Research to model forestry’s impact on water resources in Australia will help inform debate on new and existing plantations, quantify economic benefits derived from water and lead to better water-use efficiency, according to the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation.
FWPRDC Executive Director Dr Glen Kile said the research, funded by the FWPRDC, the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management authority and Ensis, aimed to quantify and predict the impacts of plantation water use to improve efficiency...more