“CATTLE farmer Neil Graham can see the landscape changing around him as his neighbours sell their properties for plantations, unable to compete against the Rudd Government’s generous tax concessions for forestry companies.”

“Another source of the problem is this: despite extraordinarily keen attention to the stewardship of their industrial forests, the economics of tropical eucalyptus pulp have also caught up with these far-off mills. When one could carefully husband nearby resources, even if they were slow growing, one could make paper on modern machines and ship it to distant markets at an acceptable profit. But when economical fiber can be cheaply transported directly to state-of-the-art mills near finished goods markets, it makes little sense to haul it from one place to a neo-antipode and then on to a third market thousands of miles away.”

“Rayonier owns, leases or manages 2.6 million acres of timberland in the U.S. and New Zealand and sells timber for use in domestic and export markets. We are one of the largest private timberland owners in the U.S., and our forests are certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative®.”