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Evaluation of the performance of the community rainforest reforestation program in North Queensland, Australia
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Evaluation of the performance of the community rainforest reforestation program in North Queensland, Australia

Robert Harrison, Steve R Harrison and John L Herbohn
Small-scale Forest Economics, Management and Policy, Vol.3(3), pp.411-429
2004
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-004-0029-7
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Forestry Sciences Applied Economics Policy and Administration community forestry multiple-use forestry cabinet timbers rainforest species
The Community Rainforest Reforestation Program (CRRP) in north Queensland, Australia, was a multi-faceted experiment in facilitating farm forestry. It was motivated in part by the World Heritage listing of the Wet Tropics of Queensland rainforests, which removed a large resource from the timber industry. Survey results indicate that some landholders have applied high-quality silvicultural management to their stands with a view to timber production, while others have been more interested in wildlife habitat and other non-wood benefits. Although not necessarily a success in terms of its stated goals, the program can be credited with a number of achievements. It yielded valuable experience in growing native tree species, job training for young unemployed people, and collaboration between Federal, State and local government in forest industry development. The program generated positive environmental outcomes and lessons for future timber and environmental planting programs on private lands. While the area planted and quantity of timber produced will fall far short of initial expectations, and some limitations arose with the job training activities, it nevertheless appears to have been a worthwhile project.

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