News Private Forests Tasmania marks a year of leadership and innovation 16 October 2024 Private Forests Tasmania is pleased to present its 2023-24 Annual Report, tabled in Parliament on October 16 by Minister for Resources, Eric Abetz.
News Bill passed to modernise private forestry regulations in Tasmania 02 October 2024 New amendments reduce red tape, ensure fairer financial arrangements, and update outdated provisions to support sustainable private forestry.
News Next generation increasing access to tree seedlings for timber, biodiversity purposes 01 October 2024 From a family-run market garden to a cutting-edge enterprise, Hills Transplants expands its offerings, making it easier for Tasmanian landowners to access custom-grown tree seedlings for timber and biodiversity purposes.
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…
News What the 2024-25 Tasmanian Budget means for forestry 12 September 2024 A glance at the 2024-25 State Budget shows investment in forestry including areas of training, supply and business incentives.
News Spring is the time for fuel reduction burning 05 September 2024 As forest owners, we have a valuable asset to protect. From ensuring fire breaks are cleared and maintained to conducting fuel reduction burns. When it comes to bushfire, we all have a part to play to make summer safer, and ensure our assets, homes…
News 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…
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.
News 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…
News 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.
News 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.
News 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).
News 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.
News Newly developed protocol a vital tool for safeguarding forestry industry 08 August 2024 Pine Wood Nematode is a biosecurity pest of pine trees that is very difficult to tell apart from other, harmless teeny tiny nematodes.
News Innovation and success in private forestry 31 July 2024 In July, Private Forests Tasmania’s CEO, Dr Elizabeth Pietrzykowski, hosted a session at Red Meat Updates about the success story of Chester Farm and its innovative approach to business diversification.
News Forestry Australia Proposal: Expanding carbon credits to native forests 30 July 2024 Forestry Australia is leading an Australian initiative to expand Australia’s carbon credits across all native forest tenures, including state forests, private native forests, forests managed by Traditional Owners, national parks and conservation…
