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It is a requirement of clause 45 of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) that a review of its implementation is undertaken every five years.
The purpose of the review is to assess progress against the milestones and commitments in the Tasmanian RFA, for the reporting period 2007-2012.
The Supplementary Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement was signed by the then Prime Minister, the Hon John Howard MP and the then Premier of Tasmania, the Hon Paul Lennon, MHA on 13 May 2005. The Supplementary Agreement now forms part of the Tasmanian RFA and is to be interpreted subject to the defi
The Tasmanian RFA Annual Meeting of Officials took place in Hobart on 16 July 2018.
The Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) provides a framework for the sustainable management of Tasmania’s public and privately owned forests.
The Australian and Tasmanian Governments signed the Tasmanian RFA on 8 November 1997. It was varied on 18 August 2017 to extend its duration by 20 years and to establish an automatic extension mechanism, with subsequent five-yearly extensions contingent on satisfactory completion of five-yearly reviews.
How important are forests to the people of South East Queensland and the communities they live in? This is the question the Social Assessment set out to answer in the biggest project of its kind for the region.
The Social Assessment included four major projects:
The forests of South-East Queensland support a range of forest-based industries including recreation, ecotourism, timber production and processing, grazing, bee keeping, mining and flora collection.
The environment and heritage projects for the South-East Queensland Comprehensive Regional Assessment provide more and better information than ever before about the biodiversity, old-growth and wilderness values of the region's forests, as well as their significance to our natural, social and cultural herit
Note: The Commonwealth and Queensland Governments completed a Comprehensive Regional Assessment for South-East Queensland, but did not sign a Regional Forest Agreement.
An important element of each of the NSW RFAs is the requirement for a five–yearly review of the performance of the RFAs.
The Southern Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) is one of three RFAs in New South Wales. The Australian and New South Wales governments signed the Southern RFA on 24 April 2001.
The Southern RFA was varied on 28 November 2018 with an extension until 26 August 2039, as it has proven to be a strong and effective framework for the sustainable management of Southern RFA region’s forests. The extension was formalised following assessment, public consultation and independent review.
