Course/Career Information

Forest and Forest Products Employment Skills Company
www.fafpesc.com.au
The national industry training advisory body for vocational education and training in Australia's forests and forest products industries.


Information about forestry related careers and courses at University of Melbourne (Creswick and Parkville campuses).

Forestech - East Gippsland Institute of TAFE
www.egtafe.vic.edu.au/docs/forestec.html
Vocational education and training on all facets of working in the forest industries from natural resources management to furniture design and production.


University of Melbourne
Institute of Land and Food Resources
School of Forestry
www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au

University of Melbourne
School of Forest and Ecosystem Science
www.forestscience.unimelb.edu.au
Information about forestry related careers and courses at the University of Melbourne (Creswick and Parkville campuses)

Industry Information


Agroforestry News

www.mtg.unimelb.edu.au/agroforestrynews.htm


Australian Hardwood Exports
www.australianhardwoodexports.com.au


Australian Master TreeGrower

www.mtg.unimelb.edu.au/index.htm


Forest and Forest Products Employment Skills Company Ltd (fafpesc)
A coalition of allied industries, involved in timber processing and retailing, building design and construction, and furniture design, manufacturing and retailing.

www.fafpesc.com.au

Forest Stewardship Council
http://www.fscaustralia.org/


Free Agroforestry publications and video online

Includes downloads of past editions (temporary)

www.mtg.unimelb.edu.au/publications.htm


Gippsland Private Forest Group
www.gpf.com.au


National Association of Forest Industries
www.nafi.com.au


Natural Resources Conservation League
Provides environmental education to school based students.
www.nrcl.org.au


NSW Forest Products Association
www.nswfpa.asn.au


Paperlinx - Australian manufacturer of paper
www.paperlinx.com.au


Scientists for Sustainability
www.sfs.unimelb.edu.au


Sustainable Timber Industry Coalition
www.stic.org.au


Tasmanian Forestry
www.forestrytas.com.au


Western Australain Forestry
www.forestindustries.com.au

Sustainability Information



Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE)
www.bcse.org.au

Which is Better? Steel, Concrete or Wood: A comparison of Assessments On

Three Building Materials In the Housing Sector
www.boralgreen.shares.green.net.au/research3/contents.htm


Canadian Wood Council
www.cwc.ca/environment


CRC for Greenhouse Accounting

www.greenhouse.crc.org.au

FWPA - Wood Naturally Better

www.naturallybetter.com.au/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
www.ipcc.com


National Carbon Accounting System
www.greenhouse.gov.au/ncas/index.html


National Timber Education Program
www.timber.org.au/menu.asp?section=Sustainability

Sustainability Victoria

www.sustainability.vic.gov.au

Wildfire Project

www.spatialvision.com.au/html/wildfire-project.htm

World Business Council for Sustainable Development
www.wbcsd.org

Department of Sustainability and Environment

Victoria's State of the Forests Report - 2005

Sustainability Charter for Victoria's State forests - 2006

Draft Framework of Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in Victoria

Timber Industry Affiliates

Yeramba Furniture
http://www.yerambafurniture.com.au/

Yeramba Furniture offers a promise of original-handcrafted furniture. Yeramba make furniture to order, rather than selling off the shelf pieces.

Kristian King Furniture
http://www.kristianking.com/

Kristian King Furniture specialises in designing and creating distinctive dining, bedroom and occasional furniture; wall and entertainment units; home and office furniture and restorations for corporate or domestic purposes.

Breitinger Consulting Testing Services
http://structuraltimbertesting.com/

Timely and cost competitive structural timber testing and project management

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