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Unpacking how carbon forestry works — News

Unpacking how carbon forestry works

13 May 2026

Tasmanian farmers and landowners will have access to free resources and events to learn about how carbon forestry works as part of Private Forests Tasmania’s new Carbon Forestry 101 project.

Storing carbon in St Peters Pass woodlot — News

Storing carbon in St Peters Pass woodlot

28 January 2026

Pinus radiata seedlings planted last spring in a woodlot at St Peters Pass are busy growing.

Tasmanian High Soil Carbon Landscapes project — News

Tasmanian High Soil Carbon Landscapes project

20 October 2025

Improving soil, climate, ecosystem and traditional knowledge

Have you seen our Stems for CO2 Project signage on the Midlands Highway? — News

Have you seen our Stems for CO2 Project signage on the Midlands Highway?

13 August 2025

An important part of Private Forests Tasmania’s Stems for CO2 Project is to communicate the benefits of planting trees on farms for timber and carbon to Tasmanian farmers, landowners and agricultural producers.

A fun day out learning about carbon forestry and farming for Bothwell District High School — News

A fun day out learning about carbon forestry and farming for Bothwell District High School

13 August 2025

Private Forests Tasmania and the Forest Education Foundation hosted 21 students from Bothwell District High School at St Peters Pass in early August, where farmer Dougal Morrison and his family own and manage an 8,000-hectare wool and forestry…

Dougal Morrison shares carbon, tree farming insights at Red Meat Updates — News

Dougal Morrison shares carbon, tree farming insights at Red Meat Updates

29 July 2025

Private Forests Tasmania was front and centre at one of the state's largest gatherings of red meat producers last week.

Timber Fibre Strategy identifies industry opportunities — News

Timber Fibre Strategy identifies industry opportunities

08 July 2025

The Strategy identifies opportunities for the industry to make a greater contribution to achieving national goals, particularly improving carbon and housing construction outcomes.

Students get hands-on with trees on farms — News

Students get hands-on with trees on farms

05 June 2025

Launceston Church Grammar School Year 10 Agriculture students stepped out of the classroom and into the paddock for a hands-on learning experience about the benefits of integrating trees into farming landscapes.

Native forestry: A Sustainable future for Tasmanian Farmers — News

Native forestry: A Sustainable future for Tasmanian Farmers

17 April 2025

By Ian Sauer: TasFarmers President. For Tasmanian farmers, native forestry is similar to any other crop, but with a longer rotation period and greater utility, it's a land type which also includes multiple enterprises such as grazing, cropping, wood…

Growing knowledge: Student learns how trees transform agricultural landscapes — News

Growing knowledge: Student learns how trees transform agricultural landscapes

24 March 2025

For aspiring farmer Kyler Evans, the more he studies agriculture, the more he understands the value that trees can have.

Dougal Morrison leading An Cala into carbon, timber farming with forestry integration — News

Dougal Morrison leading An Cala into carbon, timber farming with forestry integration

24 March 2025

Forestry has long been part of the An Cala farming operations in Tasmania’s Central Midlands and fifth-generation farm manager Dougal Morrison is continuing the practice to aid the Oatlands enterprise’s business diversification into carbon farming

Growing trees, grazing sheep: Hobby farmer’s vision for silvopasture success — News

Growing trees, grazing sheep: Hobby farmer’s vision for silvopasture success

24 March 2025

A hobby farmer hopes that his unique specialty timber silvopasture project will pave the way for other Tasmanian landowners to adopt the practice with confidence.

Nebraska students gain insight into Tasmania’s farm forestry success stories — News

Nebraska students gain insight into Tasmania’s farm forestry success stories

22 January 2025

A group of University of Nebraska students learnt about sustainable forestry’s role in enhancing ecosystems and supporting private landowners at Fulham in Dunalley.

ActivAcre hits milestone, calls for more farmers to get on board — News

ActivAcre hits milestone, calls for more farmers to get on board

19 December 2024

A Tasmanian carbon forestry initiative has marked a major milestone, with more than one million trees planted on almost 1,000 hectares of land across the state, estimated to sequester more than 300,000 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere.

Napier's leading the way in sustainable forestry and carbon-neutral farming — News

Napier's leading the way in sustainable forestry and carbon-neutral farming

17 December 2024

Alison Napier has taken a methodical approach to planning the best use of the land she operates across four farms in Tasmania’s Fingal Valley.

Sound science needed to assess carbon impacts of timber harvesting — News

Sound science needed to assess carbon impacts of timber harvesting

13 December 2024

Forestry Australia has welcomed a new study published in Australian Forestry peer-reviewed journal by the former chief research scientist at the CSIRO, Dr John Raison.

Tasmanian forests and the carbon market: Barriers and opportunities — News

Tasmanian forests and the carbon market: Barriers and opportunities

30 September 2024

This report, produced for the Tasmania Forestry Hub, provides a timely industry perspective on Tasmania’s forest carbon market; its strengths, barriers to its expansion and strategies and reforms that will help ensure the sustainable growth of…

Audit requirements cut for low-risk plantation projects — News

Audit requirements cut for low-risk plantation projects

02 September 2024

The audit requirements for low-risk plantation forestry projects in the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme have been reduced to one scheduled audit.

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