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| Australian Forestry Standard Released |
| The AFS has been released after a two year process of extensive development and consultation. It aims to encourage, reward and certify Australian sustainable forest management. |
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| features and events |
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| News and events concerning Tasmania Timber. |
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| About Tasmanian Timber Online |
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| Tasmanian Timber is an online information service that promotes the use of Tasmanian Timber in construction and design. |
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| Gunns First Australian Organisation to Achieve Forest Certification |
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| Following an 18 month process to ensure sustainability of its forest management practices from environmental, economic and social perspectives, Gunns Limited has obtained certification to the recently developed Australian Forestry Standard (AS 4708). |
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| Australian Forestry Standard Released |
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| The AFS has been released after a two year process of extensive development and consultation. It aims to encourage, reward and certify Australian sustainable forest management. |
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| Forestry Tasmania's Sustainable Forest Management |
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| Two documents detailing Forestry Tasmania's Sustainable Forest Management practices are presently available online. |
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| tasmania's timber producers |
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| Tasmania producers bring you timber and wood products from all over Australia's most forest state. |
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| McKay's Timber Services to Builders |
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| In addition to selling quality select material interstate and overseas, McKays Timber provides a comprehensive hardwood timber service to the building and joinery trade throughout Tasmania |
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| The Australian Timber Design Awards |
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| The Australian Timber Design Awards is a national competition designed to showcase and encourage the innovative structural and aesthetic use of timber in Australia. |
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| Brittons - Specialists in Tasmania's Special Species Timber |
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| Britton Bros Pty Ltd, based at Smithton in Tasmania’s North West, is the State’s largest producer of specialty timbers. |
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| employment and tourism |
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| Growing, harvesting and producing Tasmanian timber produces signficant employment in Tasmania, and the growing forests provide a natural tourist attraction. |
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| Overview of the Tasmanian Forest Agreement |
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| The recently announced Tasmanian Community Forest Agreement is a collaboration between the State and Federal government that aims to enhance the protection of Tasmania’s forests and foster security and growth in the Tasmanian forest industry. |
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| Employment from the Forests - Timber and Timber Products |
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| Tasmania's forests provide a range of benefits for regional communities.In 2004-05 Tasmanian public and private forests produced the following range of timber products; |
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| Tourism and forests |
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| Tasmania's forests are an important tourist attraction and tourism is the biggest growth industry in Tasmania. Tourist numbers have close to doubled over the past 10 years. |
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