at Level 4 and experience in both structural and appearance grades. Closes 11 September. For more info, contact: Ray Bovey, Sawmill Manager, Flight Timbers Ltd at: [email protected] TREE FALLER An experienced Tree Faller is required by Harvard Logging in the Whangapoua Forest, Coromandel, New Zealand. For more info, contact Adrian on: 027-4475063. **************************************** MEETINGS WHO WILL OWN FORESTS 14-16 September 2009 - Early registration has open for "Who Will Own the Forest? 5"

Summit to be held in Portland, Oregon. For more information, go to Register at: http://wfi.worldforestrycenter.org/wwotf5/reg.html COMMUNITY FORESTRY 15-18 September 2009 - 1st Int'l Community Forestry Workshop "Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Community Forestry in the International Arena". Pokhara, Nepal. Contact: Bala Ram Kandel, cpfd(at)wlink.com.np ; Peter Branney, p-branney(at)lfp.org.np http://communityforestryworkshop.com.np/ AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS BOLIVIA 22-24 September 2009 – First National Congress of Agroforestry Systems (ECO-SAF). Cochabambra, Bolivia. http://ecosaf.comxa.com SUSTAINABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY 30 September 2009 - Sustainability and Technology Forum. Venue: Dockside, Cockle Bay Wharf, Sydney. Time: 08.30am - 5.00pm. Early Bird Special Offer ends 4 September. More info: www.sustainableictforum.com.au LOGICAL FORESTRY PROJECT DEVELOPMENT . 5 October-22 November k2009 – Formulating Forestry Projects Using a Logical Framework. http://www.desarrolloforestal.org/ IDENTIFYING SILVER LINING TO GLOBAL STORM CLOUDS 8-9 October 2009 – New Zealand Pine Manufacturers Association Conference 2009 – “Global Storm Clouds – Identifying the Silver Linings”. Holiday Inn, Wellington, New Zealand. http://www.pine.net.nz/content/blogsection/8/12/ XIII WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS 18-23 October 2009 - The XIII World Forestry Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina. http://www.wfc2009.org/version2/presentacion_ingles.asp FORESTS, HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING 19 October 2009 - Forests, human health and well-being: findings of IUFRO's recent science initiatives. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Side Event organized by IUFRO Task Forces "Forests and Human Health", "Traditional Forest Knowledge" and "Improving the Lives of People in Forests" at the XIII World Forestry Congress. Contact: Eeva Karjalainen, eeva.karjalainen(at)metla.fi, John Parrotta, jparrotta(at)fs.fed.us, Peter Cronkleton, p.cronkleton(at)cgiar.org http://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/forests-trees-humans/activities-and-events/ CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM 12 October 2009 – Special Event on Climate Change at XIII World Forestry Congress. Forum on Forests and Climate Change: To Copenhagen and Beyond. Buenos Aires. http://www.fao.org/forestry/foris/wfc/15e.pdf CARBON EXPO AUSTRALASIA 26-28 October 2009 – Carbon Expo Australasia. Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia. The 2009 event will feature a high level conference hosting leading international and Australian practitioners of the emerging carbon market, a major trade fair and in-depth technical workshops that draw on the skills and knowledge of experts actively participating in global carbon markets. For more info, go to www.carbonexpo.com.au CARTOGRAPHY CONFERENCE November 2009 - Santiago will host Latin America’s first International Cartography Conference in 2009 Santiago is hosting the 24th International Cartography Conference (ICC) in November 2009. Organised by the International Cartography Association (ICA), the ICC is

an important event for the cartography community. For more info, go to: www.icc2009.cl 2-4 December 2009 – Short Rotation Crops: Linking Technology and Biobass. Taupo, New Zealand. Organised by the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy Task 30, supported by Scion and Pure Power Global. For more info, go to: www.shortrotationcrops.org/events.htm PARANÁ UNIVERSITY TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF FORESTRY COURSE 30 May 2010 – The Forest Engineering Course at Universidade Federal do Paraná in Brazil will celebrate 50 years in existence. For more info, go to: www.fupef.ufpr.br. ************************************************* NEWS ONLINE Do you have news items you wish to make available to others on SOUTHEM Online? If so, please send them to [email protected] ************************************************ MISSING? Did we miss you off the list, or do you have an associate who may want to receive SOUTHEM Online. If so, please feel free to register by sending a message to [email protected] with subscribe in the subject box providing details about yourself. Or you can register at the web site at: http://www.southem.com/content/view/37/35/ ************************************************** REMOVE If you would prefer not to receive further issues of this newsletter, please reply to me at email [email protected] with the word ‘Remove’ in the subject.