Tasmania’s forest featured on major learning network website

INFORMATION about Tasmania’s state forests is now featured on the Forest Restoration learning network website.

The site features colour photos and maps of the forests managed by Forestry Tasmania and other forested areas.

A major section relates to the introduction of aggregated retention as an alternative to clearfelling. It refers to the success of trials conducted by the Warra Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site and the resultant use of aggregated retention in wet old growth throughout the state.

Forestry Tasmania’s links with universities and CRC for Forestry is also noted.

There is information about the state’s major physical characteristics including that 47 per cent of Tasmania’s forests (including 79 per cent of old growth forests) are reserved, and that Tasmania is where the world’s tallest flowering plants, the Eucalyptus regnans can be found.

The website states that Forestry Tasmania uses science and adaptive management to guide forest management practices to achieve good environmental outcomes at the same time as meeting timber supply agreements. It also points out that Forestry Tasmania’s timber products are certified under the Australian Forestry Standard which is certified by the PEFC.

Visit the site at http://www.forestlandscaperestoration.org/regional-networks/asia-and-pacific/tasmania/