The government has drawn a line through mining in the state’s wild places  but is leaving the door open to some speciality species timber extraction.

It comes despite UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee this week renewing calls for a blanket ban on commercial logging and mining within the wilderness area.

Timber harvesting is  permitted under the existing TWWHA management plan, but only when driftwood huon pine is salvaged from the shores of Macquarie Harbour.

However, about 25,000 hectares of the TWWHA is covered by low-level protections, meaning it could potentially be opened up to broad-scale logging from 2020.

The government this week promised there would be no large-scale logging in the TWWHA, but Greens parks spokesman Nick McKim wants it to ban logging in the area altogether.

‘‘Under the current management plan, logging is prohibited in the entire TWWHA, but the government’s new draft management plan allows for logging in the entire property except for visitor services zones,’’ he said.

‘‘The government’s own legislation classifies some areas inside the TWWHA as Future Potential Production Forest, and allows for logging in iconic forests including the Styx, Florentine and   Weld inside the World Heritage Area.’’

Resources Minister Paul Harriss said Mr McKim had ‘‘done a 180’’ after supporting a now-defunct Tasmanian Forests Agreement that   allowed speciality species timber extraction inside the TWWHA.

‘‘This is another case of the Greens moving the goalposts – a sport they are world champions in,’’ Mr Harriss said.

‘‘We have indicated through this plan that we want to deal with the sensitive issue of the special species timber sector, and we will do so in close consultation with all stakeholders, including the United Nations.’’