Cassy O'Connor asks the Minister to confirm that the latest Forest Stewardship Council audit has resulted in failure to secure FSC certification.
In 2015, the first FFC audit was handed down and it found that Forestry Tasmania was critically non-compliant in a number of areas.
The latest Forestry Tasmania Annual Report demonstrates the continued failure of the Liberals’ commitment to move the business onto a sustainable footing.
Legislation to allow logging in some of the most high conservation value, carbon rich forests on the planet was tabled in State Parliament today.
Forestry Tasmania has made it clear that if 357 000 hectares of high conservation value forest open up to logging, it's bid for FSC will go back to square one.
It is now more than four months since the Liberals announced that Hobart's port would be turned into a woodchip and log export facility.
Forestry Tasmania is almost two years behind schedule on achieving forest stewardship certification, a goal that appears to be disappearing out of reach for FT.
The Tasmanian Liberals are being highly transparent in their desire to create unnecessary conflict over forests in the lead up to the election.
The Minister is living in cloud cuckoo land if he thinks Forestry Tasmania can secure Forest Stewardship Certification under current Liberal policies.
Yesterday the Minister failed to state your Government's commitment to Forestry Tasmania achieving Forest Stewardship Council certification.