Our Highlights & Achievements 2008/9 report is now available. Email us to request a printed copy or download a low resolution (9 MB) or high resolution (22 MB) version here.

Two new reports are now available which provide the Tasmanian community with a better understanding of how the expansion of the plantation industry has changed rural communities. Access the reports here: Community attitudes to plantations: survey of the views of residents of Tasmania, 2008 (summary report) and Socioeconomic impacts of the plantation industry on rural communities in Tasmania (full technical report). (Media release)

Three new reports have been released that analyse the socioeconomic impacts of plantations on rural communities in Western Australia. Access the summary report or full technical reports here. Results from these reports will be presented by Dr Jacki Schirmer and Dr Kathryn Williams in Albany, Bunbury & Esperance in WA from 22-25 June. Read the press release here.

The CRC for Forestry congratulates Brad Potts, manager of our 'Trees in the Landscape' program, on winning the prestigious Clarke Medal for his outstanding contribution to research in the natural sciences. Read the press release here.

A number of scholarships are still available for talented students to begin postgraduate research projects in 2009.