Leading bushfire expert John O’Donnell has released a draft paper on the potential opportunities and strategies for improved bushfire pine plantation protection and management across Australia. Source: Timberbiz
“After the large bushfires killing considerable areas of pine plantations in recent years, it is opportune to review potential protection arrangements inside and outside pine plantations across Australia,” Mr O’Donnell said.
He said the draft document had been issued to “aid progression of this important issue”.
“It is up to each pine plantation owner to develop opportunities and strategies to best protect pine plantations from bushfires inside and outside plantations and to best protect personnel involved in fighting bushfires within the pine plantations,’’ Mr O’Donnell said.
“The document focusses on potential opportunities and strategies but doesn’t get into detail re specifics to any great degree. Some of this is covered in some of the guideline documents listed in this document.
“It is also opportune to pull together information in the guideline documents listed below, the majority over five years old, this has been completed, as noted, but doesn’t get into detail re specifics to any great degree.”
Mr O’Donnell said it was also opportune to review pine plantation fire salvage, to explore opportunities to maximise pine salvage, maximise timber value associated with fire salvage and possibly integrate pine plantation bushfire protection and salvage strategies.
“Additional ideas, opportunities, comments and input would be appreciated and will be considered, and where feasible, be added in into this draft document at a later date,’’ he said.
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