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Visitors to Tasmania will soon be able to soar through a forest canopy, courtesy of Australia’s first continuous cable tree top tour. Opening early January 2008, Hollybank Treetops Adventure will offer people of all ages the chance to zip through a forest canopy reaching speeds of up 40 kilometres an hour. Continue Reading...
The results of a study commissioned by Forestry Tasmania show that between now and 2050, Tasmania’s state forest will absorb more atmospheric carbon dioxide – a key greenhouse gas (GHG) – than it will release, making Tasmania’s state forests a net sink of carbon. Continue Reading...
Forestry Tasmania develops and applies scientific knowledge to forest management, a fundamental part of being responsible to the Tasmanian public. Continue Reading...
The likelihood of higher temperatures and less rainfall in future years as a result of climate change has increased the need to reduce forest fuels. Continue Reading...
At Tasmania’s Government Business Enterprise Scrutiny Committee hearings today, Forestry Tasmania reported it had earnings (before interest and tax) of $21.9 million in 2006-07, an increase of $2.01 million from 2005-06’s earnings of $19.89 million. Continue Reading...