Plantations
There's been widespread debate about the clearing of native forests to make way for plantations.
Our State's largest forest managers have all announced an end to the broad-scale conversion of native forests to plantations.
Now when wood is harvested from our native forests, it's simply replaced with native forest.
Seeds are collected during harvesting and are re-sown to grow naturally over the long term.
Tasmanians can be proud of the efforts made by the New Forest Industry.
Not content with being a world leader in forestry and conservation, we are continuing to apply fresh thinking to everything we do.