Jim O’Hehir took up the position in April 2018 of General Manager Forest Research of Forestry Research Mount Gambier in the Division of IT, Engineering and the Environment. Previously working as the General Manager, Planning and Development for ForestrySA, Jim has a wealth of experience in forestry, wood production and environmental management. Having over 30 years’ experience in the South Australian plantation forest industry, Jim has significant insight into the contemporary issues and solutions that FoRMtG will work towards.Jim’s special interest area is in plantation growth and yield management, including long term sustainability, growth, yield, modelling and plantation water use. He has facilitated a number of... Read more
About me
Jim O’Hehir took up the position in April 2018 of General Manager Forest Research of Forestry Research Mount Gambier in the Division of IT, Engineering and the Environment. Previously working as the General Manager, Planning and Development for ForestrySA, Jim has a wealth of experience in forestry, wood production and environmental management. Having over 30 years’ experience in the South Australian plantation forest industry, Jim has significant insight into the contemporary issues and solutions that FoRMtG will work towards.Jim’s special interest area is in plantation growth and yield management, including long term sustainability, growth, yield, modelling and plantation water use. He has facilitated a number of national research projects and worked on the development of various modelling projects for predicting pine thinning and fertiliser growth and yield responses.He has also published papers, chaired seminars and workshops and presented at conferences both internationally and locally. Jim has qualifications in forest science, including a Bachelor of Science (Forestry) from ANU and a Master of Forest Science and PhD from the University of Melbourne.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Melbourne
Master of Forest Science The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Science (Forestry) Australian National University
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Green Triangle Forest Health and Biosecurity Program, Australian Bluegum Plantations, 02/05/2022 - 01/11/2024
Cwth: Optimising the management of plantation, water and environmental assets, Forest and Wood Products Australia, 01/03/2019 - 01/04/2022
Ind: Optimising the management of plantation, water and environmental assets, OneFortyOne Plantations, 01/03/2019 - 01/04/2022
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below.
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Open access
1
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| 2021 |
2
2
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| 2021 |
1
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External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
