private forests
Private forests covers more than one-eighth of the state and accounts for one quarter of all forests. The sector contributes $450 to $650 million annually to Tasmania’s gross state product and is responsible for up to 5400 full-time equivalent jobs.
Closing off native forests on public land will put the viability of our processing facilities under severe threat of closure. This restricts the opportunity of providing forest owners to find a viable processing option for their resource.
Whatever happens in the future farmers will not accept any outcome which once again forces them to bear the cost of community expectations and government decisions.
We urge the government to balance competing expectations in a way that enables us to continue to deliver the positive environmental, economic and social outcomes we have done in the past.
See our recent comments that are against closing our viable and sustainable private native forest industry, under media releases.
Read the documents that have the potential to change the forestry industry in Tasmania forever.
1. Statement of Principles document
