Assessing financial performance of small-scale forestry

Abstract

[Extract] This chapter discusses some of the key issues associated with assessment of the financial performance of small-scale plantations. Issues discussed include choice of financial performance indicators, modelling of tree growth for nontraditional species, and price and marketing considerations. The development of financial models for small-scale mixed-species plantations established under the Community Rainforest Reforestation Program (CRRP) in north Queensland provides a case study of how models may be developed when there is a lack of empirical data