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If, and it's a big "if", they did manage to get the areas de-listed, it's likely that there would be no market for the timber. Market forces caused the collapse of the forest industry, world markets don't want timber harvested by the trash and burn methods currently used here in Tasmania.
FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification is necessary if you want to sell timber products overseas, FSC requires agreement between all parties on social, industry and environmental criteria, as well as true sustainability.
Australian FSC is in it's infant stage but should deliver on serious reform.
There needs to be serious restoration of the areas that have been degraded by Forestry Tasmania's practices, plantations are not forests , they're crops.
Soil erosion, chemical spraying and the destruction of forest biomass has caused serious land degeneration, soil erosion and water quality problems that have to be addressed.
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