Lessons from Victorian log auction systemFriday 24 Aug 2007 Dr. David Pollard, CEO of VicForests spoke at an industry meeting on 11 May in BC. The title of the presentation was "Issues in Corporatisation in Australian Forestry: with particular reference to the Victorian auction system."The presentation discussed the experiences of the Victorian State government which has set out new directions for forestry. This includes the abolition of licenses for the exploitation of publicly owned timber, and their replacement with contracts for future supply through an auction system administered and run by VicForests. VicForests introduced a well documented commercial market-based framework for the pricing and allocation of native forest timber products. The auction system has been touted a success in terms of rational pricing for the resource, driving value adding, and providing incentives for mergers among sawmills. However, as outlined by David Pollard, there are still challenges. The presentation outlining the history of Australian public native forest management and details on the development, design and implementation of the ViForests log auction system is attached here for your information. Source: BC Forum on Forest Economics and Policy |
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