damage. I have more chance of seeing, though, than the "mantra" brigade who obviously have heads in orifices. Keep up the good work boys there will be a slab on the kitchen table this Xmas courtesy of Gunns.And a card form your new hero Malcolm. What with the recession biting into your enormous pay packets you could cut costs by ditching your union memberships. You obviously don't need them theses days. David L : Pandanus67 : 26 Nov 2008 11:05:29pm David L, The comparison of yield and pulp quality between plantation and native forests has been done many times. It will depend on the forest type (species), age structure, number of stems per hectare, site quality, carrying capacity, and a host of other environmental factors. In NSW on a per hectare basis the yield from a plantation will exceed those of native forests generally. Why? The factors mentioned above plus the fact that plantations are general stocked with seedlings that are the result of tree breeding, they have high intensity site preparation and a high stocking. Native forests on the other hand regenerate from the genetic stock at hand, without intensive site preparation and without intensive management such as the application of herbicide to control competition. The pulp quality is again another win for plantations. The pecking order is probably pulp from plantation, then regrowth forest, then mature forest and lastly old growth forest. However if you asked about the quality of timber products from plantations and native forests then