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Primed for Growth: A situation analysis of the Tasmanian Forest and Wood Products Sector

04 September 2024

A report prepared by Greenwood Strategy Solutions Pty Ltd on behalf of the Tasmanian Forestry Hub finds Tasmania’s Forest and Wood products sector is primed for growth and better placed than any other Australian jurisdiction to transition to a new…

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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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Guidance and support for landowners after damaging winds

02 September 2024

Tasmania has been experiencing damaging gale force winds resulting in many fallen trees including damage to privately-owned plantations and native forests. Known in forestry terms as windthrow, trees are uprooted, broken, snapped and overthrown by…

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Forestry Australia welcomes further definition of active forest management

29 August 2024

Forestry Australia has welcomed the publication of an academic paper looking at the issue of active management of forests.

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Farm & Forest Mapper Tool highlighted at Rural Youth Tasmania's Young Farmer of the Year competition

29 August 2024

Private Forests Tasmania was delighted to participate in Rural Youth Tasmania’s Young Farmer of the Year competition, where our Farm and Forest Mapper tool was featured as a key module in the State finals.

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Senate Select Committee inquiry into the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme

26 August 2024

The Tasmanian Government welcomes the Senate Select Committee inquiry into the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (TFES).

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Timberlink announces new wood composite products brand

12 August 2024

Everdeck boards are manufactured in Tasmania from a combination of Australian recycled plastic and plantation pine timber residues such as wood shavings.

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Primed for Growth: A situation analysis of the Tasmanian Forest and Wood Products Sector

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Audit requirements cut for low-risk plantation projects

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Guidance and support for landowners after damaging winds

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Forestry Australia welcomes further definition of active forest management

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Farm & Forest Mapper Tool highlighted at Rural Youth Tasmania's Young Farmer of the Year competition

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Senate Select Committee inquiry into the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme

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Timberlink announces new wood composite products brand

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Newly developed protocol a vital tool for safeguarding forestry industry

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Innovation and success in private forestry

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Forestry Australia Proposal: Expanding carbon credits to native forests

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Planting trees of tomorrow: Students create living legacy

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Tasmanian RFA outcomes report released

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Tasmanian students and seedlings grow together

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New Corporate Plan released

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Sustainability, profitability and resilience in focus

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New fee schedule for private timber reserves

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