This Forest and Wood Products Australia funded survey explores resource modelling and remote sensing as a basis to design a research investment portfolio for Forest and Wood Products Australia.
You are invited to participate in a survey study, understanding that participation is voluntary. The survey will take about 30 minutes to complete depending on the detail of your responses.
The data collected will be used to inform the drafting of the Forest and Wood Products Australia funded research Investment Plan and prepared relevant document for publication.
The Investment Plan will be available to participants from the Forest and Wood Products Australia website.
The data may be used for extended analysis, in future projects, for which ethics approval will be sought.
The use of the data will be on a non-names basis.
It is not anticipated that there are any risks to participation in this study beyond those encountered during everyday life.
You may withdraw from the survey at any time without affecting your position now or in the future.
Data may be excluded from the study if participants withdraw unless otherwise saved or recorded. If you decide to withdraw you will have until one month following the submission of your data to request that this data be excluded from the study.
Data collected from this study will be retained for seven years to cover the period of operation of the Investment Plan and will be stored on a secure UniSA server at Mawson Lakes Adelaide.
The data will be individually identifiable as this is required for the classification process in the survey analysis.
Individuals' responses will be kept confidential by the researcher and will not be identified in the reporting of the research.
All records containing personal information will remain confidential and no information which could lead to identification of any individual will be released, unless required by law.
The researcher will take every care to remove responses from any identifying material as early as possible.
However the researcher cannot guarantee the confidentiality or anonymity of material transferred by email or the internet.
Details about the complaints process, i.e. participants or third parties who wish to lodge a complaint about either the study or the way it is being conducted should contact the Executive Officer of UniSA HREC in the first instance, email: humanethics@unisa.edu.au or tel: 08 8302 3118.
University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia.
Dr Jim O’Hehir will be assisted by Mr Braden Jenkin - Consultant advisor Sylva Systems Pty Ltd and Dr Stefan Peters, Lecturer, School of Natural and Built Environment.
This project has been approved by the University of South Australia's Human Research Ethics Committee. If you have any ethical concerns about the project or questions about your rights as a participant please contact the Executive Officer of this Committee, Tel: +61 8 8302 3118; Email: vicki.allen@unisa.edu.au.
I have read the Participant Information Statement and the nature and purpose of the research project has been explained to me. I understand and agree to take part.
I understand the purpose of the research project and my involvement in it.
I understand that I may withdraw from the research project at any stage and that this will not affect my status now or in the future.
I understand that while information gained during the study may be published, I will not be identified and my personal results will remain confidential, unless required by law.
* 1. If you are happy with the stated conditions of the survey, please select this option, otherwise you will exit the survey.