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Table 1: Summary of the major Green Triangle plantation companies
Company name
Links to previous companies
Sector
Activity
Australian
Bluegum
Plantations Pty
Ltd (ABP)
Funded through Global Forest Partners.
Acquired the former Timbercorp MIS
plantations, freehold land and assignment of
third party leases.
Hardwood
Plantation owner and
manager, land owner, leaser
of land.
Elders Forestry
Ltd
Acquired Integrated Tree Cropping in 2006.
ITC name changed to Elders Forestry in 2009.
Manages the MIS Schemes of the former APT,
ITC and Yates projects.
Hardwood
MIS plantation manager,
land owner and leaser of
land.
ForestrySA
Owned by the South Australian government.
Softwood
Plantation owner and
manager, land owner, leaser
of land.
Green Triangle
Forest Products
Pty Ltd (GTFP)
Funded through Global Forest Partners.
Acquired the former softwood GTFP
plantations, and retained the GTFP name for
the new management entity.
Softwood
Plantation owner and
manager, land owner.
Gunns Forest
Products Pty Ltd
Based in Launceston, Tasmania. Purchased
and has since sold the former Auspine
softwood estate. Is manager of the former
Auspine softwood estate and the former Great
Southern Ltd (GSL) 1998-2006 MIS Projects.
Hardwood
and
softwood
Softwood manager and
MIS hardwood plantation
manager, leaser of land.
HVP Plantations
Pty Ltd
Owned jointly by Australian and US
Softwood
superannuation and investment funds.
Formerly the Victorian Plantations Corporation.
Plantation owner and
manager, land owner, leaser
of land.
Macquarie
Forestry Services
Pty Ltd
Macquarie Forestry Services Pty Ltd is the
founding company.
Hardwood
MIS plantation manager,
land owner.
Midway
Afforestation Pty
Ltd
Midway Afforestation Pty Ltd is the founding
company.
Hardwood
and
softwood
Plantation owner and
manager, land owner.
New Forests Pty
Ltd
Owned by Alberta Investment Management
Corporation. Purchaser of the former GSL
freehold estate, the majority of which is leased
to Gunns Forest Products for the former GSL
1998-2006 MIS Projects and to Elders Forestry
for the former APT MIS Projects.
Hardwood
Mostly infrastructure
and some plantation
management. This will
change as the former Great
Southern plantations are
harvested and the land
reverts to New Forests.
Plantation
Timbers Group
Pty Ltd
Plantation Timbers Group Pty Ltd is the
founding company. It manages investor
plantations including WAPRES and Daio.
Hardwood
and
softwood
Plantation manager.
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Table 2: Green Triangle plantation areas4 by species (ha)
SA
Victoria
Total
42,291
135,352
177,643
Softwood plantations
108,376
69,159
177,535
Total plantation area
150,667
204,511
355,178
Hardwood plantations
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Table 3: Summary of softwood processing activity in the Green Triangle
Product
Locations
Companies
Sawlog
Mount Gambier
Carter Holt Harvey, SE Pine Sales, Whitehead Timber
Sales, NF McDonnell & Sons
Tarpeena
Gunns Timber Products
Colac
AKD Softwoods
Export sawlog
and pulplog
Portland
International Timber Solutions and Pentarch
250,000
Roundwood
preservation
Kalangadoo
Gunns Timber Products
150,000
Millicent
Miland
Mount Gambier
Carter Holt Harvey, Roundwood Solutions
Mumbannar
McVilly Timbers
Heywood
Portland Pine Products
Portland
Gunns Timber Products, Carter Holt Harvey
Mount Gambier
Carter Holt Harvey (for particleboard)
Millicent
Kimberly Clark Australia (for pulp & paper production)
Mount Gambier
Nu-Erth
Wandilo
BioGro
Wood chip and
sawmill residue
Sawmill
residues, wood
waste & bark
Tonnes/year
2.0 million
2.0 million
softwood
250,000
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Table 4: Resource commitment forecasts 2011-2029
Available
hardwood
volume
(tonnes)
Surplus/deficit (tonnes)
Committed (tonnes)
based on current level
of production
Product
Time period Available
softwood
volume
(tonnes)
Sawlog
2011-2015
11,000,000
10,500,000
500,000
2016-2020
10,600,000
10,500,000
100,000
2021-2025
12,800,000
10,500,000
2,300,000
2026-2030
13,200,000
10,500,000
2,700,000
2011-2015
900,000
750,000
150,000
2016-2020
1,100,000
750,000
350,000
2021-2025
900,000
750,000
150,000
2026-2030
800,000
750,000
50,000
Preservation
Chip/pulp
SW
HW
SW
HW
2011-2015
4,900,000
14,200,000
3,100,000
5,000,000
1,800,000
9,200,000
2016-2020
4,900,000
21,100,000
3,500,000
5,000,000
1,400,000
16,100,000
2021-2025
4,700,000
8,800,000
3,500,000
5,000,000
1,200,000
3,800,000
2026-2030
4,800,000
19,200,000
3,500,000
5,000,000
1,300,000
14,200,000
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Organisation
Contact
What sort of assistance is available
Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry
www.daff.gov.au
The Australian government department responsible for
forestry.
Department of Primary
Industries, Victoria
www.dpi.vic.gov.au
Victorian department with responsibility for forest
industry policy.
Department of Primary Industries
and Regions South Australia
www.pir.sa.gov.au
South Australian government department responsible
for forest policy and industry development
Department of Planning and
Community Development,
Victoria
www.dpcd.vic.gov.au
Has a central role in managing Victoria’s growth and
development by engaging with business and communities
Department of Planning,
Transport and Infrastructure,
South Australia
www.planning.sa.gov.au
South Australian government planning department
responsible for the State’s planning and development
system
Green Triangle Regional
Plantations Committee
www.gtplantations.org
Links between plantation growers and government
stakeholder groups
Southern Tree Breeding
Association
www.stba.com.au
Hardwood and softwood tree breeding
www.fwpa.com.au
A not for profit company that provides a national,
integrated research and development focus for the
Australian forest and wood products industry
Government and Forest Policy
Local forestry organisations
National forestry organisations
Forest and Wood Products
Australia
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Australian Forest Products
Association
www.ausfpa.com.au
Peak body of Australian forest industry organisations,
recently formed from a merger of A3P and NAFI
Institute of Foresters of
Australia
www.forestry.org.au
Represents the Australian forestry profession. Has an active
Branch in the Green Triangle.
Australian Forest Growers
www.afg.asn.au
Represents private forest growers in Australia. Has an active
Branch in the Green Triangle.
www.tafesa.edu.gov.au and
www.swtafe.vic.edu.au
Provides training for a range of industry specific skills
Training and Workforce
organisations
Technical and Further
Education; TAFESA and
SWTAFE
FITNET
Forest Industries Training Network
Southern Cross University
www.scu.edu.au
Provision of a forestry degree program.
ForestWorks
www.forestworks.com.au
Goal is to assist industry with their skills development
objectives through national industry skills standards and
qualifications
LITA
Training associated with harvesting activities
Business development
AusIndustry
www.ausindustry.gov.au
Delivers a range of innovation grants, tax and duty
concessions and business development
The Department of Business
and Innovation, Victoria
www.dbi.vic.gov.au
Supports the Victorian Governments pro-business policies
and programs and the development of innovative industries
Department of
Manufacturing, Innovation,
Trade and Resources, South
Australia
www.southaustralia.biz
The South Australian Government’s key economic
development agency
Regional Development
Australia Barwon SW
www.rdv.vic.gov.au
Industry development assistance
Regional Development
Australia Limestone Coast
wwwrdalimestonecoast.org.au
Industry development assistance
Association of Consulting
Foresters of Australia
www.consultingforesters.org.au
Provides a list of consulting foresters and their capabilities.
It is a Division of the Institute of Foresters of Australia.
Industry Capability Network
SA
www.icnsa.org.au
Facilitates knowledge transfer and process capability to
maximise local content
SE NRM Board
www.senrm.sa.gov.au
Water planning and natural resources management
responsibilities in SE South Australia
Glenelg Hopkins Catchment
Management Authority
www.ghcma.vic.gov.au
Responsible for the development of strategic direction for
land and water management in SW Victoria
South East Resource
Information Centre
www.seric.org.au
Spatial analysis, mapping and analysis of data
Great South Coast Group
www.greatsouthcoast.com.au
Represents local government authorities in SW Victoria
SELGA
www.lga.sa.gov.au
Represents regional councils in SE South Australia
Aboriginal Affairs Victoria
www.vic.gov.au
The Victorian Government’s key agency for advice on
Aboriginal affairs
Aboriginal Affairs and
Reconciliation
www.premcab.sa.gov.au/dpc
The South Australian Government’s key agency for advice
on Aboriginal affairs
Timber Towns Victoria
www.timbertownsvictoria.org.au
An incorporated local government association representing
the interests of municipal councils in relation to forestry on
both public and private land
Community & environmental
organisations
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