Otago and Southland - Clearfell Age Scenarios

Average Age of Radiata Pine - graph

Base cut

Early cut

Late cut

Year

Recoverable

Av. age

Recoverable

Av. age

Recoverable

Av. age

ending

volume

radiata

volume

radiata

volume

radiata

31 March

(000 m³ i.b.)

(years)

(000 m³ i.b.)

(years)

(000 m³ i.b.)

(years)

2000

1 800

35

1 800

35

1 800

35

2001

2 108

29

2 108

29

2 108

29

2002

2 227

29

2 514

29

2 359

29

2003

2 251

29

2 391

29

2 238

29

2004

2 395

29

2 394

29

2 240

29

2005

2 219

29

2 359

29

2 206

29

2006

2 249

29

2 389

29

2 236

29

2007

2 345

29

2 485

29

2 332

29

2008

2 324

29

2 464

28

2 311

29

2009

2 319

29

2 459

28

2 306

29

2010

2 322

28

2 462

28

2 309

29

2011

2 298

29

2 438

27

2 285

29

2012

2 352

29

2 492

27

2 338

29

2013

2 458

29

2 598

27

2 444

29

2014

2 558

28

2 657

27

2 544

29

2015

2 560

28

2 555

26

2 546

28

2016

2 518

28

2 539

25

2 465

28

2017

2 464

28

2 578

25

2 451

28

2018

2 417

27

2 545

25

2 404

27

2019

2 803

27

2 610

25

2 372

27

2020

2 732

27

2 539

26

2 368

27

2021

2 738

27

2 602

26

2 392

29

2022

2 851

28

2 706

27

2 492

29

2023

2 925

28

2 748

27

2 568

29

2024

2 962

29

2 828

27

2 661

30

2025

3 439

29

3 328

27

3 094

30

2026

3 617

29

3 425

27

3 232

31

2027

3 367

29

3 157

27

3 014

31

2028

3 043

30

2 845

27

2 717

32

2029

3 011

29

2 785

27

2 635

32

2030

2 969

30

2 741

27

2 578

32

2031

2 991

30

2 756

27

2 573

33

2032

2 994

30

2 733

26

2 606

33

2033

2 992

30

2 780

26

2 780

33

2034

2 952

30

2 784

26

2 759

34

2035

2 953

29

2 784

26

2 692

34

2036

2 974

29

2 746

26

3 061

35

2037

2 942

29

2 693

26

3 167

35

2038

2 868

29

2 834

26

3 114

35

2039

3 023

29

3 033

26

3 222

35

2040

3 269

29

3 103

25

3 388

35

Note:

i.b. denotes inside bark, ie, the recoverable volume of wood excluding bark.