❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the future of the karri, marri, and wandoo timber industries, focusing on the economic viability of marri processing and forest management practices. The Minister provides assurances regarding existing contracts and future resource allocation.
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KARRI, MARRI AND WANDOO TIMBER INDUSTRIES, FUTURE
(1) What does the minister intend to do about the future of the karri, marri and wandoo timber industries? (2) Is the minister aware that it is often impossible to determine whether a marri tree or log will be suitable for sawn timber until a considerable amount of handling and sawing has taken place? (3) Is the minister aware that the inability to use low-grade marri for woodchipping makes the overall cost of value-adding the remainder of the stock randomly variable or uneconomical? (4) If so, what action does the minister intend to take to ensure - (a) that those persons value-adding marri can continue to do so; and (b) that our marri-jarrah forests do not become dominated by marri trees? (5) When will the minister be able to provide some measure of certainty to those people who rely, either wholly or in part, on those timbers? Hon KIM CHANCE
(1) What does the minister intend to do about the future of the karri, marri and wandoo timber industries? (2) Is the minister aware that it is often impossible to determine whether a marri tree or log will be suitable for sawn timber until a considerable amount of handling and sawing has taken place? (3) Is the minister aware that the inability to use low-grade marri for woodchipping makes the overall cost of value-adding the remainder of the stock randomly variable or uneconomical? (4) If so, what action does the minister intend to take to ensure - (a) that those persons value-adding marri can continue to do so; and (b) that our marri-jarrah forests do not become dominated by marri trees? (5) When will the minister be able to provide some measure of certainty to those people who rely, either wholly or in part, on those timbers? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
(2) Is the minister aware that it is often impossible to determine whether a marri tree or log will be suitable for sawn timber until a considerable amount of handling and sawing has taken place? (3) Is the minister aware that the inability to use low-grade marri for woodchipping makes the overall cost of value-adding the remainder of the stock randomly variable or uneconomical? (4) If so, what action does the minister intend to take to ensure - (a) that those persons value-adding marri can continue to do so; and (b) that our marri-jarrah forests do not become dominated by marri trees? (5) When will the minister be able to provide some measure of certainty to those people who rely, either wholly or in part, on those timbers? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
(3) Is the minister aware that the inability to use low-grade marri for woodchipping makes the overall cost of value-adding the remainder of the stock randomly variable or uneconomical? (4) If so, what action does the minister intend to take to ensure - (a) that those persons value-adding marri can continue to do so; and (b) that our marri-jarrah forests do not become dominated by marri trees? (5) When will the minister be able to provide some measure of certainty to those people who rely, either wholly or in part, on those timbers? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
(4) If so, what action does the minister intend to take to ensure - (a) that those persons value-adding marri can continue to do so; and (b) that our marri-jarrah forests do not become dominated by marri trees? (5) When will the minister be able to provide some measure of certainty to those people who rely, either wholly or in part, on those timbers? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
(b) that our marri-jarrah forests do not become dominated by marri trees?
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
(1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber.
(4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
(2) Is the minister aware that it is often impossible to determine whether a marri tree or log will be suitable for sawn timber until a considerable amount of handling and sawing has taken place? (3) Is the minister aware that the inability to use low-grade marri for woodchipping makes the overall cost of value-adding the remainder of the stock randomly variable or uneconomical? (4) If so, what action does the minister intend to take to ensure - (a) that those persons value-adding marri can continue to do so; and (b) that our marri-jarrah forests do not become dominated by marri trees? (5) When will the minister be able to provide some measure of certainty to those people who rely, either wholly or in part, on those timbers? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
(3) Is the minister aware that the inability to use low-grade marri for woodchipping makes the overall cost of value-adding the remainder of the stock randomly variable or uneconomical? (4) If so, what action does the minister intend to take to ensure - (a) that those persons value-adding marri can continue to do so; and (b) that our marri-jarrah forests do not become dominated by marri trees? (5) When will the minister be able to provide some measure of certainty to those people who rely, either wholly or in part, on those timbers? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
(4) If so, what action does the minister intend to take to ensure - (a) that those persons value-adding marri can continue to do so; and (b) that our marri-jarrah forests do not become dominated by marri trees? (5) When will the minister be able to provide some measure of certainty to those people who rely, either wholly or in part, on those timbers? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
(b) that our marri-jarrah forests do not become dominated by marri trees?
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
(1)&(5) The future karri sawlog resource is committed in accordance with the existing agreement with the Greenbushes Ltd mill and the Government’s announcement of its commitment to the Pemberton mill. The Forest Products Commission has in place a number of contracts for the purchase of marri sawlogs, which expire prior to 2004. New replacement contracts will be made available through processes such as open tender or auctions when the available resource becomes better known, which will happen through the forest management plan process. The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber. (2)-(3) Bob Pearce has commented on the member’s statement about the difficulty of determining whether a marri tree is suitable for sawlog use. He compared the industry with the fairytale: one kisses many frogs before one gets a prince. I understand that it is extremely difficult to estimate whether a marri log will be millable, and this has been raised as an issue for consideration. However, the mill-door prices of marri sawlogs harvested and sold to a number of customers contracted to the Forest Products Commission have not increased. I am unaware that the cost of processing and value-adding marri has increased recently. (4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
The wandoo forest has been largely reserved and any future wandoo log resource will be sold as a specialty timber.
(4) (a) Marri sawlogs are available and will continue to be sold under existing contracts. As indicated previously, the FPC intends to make the marri resource for sawmilling and value-adding available through new contracts when the existing contracts expire prior to 2004. (b) The FPC is actively pursuing markets for residue marri that is not suitable for sawmilling into solid wood products. In the meantime, the FPC has established silvicultural practices to ensure that the post-harvest jarrah-marri forest does not become dominated by marri. It should be noted that most of the northern jarrah forest has always been harvested without a market for marri residue, and silvicultural practices have ensured that the desired jarrah-marri mixture is maintained.
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