Dear Stakeholder,
Forestry Tasmania has undertaken an extensive and detailed scientific assessment of the forest within its Forest Management Unit to identify forest areas which are of High Conservation Value (HCV), and to identify proposed management prescriptions to maintain and/or enhance these High Conservation Values.
On the basis of this assessment, we have produced a Draft HCV Assessment and Management Plan for consultation with the public. Production of this plan is also a prerequisite for seeking Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) certification.
The draft plan will be open for public comment until 30 June 2014. We would welcome your views. To let us know what you think you can:
• follow this link to our website;
• email [email protected];
• write to the Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator, Forestry Tasmania, 79 Melville St, Hobart 7000:
• or call the Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator on (03) 6235 8151.
If you would like further information on, or wish to discuss any elements of, this draft plan or the recently released Draft Forest Management Plan, please contact us as above. In addition we will be arranging a series of drop-in community meetings across the state in the first two weeks of June. The timing and location of these meetings will be advertised through public notices in the major daily newspapers.
I encourage you to have your say as all input received will be taken into account in the development of the final plans, which are due to be considered by the Board of Forestry Tasmania in September 2014.
Yours sincerely,
Steve Whiteley
CEO
