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Forestry research

17 August 2023

Forestry research at UC focuses on Sustainable land management, Forest engineering, Forest variability, and Forestry business management. Learn more.

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Our researchers are working on a range of industry-driven and academic projects individually and within research groups and clusters within our two disciplines: Forestry Science and Forest Engineering.

Research is being conducted into Sustainable Land Managementin order to sustain New Ҷֱ's unique and endemic biodiversity. The focus is on both agricultural and forestry systems where the primary management objective is economic use(meat, wool or timber production).

Our research in Forest Engineering is aimed at improving the operational performance of the NZ forest industry. Topics include Biomass/Bioenergy and Environmental Impacts.


Research strengths

Sustainable land management

Areas of current research in sustainable land management include:

  • Biodiversity conservation in primary production systems
  • Restoration ecology
  • Pest management in primary production systems
  • Continuous cover forestry (CCF)
  • Dryland forestry
  • Forest-scale site assessment

Research centres and groups

  • Sustainable Land Managementin the School of Forestry

Researchers and supervisors

Staff actively working in these areas are:


Forest engineering

Areas of current research forest engineeringinclude:

  • Biomass and bioenergy
  • Operational efficiency
  • Environmental impacts
  • Forest roading

Research centres and groups

Researchers and supervisors

Staff actively working in these areas are:


Forest variability

Areas of current research in forest variabilityinclude:

  • Wood quality
  • Breeding
  • Silviculture
  • Modelling

Research centres and groups

  • Managing Forest Variabilityin the School of Forestry

Researchers and supervisors

Staff actively working in these areas are:


Forestry business management

Areas of current in forestry business managementinclude:

  • Economic and market analysis
  • Valuation
  • Carbon forestry
  • Business performance
  • Land management planning, and land use change
  • Ecosystem services

Research centres and groups

  • Forestry as a Businessin the School of Forestry

Researchers and supervisors

Staff actively working in these areas are:

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