Farm Forestry Technical and
Business
Handbook - Outline
Title
page
Contents
List of authors
Foreword:
Introduction: What is the value of a
forest?
Part I: The business of farm
forestry
1. What is happening (where farm forestry fits into the
picture)(Arthur
Lyons)
2. Making land use decisions involving farm forestry. (Peter Volker
and
Arthur Lyons)
3. Farm planning. (Michael Horne, Mark Leech)
4. Certification. (Peter Taylor)
5. The forest practices system (Graeme Wilkinson)
6. Forest practices plans (Graeme Wilkinson)
7. Estate planning. (John Lord)
8. Financing. (John Lord)
9. Taxation. (John Lord)
10. Investing in farm forestry: Joint venture agreements, leases
and prospectuses.
(Volker and Leech)
11. Profitability. (Leech, Lyons and Volker)
12. Harvesting and Selling (Craig Hawkins and Ross Henderson)
13. Using consultants and contractors. (Volker)
14. Quality assurance (Peter Volker)
15. Resources and tools (web sites, books, equipment software,
organisations
and associations).
16. Compendium of contacts for the business of forestry, native
forestry
and plantation forestry
Part II: Managing native farm forests
17. Native forests in Tasmania (Fred Duncan)
18. Biodiversity and Conservation in Tasmanian forests (Fred
Duncan)
19. Managing bushland to maintain conservation values: 1. Identifying
areas (Fred Duncan)
20. Managing bushland to maintain conservation values: 2. Principal
management
issues (Fred Duncan)
21. Managing bushland to maintain conservation values: 3. Timber
harvesting
(Fred Duncan)
22. Native forest silviculture (Craig Hawkins).
23. Native special timbers (Mark Leech)
24. Blackwood (Mark Leech)
25. Exotic special timbers (Neil Parker)
26. Species and marketability (Mark Leech and Ross Henderson)
27. Rural tree decline (Neil Davidson)
28. Control of diseases: Forest health (Mark Leech and Neil Davidson)
29. Control of insect pest (Neil Davidson, Tim Wardlaw and Jane
Elek)
30. Control of animal browsing (Neil Davidson, FT and Clare McArthur).
31. Grazing Management. (Mark Leech)
32. Using fire in farm forestry (Dick Chuter)
Part III: Plantation forestry on
farms
33. Plan for tree planting. (Mike Castley and Volker)
34. Farm shelter. (Lyons and Chris Beadle)
35. Matching species to site. (Davidson, Leech, Volker and Lyons)
36. Site preparation (Peter Volker)
37. Weed control. (Volker and Tomkins)
38. Fertilising. (Philip Smethurst)
39. Planting. (Chris Beadle and Clive Woolridge)
40. Pruning and thinning. (Mark Leech Andy Warner, Chris Beadle)
Index
Glossary
