The government remains doggedly committed to opening new forests for logging despite a major retailer indicating that no suppliers were interested in timber outside existing coupes.
Bunnings managing director Michael Schneider wrote to both major party leaders in March, saying consumers were increasingly aware of timber procurement issues and wanted to know the source of their timber.
“Bunnings has a longstanding commitment to pursue sustainability right across our operations by striving to make them socially responsible and environmentally aware and economically viable,” he wrote.
“Our Tasmanian suppliers have advised us that they will not be sourcing our timber from outside their existing forest coups.”
Bunnings has a commitment to sourcing products have Forest Stewardship Council certification where possible.
This means it is unlikely to accept any timber sourced from 357,000 hectares of informal reserves which will be opened up to private harvesting operations in 2018 …
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