Chapter 4
I Management Of Native Forests
II Plantations-high Productivity Resources
III Protecting The Resource
i From fire
ii From biological attack
IV Harvesting The Resource
V Solid Wood And Its Processing
VI Minor Forest Products
VII Reconstituted Wood Products
VIII Pulp And Paper
IX Export Woodchips
X Future Directions
XI Acknowledgements
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From fire (continued)
Given the climatic conditions over most of Australia there will always be risk of serious fire in both our native forests and our plantations. Fortunately experience gained after earlier fires has shown ways in which fire-killed trees can be stored for periods without serious deterioration. After the 1939 fires in Victoria mountain ash was stored in dumps in moist gullies or under water sprays and some of this wood was still fit for use after 15 years. Radiata pine killed in the 1983 fires in southeastern South Australia has been stored under water in Lake Bonney or under sprays following earlier tests which demonstrated that this would prevent damaging microbiological attack. About 1 million m3 is in storage and it is planned to use this over a 4-5 year period.[36]
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