THOSE on both sides of the forestry debate yesterday vied for the attention of Prime Minister Julia Gillard, but with little success.

Environment groups gathered outside one of her meetings in Hobart to protest over Friday's agreement that allows logging in forests that were earmarked for interim protection under the $276 million state-federal deal.

Meanwhile, timber processor Ta Ann sought a meeting with Ms Gillard on public comments being made about its forestry operations.

Company spokesman Alan Ashbarry said a meeting with Ms Gillard's staff had been positive.

Ms Gillard said she expected all parties to await the outcome of a verification process of 572,000 hectares of forest being carried out by Professor Jonathan West.

That detailed report on the high conservation values within the forests, and the wood supply needs of the industry, is due by the end of next month.

``I do expect people who have been in that process every step of the way to hold to the process that they agreed to,'' Ms Gillard said yesterday.

She insisted that the state and federal governments had only stepped in as a response to the so-called peace talks between industry and environment interests.

Those stakeholders are due to meet on Thursday - their first meeting for the year.

Environment groups are insisting that Ms Gillard and her state counterpart have failed to uphold their own agreement by allowing 1950 hectares to be logged within 430,000 hectares that was written into the original deal for interim protection.

The Greens have also been highly critical of the conservation agreement, saying that industry should have been compensated instead of being allowed to log those areas.

``All the Prime Minister is being asked to do is to stick to her word,'' Tasmanian Greens acting leader Tim Morris said.

Tasmanian Country Sawmillers Federation chairman Fred Ralph said everyone should sit back and await the details in Professor West's report, which would help to determine what forests could be protected. ``We don't know what the facts are yet,'' he said.

Acting Premier Bryan Green met Ms Gillard yesterday but would not comment on their discussions.

He described the meeting as constructive and ``an opportunity to discuss our shared agenda for 2012''.