Primary goals
The CRC will foster research
to
Maintain and improve security of access to land and resources
for the forest industry by:
- Developing strategies that consolidate the industry’s
social license to operate
- Increasing investment confidence in the establishment of new
forestry ventures
- Identifying pathways for the industry to contribute positively
to pressing environmental and social issues (including carbon
sequestration, wildfire and water resource management).
Increase yields and reduce the costs of production through
improvements in site selection, resource monitoring and
management.
Increase the value of wood products through more targeted
breeding and silviculture.
Reduce the cost of delivered wood through development and
communication of safer, more efficient harvesting, handling and
transport.
Increase capacity for innovation and continuous improvement by
training greater numbers of industry-oriented researchers, building
lasting knowledge networks and improving industry access to global
expertise.
Pathways to
achievement
Good communication is central to the achievement of our purpose.
We are committed to a culture of openness, and to maintaining a
balance between knowledge discovery and knowledge delivery.
Communication functions include:
- sharing information between research partners, enhancing
collaboration and synergy
- exchanging knowledge between research providers and research
users enabling uptake of relevant knowledge by various
sectors of the industry
- ensuring relevance and responsiveness to stakeholder needs of
the CRC’s research, education and communication
activities
- making science-based knowledge relating to forests and forestry
accessible to the wider community.
- identifying and bringing best international practice to the
Australian industry.
