A LIBERAL government would pump $7 million into the protection of forest resources and extend the Regional Forest Agreement 20 years beyond its 2017 expiry.
This morning, Opposition Leader Will Hodgman committed the Liberals to:
- $600,000 to establish a Forest Industry Mediation Service to resolve small disputes between forest contractors and forest companies.
- $1.2 million to provide immediate short term assistance to forest contractors out of work as a result of the down-turn in woodchip sales.
- $750,000 per year to support the Tasmanian Timber Brand.
- $2 million to implement the Forest and Forest Industry Councils Forest Industry Plan;
- 500,000 to support the extension of chain of custody certification to processors and forest certification to all private forest growers who are selling their products internationally.
- $300,000 to allow ForestWorks Tasmania to continue operation (it currently ceases in September 2010).
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