Ref ID: 9645
Ref Type: Journal
Authors: Catchpoole, K. J. and Nester, M. R.
Pub Date: 2002
Journal Name: New Zealand Journal of Forestry
Volume: 2002
Issue:
Start Page: 15
End Page: 18
ISBN/ISSN:
Keywords: Araucaria cunninghamii/commercial/decision/decision support system/forestry/pine/pine plantation/Pinus caribaea var.hondurensis/Pinus elliottii var.elliottii/plantation/plantation forestry/QFRI/Queensland/software/silviculture/wood/wood quality/quality/timber/evaluation/internal/rate/value/paper/project/model/cost/system/research/maximise/forest/forest growers/grower/process
Abstract: Software tools that link silviculture, wood quality and grading of structural timber a being developed to support the managers of Queensland's commercial pine estate. The tools allow the evaluation of alternative silvicultural scenarios, in terms of internal rate of return and net present value. This paper describes the decision support project that will bring together software tools that grade sawn timber output from a conversion model, assigned revenues, link to costs associated with a specific silvicultural scenario, and finally generate internal rates of return and net present values. These software tools provide a powerful decision support system that will pass on significant benefits to plantation managers. They will capture several decades of research to maximise the benefits to forest growers and processes by linking silviculture, wood quality and grading of structural timber.
Notes: Entered by Maria Cherry (18/1/2002)
Reprint: Not in File
Program: SPF Sustainable Management
Project: B4
Deliverable: B4-4.2
Confidentiality: Public
Availability: Authors;
Report: Annual Report 2001/2
Type: Article
Address: QFRI, PO Box 631, Indooroopilly, QLD, 4068
Misc 2: Published