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Welcome to the website of the Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry, an Australian national research consortium with headquarters in Hobart, Tasmania. The CRC for Forestry links leading Australian forest research organisations, companies, government agencies and universities in a forest science and management research and education partnership. [read more...]

Latest news

A guide to Tree hollows in Tasmania has been released by the CRC and the Forest Practices Authority. The guide outlines what makes a good hollow, how to identify hollows and how to select trees suitable for habitat. (Media release)

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)

A number of scholarships are still available for talented students to begin postgraduate research projects in 2010.

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­­Managing & monitoring for growth & health ­

Managi­ng and monitoring for growth and health

Focusing on ways to reduce the cost of wood pr­oduction and off-site effects of tree plantation management, and decrease investment risk [more]

High-value wood resources

High value wood resources

Research into genetics, silviculture and wood quality to increase the value and profitability of eucalypt plantations [more]

Harvesting & operations

Harvesting and operations

Improving safety and efficiency of forest harvesting and log transport operations [more]


Trees in the landscape

Trees in the landscape

Developing forestry practices that meet agreed environmental certification requirements and foster constructive community engagement [more]

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