Great article it is where the future lies, not in confrontation for the sake of it.
Men in the industry know what is happening just like the greenies do, greed is killing the timber industry.
Where once in the way back 1970’s we had 400 plus sawmills in Tasmania now we have about 40, it is not because the logs weren’t there they are, but they are going to the chipper now.
We could easily have a very sustainable timber industry in Tasmania logging high quality timbers and special species timbers forever.
We only need to stop the greed and only allow ” Real Waste” to be woodchipped.
Any log or part of a tree that can be used for other products should be used for that before any goes to the chipper.
An example is that laminated beams can and are made from timber as small as 50 x 25 mm pieces 600mm long, it doesnt’ take a genius to look at an LVL beam and see that the majority of timber going into the chipper could be used for such uses.
Good on the two men who got together and talked, we do need to talk and understand each other. War has been shown time and again to be pointless and the forest wars are the same. The only players that need to be sidelined are the big ones who are only interested in profit.