Day 056 - 28 Nov 94 - Page 36
1 the same token you have lots of facts and figures in
2 Mr. Hopkins' statement. What I am going to do is I am
3 going to break off until ten past two. I invite you to
4 spend a bit of time considering what I have said, because
5 once you have isolated what the issue is between you
6 and McDonald's as to what the areas are, if there is an
7 issue as to whether the timber which is used for pulp which
8 is used for McDonald's packaging actually comes from, if
9 there is an issue about that, and as to how those areas of
10 forest are managed, if there is an issue about that, will
11 be focusing in on what is really going to affect my
12 conclusion at the end of the day.
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14 I cannot write a book on all the interesting environmental
15 topics which are raised in this case. I have to focus in
16 on the leaflet, what the leaflet means, what your
17 justification of that is in so far as you seek to justify
18 it at the end of the day.
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20 So, go away and think about it and we will come back at 10
21 past 2.
22
23 (Luncheon adjournment)
24 2.10 p.m.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes?
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28 MR. MORRIS: Mr. Mallinson, there are two ways, are there, two
29 main ways of extracting trees from a plantation, thinning
30 and clear cutting; is that correct?
31 A. And then selective cutting in given situations, yes.
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33 Q. Just take, for example, thinning; when somebody thins a
34 forest, they take what percentage of the trees each time
35 they do a thin? Do they take one tree in 100 or one tree
36 in 1000 or what?
37 A. Generally, thinning in a plantation forest, and that is
38 one in which there has been definite, regular planting of
39 seedlings in rows, is done on the basis of taking one row
40 or two rows, one row in three or two rows in five; in other
41 words, literally a track through the forest to thin it.
42 That is the first thinning. The second thinning, they take
43 out those which are not good trees. The programme of
44 thinning usually will involve about three thinnings in the
45 process of the maturing of that forest.
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47 Q. So, say the forest has a lifetime of 100 years?
48 A. That is quite a long time -- unusual time.
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50 Q. Right. Just to take an example of 100 years, how many
51 thinnings would take place in 100 years?
52 A. Usually, one cleaning, which is a separate operation
53 done after about five years, and that is just literally
54 stopping vegetation from, you know, allowing the trees to
55 grow, and three thinnings.
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57 Q. Sorry, just to summarise that, the first time it is thinned
58 it is, say, one in three rows, for example, one in every
59 three rows, something like that?
60 A. It might be.
