Introduction

The main objective of the Research-Industry Cooperative (formed in 1993) is to improve the profitability and reduce the risk of growing and utilising Douglas-fir in New Zealand. The scope is from seed to product:

• Develop and deploy improved genetic material.
• Determine the effects of site, silviculture and genetics on growth and quality.
• Environmental issues (tree spread, carbon)
• Product performance
• Capturing this knowledge in user friendly decision support systems.

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The Douglas-fir Cooperative would not have reached it's current levels of success without the valued efforts and endless enthusiasm of Leith Knowles, who passed away in November 2007. Leith has made a major contribution to forestry in New Zealand ... read eulogy