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Rebuilding the Forest Industry Fact
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Future Potential Production Forest Land (FPPF Land):
The legislation converts 399 000 hectares of Future Reserve Land, to be known as
Future Potential Production Forest (FPPF) Land.
FPPF Land is to be administered through Crown Land Services.
Areas of Future Reserve Land already proclaimed as reserves will not change
status, unless they are removed from the World Heritage List.
There will be a moratorium on native forest harvesting in the FPPF Land, except
for limited special timbers harvesting and a small number of transitional forest
coupes.
The FPPF Land may not be sold, but it can be leased.
Land may be exchanged between FPPF Land and Permanent Timber Production
Zone (PTPZ) Land.
After April 2020, FPPF Land may be converted to PTPZ Land, with the approval of
the Parliament, to enable native forest harvesting.
Forestry Tasmania will not harvest on land converted from FPPF Land unless it is in
accordance with the forest management certification it holds at that time.
The legislation requires that future reservation of PTPZ Land or FPPF Land will
need a two-thirds majority of both Houses of Parliament.
The legislated minimum annual supply of high quality sawlogs and veneer logs will
remain at 137 000 cubic metres.
Tasmanian Government