The number of timberland acres owned and managed.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Amount of a short-term obligation that has been excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet because of a refinancing of the obligation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6802200&loc=d3e1927-112601

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Joint Venture Investment - Narrative (Details) a in Millions, NZD in Millions	Mar. 03, 2016 NZD	Dec. 31, 2016 a	Sep. 30, 2016 a	Mar. 02, 2016	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 04, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Acres of timberland owned \| a		2.7	0.4
Ownership percentage by parent	77.00%			65.00%	65.00%	65.00%
Noncontrolling interest ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners			23.00%		23.00%
New Zealand JV Revolving Credit Facility due 2016 at a variable interest rate of 3.54% at December 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Refinanced amount \| NZD	NZD 235