New framework designed to drive timber industry into sustainable future

By Jamie Brown
Updated December 14 2018 - 1:59pm, first published December 1 2018 - 7:30am
A new timber industry framework will drive silvaculture for 20 years in state forests including here, in the Hastings Valley, where planned intensification of hardwood logging has inspired a new generation of environmental activism.
A new timber industry framework will drive silvaculture for 20 years in state forests including here, in the Hastings Valley, where planned intensification of hardwood logging has inspired a new generation of environmental activism.

The Australian and NSW governments have released a modernised approach to forest management through the renewal of three NSW Regional Forest Agreements which will govern harvesting for 20 years after current licences expire.

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