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INTERNATIONAL
BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
proudly
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What’s
on offer
The Conference runs from Sunday
22 October to Wednesday 25 October 2006. There
are three Conference sessions – Farm
Forestry, Research and Development and Policy
and Planning.
Delegates will have the choice of
a full day of field
tours and private forest owners will have an optional
choice of a second day of specialised field
tours.
The
Conference sessions offer presentations by national
leaders in the field: from small scale farm foresters
to industrial companies, the forest industry, community
groups, NGO’s, government, scientists
and policy makers. The sessions will focus
on outstanding achievements, practices
and developments.
The Conference is expected
attract delegates from all states and territories of
Australia and from New Zealand, America and South Africa.
A
Conference highlight will be the presentation of the
AFG National Tree Farmer Award which recognises outstanding
tree farmers and their contribution to the industry.
As
well as the traditional Icebreaker, in one of
the country’s
most exciting regional museums, and a Conference dinner
in the centre of Launceston, social activities include
an enjoyable program for partners and associates, opportunities
to take in Launceston’s unparalleled colonial
heritage, fine food and wine and
the natural attractions of the city and
environs, including the famous Cataract
Gorge, Woolmers Estate and the National
Rose Garden.
The pre-conference tour will
treat delegates to the best private forests
and tourist icons.
A range of accommodation
from heritage to modern style is available
in the heart of Launceston, just a few
minutes walk from the Inveresk Conference
centre.
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About
Australian
Forest Growers |
Australian Forest Growers is the national association
representing and promoting private forestry and commercial
tree-growing interests in Australia. |
AUSTRALIAN FOREST GROWERS
• is a national association
with branches in all states.
• is the only national
organization representing and promoting the
interests of private commercial forestry and farm tree growers.
• has
credibility with Governments as the voice of
private forest growing.
• is run by a voluntary Board of growers, supported
by a small paid professional staff based in
Canberra.
AFG MEMBERS
• grow trees for timber and other products and
benefits, on small and large holdings,
on farms, in plantations and in private native
forests.
• include
farmers and foresters, urban dwellers with
rural land, small block holders, plantation investors and investment companies,
researchers, consultants, tree and equipment
suppliers, industrial forestry companies, and tree enthusiasts.
• Apply for
membership on AFG’s web site, www.afg.asn.au
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COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
• Australian
Forest Grower, quarterly journal provides technical, economic
and market news and information
• Special publications,
such as: Getting Started in Farm Forestry booklet, a Starter
Kit for a Treegrowers Co-operative, and a National Treegrowers
Co-operatives Newsletter
• National Biennial Policy
Forum
• National Biennial three day conference
• Regional fi eld
days and seminars
• A national farm forestry information
service, www.farmforestline.com.au
• Investors’ Guide
to Afforestation Investment
• Support for the Master
Tree Grower courses
CONTACT AFG:
MAIL: PO Box 318, Deakin
West, ACT 2600
PHONE: 02 6162 9000FAX: 02 6162 9001
EMAIL:
National.Offi ce@afg.asn.au
WEB: www.conferenceplus.com.au/AFG |
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‘sustainable forestry - everybody
benefits’ |
Australia’s
leading national forestry conference provides a unique
opportunity to promote sustainable forestry. |
Australian Forest Growers
is the national association representing and promoting
private and farm forestry and commercial tree-growing interests
in Australia. The Conference is hosted by the AFG Tasmanian
Branch - one of the oldest and most active branches in
Australia.
The timely Conference theme is ’Sustainable
forestry – everybody benefits’. We are
all aware that the value of private forestry (in both native
forests and Australia’s rapidly expanding plantation
estate) is being increasingly |
questioned and challenged
by the wider and largely uninformed public and special
interest groups.
This
International AFG Conference lays down the challenge for
speakers and delegates to show how private and farm forests
provide a diverse range of complementary triple bottom
line values, which are to be shared and enjoyed by local
and reginal communities and the Australian nation as a whole. |
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Separated
from mainland Australia by the 240 km stretch of Bass Strait,
Tasmania is a land apart – a place
of wild and beautiful landscapes; friendly, welcoming people;
a pleasant, temperate climate; wonderful wine and food;
a rich history; and a relaxed island lifestyle.
Tasmania, Australia’s
smallest and most decentralised State, has less than 500,000
people. The State boasts a world class sustainable forest
industry including both large and small scale forest establishment
and management, forest research and education, processing
and manu-facturing and export facilities. The industry annually
contributes over $1.2 billion to the State’s economy.
Over 66% of the forest area prior to settlement still remains
and over 40% of this is protected in reserves. Tasmania annually
harvests more wood that any other Australian State and over
1,000,000 hectares of private forests supply over 50% of
the annual timber harvest. Launceston is at the centre of
the forestry industry in Tasmania and the region has substantial
areas of private and farm forests and hardwood and softwood
plantations, key processing and manufacturing plants and
an international export port. Most of the recent innovative
industry developments such as processing and marketing of
hardwood plantation timber, kiln drying and plantation silviculture
have occurred in the region. The region has a well established
private farm forestry culture including individual farmers
and landholders, actively managed investment schemes, and
more recently, forest research and development in marginal
dry or saline areas.
Launceston is one of Australia’s
oldest towns. Its ambience is provincial - old buildings,
parks, gardens, riverside walks, craft galleries and hilly
streets lined with weatherboard houses. The spring weather
in Launceston is a delight with cool nights and sunny days
with occasional showers. |
Conference delegates are
encouraged to spend a few extra days in the State to unwind
and enjoy the unique culture and natural environment. According
to experienced travelers who have criss-crossed the globe
in search of excellence, Tasmania has one of the world’s ten best beaches (Wineglass
Bay), the world’s best little town (Strahan) and is
rated as “the best island in Australia, New Zealand
and the South Pacific” (Travel + Leisure magazine)
and “the world’s best temperate island” (Condé Nast
Traveler magazine).
The Conference expects to attract 400 delegates many of whom
will be either private forest growers and/or part of the private
forest sector. AFG members will receive a discounted registration
fee.
How to get to the conference
...and
what to do whilst in tasmania
In due course our conference managers will provide an official
registration brochure that will provide details about travel
to Launceston, the conference program, plus a variety of
accommodation houses, the social and partners programs and
what to do and see whilst in Launceston.
CONFERENCE MANAGERS:
MAIL: Conference-Plus,
PO Box 1144 Legana
7277
PHONE: +61
(3) 6330 1444
FAX: +61 (3) 6330 2190
EMAIL: luba.richards@conferenceplus.com.au
To register your interest in attending the Australian Forest
Growers International Biennial Conference please log on to
www.conferenceplus.com.au/AFG |
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