Branchline 22 May 2008
By Bob Gordon, Managing Director
Construction of the Ta Ann rotary peeled veneer mill at Smithton is well under way. The Smithton mill is the second to be built by Ta Ann as part of the Malaysian company’s $60 million investment in Tasmania.
This is an important development for our state. In addition to the approximately 120 construction jobs related to this mill, the facility will employ 50 people in rural Tasmania for years to come.
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By David Tuck, Communications Manager
Forestry Tasmania recently welcomed the Honourable David Llewellyn, Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Energy, and the new Minister for Resources with morning tea on May 13.
This is Minister Llewelyn’s third time as Minister with responsibility for forests. From 1989 to 1992 he served as Minister for Forests, and was Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment from 1998 to 2002. We are delighted to have someone with his experience, in-depth knowledge and interest in the forest sector.
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By Steve Read,Chief Scientist
Conservation Biologist Dr Simon Grove and I recently visited Taiwan on a tour funded and hosted by the Taiwan Forest Research Institute (TFRI).
We were representing both the Warra Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site and the Australian LTER network. The purpose of the tour was to build research collaborations between Taiwan’s and Tasmanian LTER sites, following the visit of TFRI researchers to Tasmania in 2007.
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By Hans Drielsma, Executive General Manager
The seventh annual Sustainable Forest Management Report from Forestry Tasmania is now available. Copies are available on request from Forestry Tasmania, or an electronic version is available at: www.forestrytas.com.au.
The report is designed to highlight those areas in which Forestry Tasmania has been successful in improving forest management performance, while acknowledging those areas where more focus and improvement is required.
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Australia’s 2008 State of the Forests Report Released
By Hans Drielsma, Executive General Manager
Australia's State of the Forests Report 2008 was launched by the Hon Tony Burke MP, and Commonwealth Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in Bairnsdale, Victoria on Wednesday 21 May 2008.
The Report draws upon a wide range of data from the public and private sectors, to provide the most comprehensive review yet of the state of our forests. The report uses the criteria and indicator framework of sustainable forest management developed for this purpose by the Montreal Process Implementation Group for Australia (MIG).
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By Claire Bennett, Community and Public Relations Officer
Current Mr Australia and Forestry Tasmania ambassador Darren Smith recently organised and competed in the Tasmanian Strength and Fitness Challenge to raise money for Cancer PLUS.
Competitors in the Strength and Fitness Challenge performed as many repetitions as possible in squat, bench and dead-lift competitions with the weight bar loaded to their own body weight. Competitors sought sponsorship for each successful repetition with the money raised going to Cancer PLUS.
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Adventure Forests Special - Get out there
Winter is a great time to visit Forestry Tasmania’s fantastic adventure forests. Throw on a fleecy and the opportunities are endless. Take the challenge of Hollybank’s Treetops cable adventure, Dismal Swamp’s Tarkine slide or Tahune AirWalk’s cantilever and swinging bridges – each different, each exciting.
Winter discounts are also available - Tahune AirWalk and Dismal Swamp are offering a free adult pass to the other's site on the purchase of an adult ticket. The offer is open until the end of September.
From now until August 31, Hollybank Treetops Adventure is providing a "buy one, get one" free offer so that two can ride for the price of one.
And the EcoCentre is offering a free cup of coffee for every meal purchased at the EcoCentre's Cafe.
Just mention that you saw the ad offering these deals in Branchline, (or the Examiner's Winter Getaway and Travelways magazines, RACT Motor News and Prime Times) and the deal is yours. They're your adventure forests - get out there.
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Denise Gaughwin, Manager Cultural Heritage, Forest Practices Authority
Our April Forestry Talk 'Islands In The Forests' takes an historic/archaeological view of the expansion and contraction of the occupation and use of Tasmania's landscape over the past 200 years.
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