Primary goals
The CRC fostered research to
- maintain and improve security of access to land and resources
for the forest industry by:
- developing strategies that consolidated the industry’s
social licence to operate
- increasing investment confidence in the establishment of new
forestry ventures
- identifying pathways for the industry to contribute positively
to pressing environmental and social issues (including carbon
sequestration, wildfire and water resource management)
- increase yields and reduce the costs of production through
improvements in site selection, resource monitoring and
management
- increase the value of wood products through more targeted
breeding and silviculture
- reduce the cost of delivered wood through development and
communication of safer, more efficient harvesting, handling and
transport
- increase capacity for innovation and continuous improvement by
training greater numbers of industry-oriented researchers, building
lasting knowledge networks and improving industry access to global
expertise.
Pathways to
achievement
Good communication was central to the achievement of our
purpose. We were committed to a culture of openness, and to
maintaining a balance between knowledge discovery and knowledge
delivery. Communication functions included:
- sharing information between research partners, enhancing
collaboration and synergy
- exchanging knowledge between research providers and research
users, enabling uptake of relevant knowledge by various
sectors of the industry
- ensuring relevance and responsiveness to stakeholder needs of
the CRC’s research, education and communication
activities
- making science-based knowledge relating to forests and forestry
accessible to the wider community
- identifying and bringing best international practice to the
Australian industry.
