The SmartWood Program of the Rainforest Alliance is conducting a pre-assessment of Gunns Limited forest management in Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia under the forest management standards established by the Forest Stewardship Council.
Please note that this is an FSC pre-assessment or gap analysis.
It will not result in an FSC certificate being issued to Gunns.
SmartWood auditors will be in Hobart and Launceston, Tasmania and will welcome your participation in the following public meetings regarding this pre-assessment.
We are interested in your comments.
The meetings are as follows:
Hobart, Tasmania, MONDAY, JULY 12
Location: MERCURE HOBART
156 Bathurst Street Hobart TAS 7000
Open House: 430 to 600 pm
Public Meeting: 700 to 900 pm
Launceston, Tasmania, TUESDAY, JULY 13
Location: MERCURE LAUNCESTON
3 Earl Street, Launceston, TAS, 7250
Open House: 430 to 600
Public Meeting: 700 to 900
More information about the meetings or your opportunity to provide comments to the audit team can be obtained from:
Graham Lea
SmartWood FM country representative for Australia/Audit team member
Mobile: 042 972 0013 Email: [email protected]
Irwan Gunawan
Forestry Service Manager, Rainforest Alliance, Asia Pacific Region/Audit team member
Email: [email protected]
More information about SmartWood and the pre-assessment of Gunns can be obtained at www.rainforest-alliance.org/forestry/documents/gunnslimitedstakenotif101.pdf.
