Permanent Native Forest Estate Policy
Source: Tasmania. Dept of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources
"Broad scale clearing and conversion of native forest on private land in Tasmania will be progressively phased out by 2015. An annual limit of up to 40 hectares of conversion per property will be imposed until 2015, after which only small-scale clearing of 20 hectares over any five-year period will be allowed. The new measures by the State Government are part of an updated policy for maintaining a permanent native forest estate. A limit of 40 hectares of conversion each year on any property has been introduced to ensure the remaining area available for conversion is managed equitably for the benefit of all landowners. The government says the revision will provide the landowners with certainty that they will have a continuing opportunity to undertake small-scale clearing to develop their farms for some years to come. The policy does not restrict the sustainable use of native forest, only the conversion to other land uses."