❓ Question regarding the Conservation Commission's view on the 10-year duration of Forest Management Plans and whether they've considered advising amendments to relevant Acts to allow for longer plans and contracts. The Commission acknowledges the issue but has not investigated alternatives or formed a position.
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With regard to the Conservation Commission, I ask: (a) does the Commission believe that Forest Management Plans of 10 years’ duration are too short to allow for long term investment planning for the timber industry, particularly if substantial loan financing is required; and (b) has the Commission considered advising the Minister to amend the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 and the Forest Products Act 2000 to vary the length of management plans and production contracts?
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Answered
6 May 2014
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
35 days
(a) The Conservation Commission is aware that alternatives to the duration of the FMP are proposed from time to time but while acknowledging that the ten year term for the FMP is a statutory limit set through the
Conservation and Land Management Act 1984
(CALM Act) and that, in turn, the term of native forest timber harvest contracts is tied, under the
Forest Products Act 2000
, to the term of the CALM Act management plan, the Conservation Commission has not investigated alternative plan durations or developed a position on the matter.
(b) No
Conservation and Land Management Act 1984
(CALM Act) and that, in turn, the term of native forest timber harvest contracts is tied, under the
Forest Products Act 2000
, to the term of the CALM Act management plan, the Conservation Commission has not investigated alternative plan durations or developed a position on the matter.
(b) No
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