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New Farm Forestry Carbon Tool available for testing

30 Jun 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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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....
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Call out to Farmers to assist in Forestry research

04 May 2022

In May 2021, Pollinate, conducted research into the different ways farmers were diversifying their income in Tasmania using on-farm forestry. The feedback from farmers has been positive and the idea has progressed and is now known as ActivAcre. ActivAcre is...
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More trees to help protect the land for future generations

28 Apr 2022

Planting more trees helps to protect the land for future generations and the Tasmanian Government congratulates eight landowners who will receive grants to integrate 329 hectares of trees on their land. The Tasmanian Government, with assistance from the Australian Government,...
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Call for Expression of Interest - Member, Private Forests Tasmania Board

07 Mar 2022

The Minister for Resources seeks expression of interest from persons suitably qualified for appointment to the PFT Board as a member with practical knowledge of, and experience in, industry, commerce or economic development....