With wood and woodchip exports up 20 per cent, the state government says green shoots are appearing in the forest industry.

But there's also a change of tone within the Australian Greens.

As forest management companies around Australia continue to be liquidated, Launceston company Forico is bucking the trend.

It is one of the only companies, if not the only company in Australia, replanting trees.

Forico, the state's largest private forest company, is determined not to be tarred with the same brush as Gunns, and describes itself as a "new era of forestry".

Setting aside 100,000 hectares of native forests for conservation has given it good street credit with environment groups.

Despite woodchip exports growing, Forico also acknowledges that the divisive practice is not the way of the future.

Meanwhile, Forestry Tasmania is still undergoing its bid to achieve the stringent green tick from the Forest Stewardship Council.

The report is expected next month, with the state-owned company towards the end of the gruelling process to change its ways.

The forest peace deal that dominated the Parliament and the media for months has taught both industry and green groups some lessons when it comes to working together.

We've got a long history to learn from.

With Gunns almost a distant memory, and a pulp mill all but dead, there is a distinct change of season when it comes to forestry.

The breeze within the Greens also appears to be changing, and the party is taking a more gentle approach to logging.

During a trip to Tasmania last weekend, Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale was quick to acknowledge that forestry would always be a "big part" of the Tasmanian economy.

Senator Di Natale said debate about forestry versus environment was a "false choice".

"If there's anything I can do, it's to perhaps bring those two things together and recognise we can have forestry as a big part of the Tasmanian economy, provided it's sustainable."

The Victorian doctor brings a different tone and perception to the party than his predecessor, Christine Milne, who rose to politics as an anti-pulp mill warrior during some of the state's most divisive times.

Senator Di Natale is also not saddled with the perceived "anti-everything" baggage of Ms Milne.

He has a different style of leadership that appears to be based on quiet strength, whereas Ms Milne sometimes came across as combative.

Senator Di Natale is expected to have a more holistic response to the environment and development.

He looks set to move the party further away from division, and from a single issue.

His leadership, combined with Forestry Tasmania achieving a green tick and the environmentally-conscious Forico, looks like a much less divisive future.

The state could use some relief from conflict.

If Tasmania's forest industry is to continue to sprout sustainably, industry and green groups must continue to have conversations.

Let's keep forest wars in the history books.