Measuring Impact

Research that works for developing countries and Australia

 

Forestry

Research Program Manager: Dr Russell Haines
email: haines@aciar.gov.au

The Forestry program contributes to poverty alleviation and natural resource conservation and rehabilitation through scientific support for the establishment, management and sustainable utilisation of forests, providing optimum social, economic and environmental benefits to partner countries and Australia. Areas of focus include: development of silvicultural systems and improved germplasm, harvesting and processing approaches and the management of threats.

Current Projects

FST/1999/095 - Improving the value chain for plantation-grown eucalypt sawn wood in China, Vietnam and Australia: Genetics and silviculture

FST/2001/021 - Improving the value chain for plantation-grown eucalypt sawn wood in China, Vietnam and Australia: sawing and drying

FST/2002/112 - Domestication of Meliaceae species in Southeast Asia and Australia, particularly management of the problem of Hypsipyla robusta attack

FST/2003/002 - Development and evaluation of sterile triploids and polyploid breeding methodologies for commercial species of Acacia in Vietnam, South Africa and Australia

FST/2003/048 - Management of fungal root rot in plantation acacias in Indonesia

FST/2003/049 - Review of portable sawmills in the Pacific: Identifying the factors for success

FST/2004/009 - Facilitating the availability and use of improved germplasm for forestry and agroforestry in Papua New Guinea

FST/2004/050 - Value-adding to PNG agroforestry systems

FST/2004/053 - Establishing forest pest detection systems in South Pacific countries and Australia

FST/2004/054 - Improving value and marketability of coconut wood

FST/2004/055 - Domestication and commercialisation of Canarium indicum in Papua New Guinea

FST/2004/057 - Enhancing on-farm incomes through improved silvicultural management of teak and paper mulberry plantations in Luang Prabang Province of Lao PDR

FST/2004/058 - Realising genetic gains in Indonesian and Australian plantations through water and nutrient management

FST/2004/061 - Assessment, management and marketing of goods and services from cutover native forests in Papua New Guinea

FST/2005/089 - Improved silvicultural management of Endospermum medullosum (whitewood) for enhanced plantation forestry outcomes in Vanuatu

FST/2005/100 - Value adding to Lao PDR plantation timber products

FST/2005/177 - Improving economic outcomes for smallholders growing teak in agroforestry systems in Indonesia

FST/2006/048 - Processing of Canarium indicum nuts: adapting and refining techniques to benefit farmers in the South Pacific

FST/2006/088 - Promoting diverse fuelwood production systems in Papua New Guinea

FST/2006/120 - Increasing downstream value adding in PNG's forest and wood products industry

FST/2007/020 - Improving silvicultural and economic outcomes for community timber plantations in the Solomon Islands by interplanting with Flueggea flexuosa and other Pacific agroforestry species

FST/2007/052 - Improving governance, policy and institutional arrangements to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD)

FST/2007/057 - Socio-economic constraints to smallholder sandalwood in Vanuatu

FST/2007/119 - Mahogany and teak furniture: action research to improve value chain efficiency and enhance livelihoods