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2010 Finalist - Champion Employment of the Year!
Wescorp Sandalwood is a national finalist in the Champion Employer of the Year category of the 2010 NESA (National Employment Services of Australia) Awards for Excellence. We have been judged as one of the top three service employers of the year. This nomination is a testament to Wescorp’s caring and compassionate use of Australian employment service providers. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, 3 August. More to come…!
Wescorp Joins Hands with Sri Jayewardenepura University on Sandalwood Research in Sri Lanka (July 2010) - pdf article (10KB)
February 2010
Abstract – West Australian Sandalwood Seed Oil
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Quality analysis of cultivated sandalwood trees from WA wheatbelt region for ASN (Dec 2009)
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Gene Clue to Good Oil in Sandalwood (03/08/2009)
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Sandalwood Oil Trade in India
Read How India’s Sandalwood Oil trade got hijacked...
James Cook University Conference – Agarwood: “The Wood of the Gods” lucrative tree crop for the wet tropics of North Queensland
The fragrant resin-infused wood of the Aquilaria tree has been used by people since antiquity, but only since natural resources have been exhausted in recent times have people thought about growing it. Production of agarwood in North Queensland has the potential to reduce harvesting pressures in the wild populations and provide a potentially lucrative crop to diversify the agricultural landscape. Species background and the research and development work undertaken at JCU for agarwood will be presented.
| Date: | 19 November, 2009 |
| Presenter: | Dr Tony Page |
| Venue: | James Cook University |
| For further details: | tony.page@jcu.edu.au |
