SOUTHEM ONLINE Southern Hemisphere Forestry news SOUTHEM Online - Issue 296 27 March 2013 Hi, Hola and

nd Oi Welcome to this edition of Southem Online. Easter is often a time for reflection. In the southern hemisphere, it also signals the true end of summer and the real start of autumn. Forest owners in New Zealand might have to do some extra soul-searching this Easter over yet another death in a forestry operation. See our latest line up of articles below. Drive safely this Easter. Cheers and Saludos from Down Under Mike Smith Editor and Director Email: info@southem.com URL: www.southem.com SOUTHEM COMMUNITY REGISTRATION Send an email to subscribe@southem.com LINKEDIN GROUP @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2218173 FACEBOOK @ http://www.facebook.com/pages/southem/33458700993?ref=ts SPONSORS MESSAGES Help keep this publication free please visit our sponsors today! Contact info@southem.com for sponsorship details. LASER TECHNOLOGY - MAKING MEASURING TREES AND MONITORING SLOPE GRADES SIMPLE Laser Technology means timber cruisers can now make tree heights and monitoring slope grades a simple task. Surveying jobs such as sale boundaries and stem mapping can now become effortless. If you are involved with mill operations and need to measure chip or log volumes, nothing could be easier than when using our laser rangefinders and software solutions. Imagine not having to wade through creeks or fight through foliage just to get a usable field measurement. http://www.lasertech.com/Forestry.aspx WARNELL FORESTRY STUDENT AMONG UGA's AMAZING STUDENTS Chelsea Welch, a masters degree student in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, has been featured as this weeks Amazing Student by the University of Georgia. Chelsea plans to use her UGA education as a Peace Corps volunteer and would like to help train the next generation of conservation scientists.

go to: http://uga.edu/amazing/profile/welch-chelsea/ **************************************** COPYRIGHT NOTICE Items headlined in SOUTHEM Online are drawn from a number of sources. The source of the item is quoted, either by publication or organisations in line with the practice of fair reporting. Items originally published in Spanish are translated by TMS Ltd. Every effort is made to ensure use of paid wire service material is avoided at all times. Should users wish to utilise SOUTHEM Online on their own web sites, we request that this is done to accurately reflect the current layout to ensure attribution is appropriate. Friday D-Day for NZ foresters Friday 29 March is Good Friday - a public holiday in New Zealand, public holiday in most countries in the southern hemisphere. However, foresters are likely to have more on their minds than their fellow citizens, who will be commemorating the day in the usual manner or taking the opportunity for time out in the last rays of a long summer. http://wp.me/p2ypvs-C3 NZ forest death must prompt changes, says union New Zealand's wood sector union says that another fatality in forestry must serve as a wakeup call for better health and safety standards in the industry. http://wp.me/p2ypvs-BM Kyoto carry- over block likely for NZ emissions trading account holders The New Zealand government looks set to block extending international carry-over to emissions trading account holders http://wp.me/p2ypvs-C5 China's Ag Bank extends US$5B in loans to forestry in 2012 The 4-traders web site has reported it is learnt that in 2012 Agricultural Bank of China Limited (ABC) cumulatively extended RMB33 billion (US$5.3 billion) forestry loans to support the ten pillar forestry industries, a year-on-year increase of RMB6.2 billion (US$1 billion). http://wp.me/p2ypvs-BZ SCS gives forest restoration projects carbon offset validation Projects on three continents that will absorb carbon dioxide by planting trees on more than 30,000 hectares of degraded lands have been given the green light, according to a press release by SCS Global Services (SCS). http://wp.me/p2ypvs-C9 International Paper joins WWF global forest and trade initiative International Paper has joined a World Wildlife Fund initiative aimed at eliminating illegal logging and promoting environmentally and socially responsible forest management. http://wp.me/p2ypvs-Cb

York Timber sticks by log demand prediction South African listed company York Timber says it stands by its view that future log demand will exceed supply in the southern African market, with "consequential upward pressure on saw log prices over the medium- to long-term." The statement came in the report for the six month-period ended 31 December 2012. http://wp.me/p2ypvs-BX Harvard Chile forestry operations in media spotlight A report from Chile raises questions around the impact of the at least eleven companies Harvard University has created since 2004 to exploit the forest industry in Chile. http://wp.me/p2ypvs-Bx Opponents chip away at Tasmanian peace plan legislation A Tasmanian Liberal Senator wants the Auditor-General of the Australian island state to review all payments under a federally-funded forest peace deal, the ABC has reported. http://wp.me/p2ypvs-C7 South African Land Bank CEO stepping down The South African Government has confirmed that Phakamani Hadebe will step down as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Land Bank. http://wp.me/p2ypvs-BV Chile, NZ lowest tax burdens on childless single couples, OECD report Chile and New Zealand have the lowest tax burden on childless single couples, the OECD has found. http://wp.me/p2ypvs-C1 Manulife expands global equity capacity Manulife Asset Management with Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Uruguay investments - has expanded its global equity capabilities with the creation of a new U.S. Small Cap equity team, the Canadian group said in a PRNewswire statement. http://wp.me/p2ypvs-Cd ************************************************ SOUTHEM VIDEOS Video: Nick Roberts presents new Forestry Corp of NSW branding to staff http://wp.me/p2ypvs-CQ SOUTHEM OPPORTUNITIES CHIEF OP OFFICER SOUGHT FOR THE CAMPBELL GROUPS SA FORESTRY ASSET OPS This Melbourne, Australia, position involves OneFortyOne Plantations, the operating arm of the US-based The Campbell Group. OneFortyOne is described as an exciting new venture, it is newly created entity formed to acquire the plantation

assets of the SA Government. For more information, contact Andy Grant of Grant Executive Search on 61-3-8601 1199. EUCALYPT PLANTATION FELLOWSHIP TRAINING Silvicultural practices in eucalypt plantations in Rio Uruguay coast of Entre Rios, Argentina. Opening Date: April 3, 2013 Closing Date: April 17, 2013 at 12 pm. For more information: http://tinyurl.com/southemsilvi CONSERVATION OFFICER - FLORA The Department of Environment & Conservation wants a conservation officer, flora for its Geraldton, West Australian Midwest Division. Work includes conserving threatened and declining flora. Term is 2 years fixed-term position. For Further Job Related Information: Please contact Kiera Foster on 0427 944 790 or Alanna Chant on 0429 644 346. Applicants must follow application instructions available on the WA Jobs Board at jobs.wa.gov.au (search for Position No. DEC3099463) ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE OFFICER The Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is advertising for an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Officer. Location: Grafton. Contact: Dan Cook on (02) 6652 0161. How to apply: Closing date: Applications must be received by 5 April 2013 All applicants must apply online at www.jobs.nsw.gov.au SOUTHEM KORERO BRAZILS FIMMA 2013 18 to 22 March 2013. Brasil. FIMMA 2013. International Fair of Machines, Raw Materials and Accessories for the Furniture Industry (Fimma Brazil) expect about 675 exhibitors, including national and international companies, and about 40,000 professional visitors. The 11th edition will be held in the Exhibition of Bento Gonalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. www.fimma.com.br PROTECTED AREAS AND PLACE MAKING 21-26 Apr 2013. Protected Areas and Place Making: How do we provide conservation, landscape management, tourism, human health and regional development? Fz Do Iguau (Pr), Brazil/ http://canjerana.esalq.usp.br/PAPM2013/doku.php FOREST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - EURO LEGAL ASPECTS 14-17 May 2013. 15th International Symposium on Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development. Tirana, Republic of Albania. First Announcement and Call for Papers. http:///www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-9/90000/90600/activities/ THIRD IUFRO LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS IUFRO and CATIE are organizing IUFROLAT 2013: the Third IUFRO Latin American Congress; San Jos, Costa Rica; 12-15 June 2013. Details tba.

THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITYS 26TH SSP 2013 IN BRAZIL The 26th annual Space Studies Program (SSP) will be held at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) campus in So Jos dos Campos, Brazil in 2013. The dates of the session are 17 June through 16 August 2013. Official Website: http://www.isunet.edu/programs/space-studies-program Call for Applications: http://www.isunet.edu/how-to-apply-ssp Call for Fellowships: http://www.isunet.edu/funding-and-scholarships ARGENTINAE AND LATAM FORESTRY CONGRESS 23-28 September 2013. The fourth Argentina and Latin American Forestry Congress (Congreso Forestal Argentino y Latinamericano). Theme: Sustainable Forestry/Future Possible. City of Iguaz (Provincia de Misiones). http://www.congresoforestal.org.ar/ BRAZIL TO HOST 2015 WORLD STATS CONGRESS The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics will host in the second half of 2015, the 60th World Congress of Statistics, organised by the International Statistical Institute. Go to: http://www.isi-web.org/ ************************************************* NEWS ONLINE Do you have news items you wish to make available to others on SOUTHEM Online? If so, please send them to info@southem.com ************************************************ MISSING? Did we miss you off the list, or do you have an associate who may want to receive SOUTHEM Online. If so, please feel free to register by sending a message to info@southem.com ************************************************** REMOVE If you would prefer not to receive further issues of this newsletter, please reply to me at email info@southem.com with the word Remove in the subject.