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Support for Tasmanian Wood Supply

26 Jul 2022

A new $300,000 program has been launched that will invest in pilot projects seeking to address Tasmania’s wood supply shortage. The Wood Supply Co-investment Program will include six projects that will be supported by Private Forests Tasmania to help address...
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New Farm Forestry Carbon Tool available for testing

19 Jul 2022

A new tool is now available for beta testing by Tasmanian farmers. The Farm Forestry Carbon Tool is designed for landowners to find out within just minutes an indicative estimate of their carbon impact and the potential tree offset opportunities....
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Wood Supply Co-Investment Program launched

19 Jul 2022

A new $300,000 program has been launched that will invest in pilot projects seeking to address Tasmania’s wood supply shortage....
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Media Release: ActivAcre program heralds a new era in Tasmanian agroforestry

06 Jul 2022

A first-of-its-kind Tasmanian program incentivising northern farmers to grow trees on their farms launches today. The ActivAcre Program sees farmers lease part of their less productive land in return for a reliable, annual income. In addition to increasing the productivity...
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Formosa Estate virtual reality video - Shelterbelts increase pasture growth

23 Jun 2022

Forest Learning has released a series of agroforestry virtual reality videos including a case study of Formosa Estate that was part of the Agroforestry project ran by PFT in collaboration with CSIRO and UTas. The video shows the research scientists...
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The Back Run, Integrated Farm Forestry Demonstration Site progress

22 Jun 2022

Private Forests Tasmania hosted a small field day for Board members and invited stakeholders at the property of Tom and Sarah Clark, the Back Run in June. The Back Run is one of PFT’s seven successful recipients of our round...
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New Director for Private Forests Tasmania

17 Jun 2022

New director brings extensive practical commercial skills from various agricultural disciplines to the PFT board....
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Advice for storm and gale force wind affected areas

17 Jun 2022

Parts of the north-west coast were thrashed with fatal gale force winds over the June long weekend resulting in thousands of fallen trees and extensive damage to privately owned plantations and native forests. Known in forestry terms as ‘windthrow’, trees...
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National Carbon Farming Conference, Albury

09 Jun 2022

Members of the PFT Operations team recently attended the 10th National Carbon Farming Conference and Expo, Albury, 23-26 May 2022 covering major topics and themes such as the farm of the future; domestic and international climate policy settings and mechanisms;...
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New Corporate Plan released

06 Jun 2022

Our Corporate Plan sets out our strategic direction, including our purpose, our goals and priorities for the next three years. Private Forest Tasmania's purpose is to facilitate and expand the sustainable development of Tasmania’s private forest resource....